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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626 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap Up 8/7-8/13”

  2. Yay merchandise. I like the Pokeball ones at the bottom, the Umbreon Model and Duskanroc plush the best. What is the Silvally thing, a card holder?

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  6. Are there any Pokemon characters you’d want a figure of like the ones of Ash’s female travelling companions above? (tempted to say Nenodroids but I’m not sure if they are)

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  7. I spit so much heat they call me a heatmor
    Look so fly they call me a Flygon
    Am so dead they call me 7th gen competitive

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  8. One of the signature Pokemon team Vaccine tends to use

    Pokedex Number: ???
    Monarcontro
    Classification: The Activator Pokemon
    Height: 1.00
    Weight: 3.2 Lbs
    Type: Electric/Psychic
    Ability: Priming Waves
    Stats:
    HP: 75
    Attack: 55
    Defense: 55
    Special Attack: 75
    Special Defense: 55
    Speed: 115
    Base Stat Total: 430
    Pokedex Entry: This Pokemon is entirely man-made and its existence is considered extremely controversial. It was given a butterfly like appearance to hide its true colors and can use this apperance to get in close to targets and deceive them through various different methods. It is said that even the strongest and undistracted minds can be taken over by this Pokemon in just a few seconds. Despite its possession of this deadly power, it is weak in literally every other way.

    Priming Wave: Upon entering the field for the first time, the user is able to mark any Pokemon that has been sent out at some point by the foe. The marked Pokemon will be forced to attack another revealed enemy Pokemon (or any Pokemon if teams were shown before the battle) with a move of your choosing. This ability can be activated regardless of the user’s state.

    This thing is literally a rainbow robot. Very Tippi-esque apperance to be honest

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  11. So Xurkitree is being UU suspected now…
    And I just planned something Xurikitree related for my fangame…..
    Huh.. convenient

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  12. When I woke up today I was randomly hyped for USUM. Not even sure why. I know the games come out in 3 months already, but can we please get some more substantial news soon? PLEASE?

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  14. One day during an attack from Team Vaccine a mysterious man popped up with a Xurkitree that seemed to have been altered in some way. The man proclaimed himself as “The Grandspark” and fought against the Vaccine members, defeating them with ease. Since that day he has popped up wherever he was needed to protect people. Although not much is known about him, there is a lot of speculation regarding who he really is

    So yeah, he’s an extra corny hero XD

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  15. Since I’m now in the mood to (start) and finish my Moon playthrough, let’s celebrate! It’s officially favorite Pokémon music posting time. To spice things up, let’s only try to post spinoff music.

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  17. Gold and Silver release on the Virtual Console in 5 weeks or so! That means we’ll have lots to do before USUM come out. I’ll personally be shiny hunting in those games, so that my finds can eventually be transferred to USUM. So what time is it, you may ask? Favorite Gen 2 music time.

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  22. A concept that somebody here could use:

    Team Gang:
    A spoiled brat that rebelled against his parents, after his parents died he decided to use his new money to recreate a wild west gang his grand-grand-grand-grandfather was the boss of (he doesn’t remember the name of the wild west gang so he named his team “gang”). The admin is a gym leader. He really uses his power in the team to try and catch the legendary mon so he can get a revenge on the pokemon leauge that didn’t want him in the e4.

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  23. Oh fuck it, since everyone else is going off topic I’ll do it too for a tad before steering it back

    Evil Team for Pokémon Amethyst and Citrine: Prisma

    Leader is a woman called Aurora Glass. Like Lusamine, she’s the head of a successful scientific community. However, unlike Aether, it’s for arms development for human wars as well as a special project they’re working on.

    Aurora and her corporation have unsavoury rumours surrounding them, but there is not enough evidence to formally charge her and those who do know the truth are going to keep their mouths shut – or else.

    Prisma has seven divisions serving under the White Division (which consists of Aurora and her personal staff). The Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet divisions.

    She seeks to reign in the creative chaos of the region. Aurora craves order and balance, believing it to be the only way to a better world.

    Each division only uses Pokémon of their colour, and the admins of each division (Cereza, Sienna, Narcissa, Chloé, Skye, Lynn, and Salvia) are in possession of the products that came from some of Prisma’s extensive R&D.

    Red Division, serving under Cereza, handles security
    Orange Division, serving under Sienna, handles maintenance
    Yellow Division, serving under Narcissa, handles public relations
    Green Division, serving under Chloé, handles ecological concerns
    Blue Division, serving under Skye, handles research
    Indigo Division, serving under Lynn, handles development
    Violet Division, serving under Salvia, handles mysticism

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