Weekly Wrap Up 8/28-9/3

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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 28th to September 3rd!

Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

  • Nintendo of America has announced a special Veteran Trainer Dual Pack! It comes with both Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, 16 art cards, and a download code for 200 Poké Balls. It’ll be released in the US on November 17th 2017.

Pokkén Tournament DX

  • The Nintendo Switch game will require 3.2 GB of space to download

Pokémon Sun & Moon

  • Mega Melee will be the next Battle Competition in Sun & Moon! This a Single Battle competition that only allows Pokémon that can Mega Evolve (excluding Mewtwo, Rayquaza and Diancie) to participate. All Pokémon will be raised to Level 50 for the duration of the competition. You can register for from September 14th to September 21st, while the actual battles will take place from September 22nd to September 24th. All entrants will get the 50 Battle Points. For more information you can download the full rules for this competition in the Festival Plaza.

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

  • A new update is now available for 3DS game via the Nintendo eShop! This patch requires 261 blocks in America & Europe (69 blocks in Japan), fixes a few bugs in the game and removes the Meowth’s Theater online support for the game. This patch keeps the game at version 1.0

Pokémon GO

  • Version 1.43.1 is now available to download and adds several new features and bug fixes:
    • You are now able to view the number of Trainers entered, and preparing, for a Raid Battle before using a Raid Pass
    • You are now able to us the Pokémon GO Plus to spin the PokéStops on top of Gyms
    • Niantic has improved the Pokémon Collection search functionality – you can search through Pokémon’s moves using “@”
    • Resolved a bug which caused the Raid Boss to always break free from the last Premier Ball
    • Resolved a bug that prevented Trainers from seeing they’d received double XP from Raid Battles when using a Lucky Egg

Pokémon Duel

  • Version 4.0.2 is 163MB and now available for download! This patch contains several bug fixes, new figures. new plates and more! This update is required to download in order to continue playing the game.

Pokémon Shuffle

  • The first Ultra Beast challenge is now available! These stages require you to beat Stage 300 to activate, don’t allow items, and only can be played 3 times overall. The stage for Nihilego runs until September 3rd
  • The Shiny Mega Mewtwo X competitive stage has begun! This is a competitive stage that runs until August 22nd 2017. Rewards include Mewtwonite X (or a Level Up if you’ve already have the mega stone) 1 Level Up, 5 Mega Speedup and 10 Raise Max Level if you get in the top 100 – these rewards slowly decrease in number depending on your placing.
  • The Mewtwo stage has begun a repeat run until September 12th
  • The Shaymin Sky Forme & Noivern stages have begun repeat runs until September 5th

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632 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap Up 8/28-9/3”

  2. Gundam Versus is such a great game. It’s sad that the beta ends tomorrow, I just wanna play more of this game. I guess I’ll have to wait to buy it myself. Also, I’ve found 2 Gundams that I’ll main in this, Epyon and Wing Zero

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  9. Want to know what… WTF happened with Pyukumuku?!

    Had sooooo much potential before the game, then went and became forgotten and Awful (Move and Stat wise) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/66376c84ea1ba3f2e5baf5c87f2925636fac079d59627d0db21787b38b03916d.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7b7b702561c764550cb9ae50bf19f84a20efd1ee8409c70cfab9df987ce3fd71.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/03638800b1313b090b221f0056335abd0505873ba73a8352f5b2c51477a81e22.jpg

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  17. The GameInformer guys who visited GameFreak’s HQ have reason to believe that Pokémon Switch is going to be a gen 7 sequel (not remake) of Red and Blue. Honestly, i have no idea what to think of this. I guess it could be cool, if Alola characters like Lillie are included

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    • What makes them think it’ll be a gen 7 sequel? I Fell like if it’s anything it’ll be gen 8 and not a remake or continuation of anything. New gens sell WAY better than any other games so it makes more sense for them to start off on the Switch with a brand new region and new Pokemon. If it’s really a gen 7 continuation then maybe we really will get it next year…..If it was gen 8 then I could see them waiting til 2019, but another gen 7 game s=would be weird considering their current release format.

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      • One of them asked Masuda about Pokémon Switch and if its going to be in Kanto, and he just gave him a certain look & then laughed. Honestly it wouldnt surprise me, its a new platform for them so they might wanna play it safe with something thats already familiar to them

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        • I’d have no problem what so ever if they chose to go back to Kanto for whatever reason. I honestly think people having a problem with Kanto is silly. I’ll admit I would have liked them to stop putting Kanto over the regions of gens 6 and 7, but the region itself is still pretty cool. Part of the problem is that it’s barren and needs a new coat of paint. If they make it feel as lively as Alola then it could be some great fun. If this is true then I can definitely see whatever the Switch game is being what people want USUM to be. A game where we start in Alola and then jump to Kanto either part way through the story or in the post game……That said it really makes you wonder if USUM will actually be worth playing then…..*sigh*…..

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          • They also expect gen 8 to come in 2019, as the gap between new gens is usually around 3 years. Makes sense, Kanto sequel in 2018 and then gen 8 a year later?

          • Hmmmm, but two Switch games in only a year apart difference? That seems like a bit much. While I’m more than confident that GF can make a quality Switch Pokemon game I’m not sure they’re comfortable enough yet to be able to do two games back to back. The interviews made it sound like they’re still trying to wrap their heads around the system. Which makes sense seeing as they haven’t made a Pokemon game for what is basically a full console before. It’s doable, but for them yet? I’m not sure. We shall see tho. That said I’d be down with that idea. If we get on the Switch as soon as possible then I’ll be happy. Once they make the jump things will get easier. They just haven’t made a jump this big since the jump from the GBA to the DS.

      • To be fair if they didn’t throw in all the hints and nod towards Kanto in gens 6 and 7 people wouldn’t be complaining as much. The last time we actually went to Kanto in official fashion where it was the main region was over 10 years ago and then in HGSS it was an after thought. Since then they haven’t touched the main region and have only been hinting at it. If those hints didn’t exist then it would be a solid 7 years since they even mentioned it. It’s really not that big of a deal.

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        • OK WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING ITS AN AFTERTHOUGHT AN ENTIRE SECOND REGION IS NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT IT HAS TO BE PLANNED OUT AND IMPLEMENTED OVER A LONG TIME

          ESPECIALLY IN HGSS WHERE ITS A REMAKE SO THEY INCLUDE IT

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          • Ok maybe after thought isn’t the right phrase to use exactly, but the point is that just because they added it doesn’t mean they did anything with it. One of the biggest complaints about Kanto in GSC/HGSS is that it’s completely devoid of life. They basically set up an abandoned theme park and then left it at that. Sure there were some minor things here and there to do, but it’s not like they added an entire region with a brand new mini arc to pay. You basically arrive in Kanto and your only goal is to get strong enough to beat Red. Which is a major grind since they didn’t add any Pokemon at high enough levels in the wild to grind against properly and the trainer aren’t much better. Not saying it didn’t take work to put it in, but I am saying that they didn’t do anything particular with it. They might as well have just given us access to Mt Silver and called it a day.

    • Ehh, if they’re going to add Kanto then they better not only Improve the region greatly and more interesting, but to add an improved Johto as well. We’ve visited Kanto 3 times already and it’s starting to get old, so they should make at least the region much better than it was before.

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    • Switch game is going to be gen 8.
      Switch is going go to be a new start so it makes sense for it too be a new gen.
      Kanto is terrible, usum will be the last gen 7 games, and as much as i like sinnoh the first games on switch aren’t going to be remakes.

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  18. Hey @UnburdenedLegume:disqus do you have a link to where ever you saw the game informer guys talking about the Switch game? Is it something new or is just from their one podcast from like a month ago? I’m interested to see if I missed something.

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  19. Well I think I know exactly what game I want to start my Switch (whenever I get one) on

    http://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/Kirby_for_Nintendo_Switch

    So I probably will need to do a few things in the next few months to prep. for it
    -Get a decent job and stockpile Money in my bank account till then
    -Probably hold off on Yo-kai Watch 2 PS till Christmas
    -Learn the exact date of release and Pre-order it first chance available
    -Find a Decent spot at one of my home’s to put the Switch (My living room is holding my best spot for now
    -Find a perfect day to buy the Switch, then choose the perfect Weekend to binge the game when released
    -Then stockpile a little more for Pokémon Switch

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  25. Continuing on with my comment below:

    Would you prefer for Kalos to be in the post-game of USUM and have it more fleshed out along with the new Alola.

    Or:

    You can return to the original Alola of SM through a portal from the legendary Pokemon and be able to see how all the characters changed, along with Lillie returning.

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