Weekly Wrap Up 8/7-8/13

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Weekly Wrap Up is our end of the week digest of smaller news stories that are just as important, but didn’t get a dedicated post. Here’s what you missed from August 7th to August 13th!

‘Pokémon: I Choose You’ International Release

  • Fathom Events has released a preliminary list of theaters that will show the English dubbed version of the movie across the US. You can check it out here – Don’t worry if your city isn’t on the list, Fathom Events has confirmed this isn’t the final lineup.

Pokémon Sun & Moon

  • For those who participated in the Weakness Cup Battle Competition, you can now claim your Altarianite, Ampharosite, Latiasite, and Latiosite entry gift!  Make sure to log in into the Global Link and claim it before they expire on September 29th!
  • With a total of 30,256 lottery wins, the 9th Global Mission, Try Your Luck, has ended in success! If you participated, you can pick up your reward of 2,000 FC, or 4,000 FC (if your game is connected to the Global Link). Distribution for the Fast Ball and Rare Candy will be available via the Global Link through a Serial Code later this month
  • It’s also been confirmed that this Global Mission was the last for Sun & Moon
  • Remember that today is the final day to download the event Shiny Tapu Koko via Mystery Gift!

Pokémon World Championships

  • Along with the livestream times and live commentators being announced, this year’s distribution Pokémon has been revealed! If you’re lucky enough to attend Worlds you can pick up a special lvl. 50 Alolan Exeggutor, holding a Sitrus Berry, with the Harvest ability, and the moves Celebrate, Draco Meteor, Leaf Storm, and Power Swap.

Pokémon GO

  • Shiny Pikachu, and by proxy of evolution, Shiny Raichu, have officially been released at the Pokémon GO Park in Yokohama! No news yet on when or where these shinies will become available worldwide.
  • Remember, today is your last chance to head out and catch Zapdos via Legendary Raid!

Pokémon Duel

  • Pokémon Duel has been updated to version 4.0! Details on the major update including Mega Evolutions, New Figures, and a new figure class here!

Pokémon Shuffle

  • If you were one of the lucky players who ranked worldwide in the Charizard X competitive stage, you can now claim your prize! The Charizardite X (or Level Up if you already have the Charizardite X), Attack Power, Mega Speedup and Raise Max Level are available to collect for the qualifying players, and if you weren’t able to qualify you can still log in before August 15th to redeem an Attack Power!
  • New main stages have been added to both the 3DS and mobile versions of the game
  • A new Pokémon Safari is ongoing until August 15th and contains the following Pikachu variants: Angry, Enamored, Smiling, Winking, and the brand new Charizard Costume Pikachu.
  • The following stages have begun repeat runs from August 8th to August 18th: Dialga, Palkia.
  • The following stages have begun repeat runs from August 8th to August 25th Beedrill, Kabutops, Meloetta.

Check out this official Pokémon merchandise that was either revealed, leaked or is now available for purchase this week!

 

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  5. Geez….I didn’t realize so many toys were announce/released this week hahaha. Part of me wants that life sized Alolan Vulpix lol

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  6. The Dusk Lycanroc stuff is to die for, I really love its design and wish it was a better fusion of the two rather than just Midday but better.

    I know that we’ve gotten random merch before but I really hope that Johto starters get something because the starters immediately before and after them got something and the newest starters have got stuff. Also all the little figures are so cuuuute, and the Snowy/Shiron plush is so something I’d buy for my little sis if white colouring and children weren’t such a disaster

    Ngl, loving the weekly wrap up stuff! Means small stuff doesn’t create quickly derailed comment sections or just get ignored because it’s not enough to make an article! It was a great idea *0*

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  13. Team Vaccine are a mysterious team who operate under a goal to “better the world.” The leader of the team experienced a tragic accident as a child in which his Pokemon companion was slaughtered in a battle that had gone too far with a wild Pokemon. Through technology, the pokemon was brought back to life and giving enhancements making it stronger than it ever had been before. As time went on the leader experienced more and more struggles of loss that humanity and Pokemon began to deal with and created a team to help bring back the dead. After a while the goal began to shift from reviving the dead to flat out improving all living beings via enhancement, to make their lives easier. The plan was to have those who are able to tolerate the enhancement live freely forever while those who can’t would simply die out. The team has generated a rather large group of followers who have received some of these enhancements of their own. Despite the positives it is said that those enhanced lose a bit of who they are…. exactly what is not entirely known…
    Team Vaccine~ The cure for imperfection

    Neo-Horizon Cult- This team is made out of people who’ve experienced the darkness of the world first hand. They view humanity with jaded and hate-filled eyes due to the cruel actions people commit towards each other. Little to nothing is known about the team’s members and finding information on them is near impossible. At one point a supposed “boss” was identified but he turned out to only be an admin. After stitching together various things said by the teams grunts, their goal seem to be something along the line of “Breaking reality and warping the world into becoming a better place through it.”

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  19. I just realized something that could happen with USUM: the Totems could have Sitrus Berries. Considering how all the main Pokemon of Gym Leaders in a 3rd version or sequel usually have Sitrus Berries given to them, I wouldn’t be surprised if this would happen.

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    • Every Totem has a berry in SuMo (or another consumable item anyway) so it wouldn’t surprise me

      – Gumshoos and Ratticate have Pecha Berries, so Sitrus could replace it. That or Lum.

      – Wishiwashi already has a Sitrus Berry

      – Salazzle has a Petaya Berry, which is dumb because it’s too frail to get under 25% reliably to get the special attack boost. Should’ve gotten Passho, or had a battle in the Sun with a Shuca Berry.

      – Lurantis has a Power Herb, great for it getting off Solar Blade as a surprise or with Trumbeak as an ally rather than Castform.

      – Vikavolt got an Occa Berry but no one cares because Totem Vikavolt is dumb. Seriously. Huge Sp. Attack and an ally with the Battery ability. Doesn’t even have Thunderbolt, its evo move. Imagine how evil Thunderbolt and Energy Ball would be on this thing. But instead we got a terrible physical totem that usually only causes trouble when its ally paralyses you and lowers your speed.

      – Mimikyu has the Lum Berry, because fuck you only Haunter and Gengar get to spam status conditions.

      – Totem Kommo-o has a Mental Herb, meaning that it can use Clanging Scales once without lowering its stats. However Totem Kommo-o and its allies are kinda underlevelled and unlike Mimikyu’s underlevelled allies don’t offer nearly as much annoyance.

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    • Maybe. I am leaning towards Gyms coming back in USUM. In my opinion, Totem Pokémon could still be there but they probably won’t have as much revelance.

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  25. Ngl seeing how much Eevee products there are I’m surprised they skipped out on an Eevee this Gen. Like seriously, Eevee sells like goooold

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