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! If you’d like to get real time updates about what’s mentioned here you can follow our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. Here’s what you missed from November 6th to November 12th!
This Week’s Big Stories
SPOILER: First Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Leaks
Mimikyu’s Z-Move Revealed + Second Chance Cap Pikachu!
Shiny Silvally Event Reminder
- Friendly reminder that the global Shiny Silvally event will be ending this Monday, November 13th in North America, and Thursday, November 16th, in Europe! For details about the event ‘mon and where you can get it in your region check out our dedicated event post
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
- The first Global Mission for Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon has been announced! For our first mission players must collectively catch 10,000,000 Pokémon by November 28th, 2017. If we succeed, 2,000 Festival Coins will be given to all participants. However, if we fail, then only 1,000 Festival Coins will be given out
- The list of Global Missions up to June 2018 has also been released:
- December 12th-27th: Have Fun Mantine Surfing!
- January 9th-23rd: Win at the Battle Agency
- February 6th-20th: Harvest Poké Beans!
- March 6th-20th: Trade Pokémon at the GTS
- April 3rd-17th: Hatch a lot of Eggs
- May 1st-15th: Get BP at the Battle Tree
- June 5th-19th: Play in Festival Plaza
Pokémon Global Link
- In preparation for Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon’s release, the Global Link is currently shut down for maintenance until November 17th. Between now and then all Global Link features are currently unavailable.
- As part of Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon’s release, making an account for the Pokémon Global Link before January 30th will get you a special serial code (to be distributed around the end of January, 2018) to receive a Master Ball in game
Pokkén Tournament DX
- The previously announced Pokkén Tournament DX patch now has “Mid-November” as its slated release date. This update…
- Allows you to play Team Battle matches online
- Introduces new rewards when you reach higher ranks in Ranked Match battles online
- Adds the recording feature to Free Training
Build-A-Bear
- Starting this week you can head to you local Build-A-Bear and make your very own Bulbasaur! A special Build-A-Bear Bulbasaur TCG card and beanie/scarf accessories can also be obtained either online or in store
- Jigglypuff and Psyduck have been confirmed as the next Build-A-Bear Pokémon plush, and are slated for a 2018 release
Pokémon Duel
- Requiring 247MB, version 4.0.4 of the mobile game is now available for download! This update fixes several bugs, adds several new Steel and Poison-type Plates, introduces a special 10 pack booster with a guaranteed EX/UX drop, brings changes to some figures, and adds a few new ones:
- New EX Figures: Incineroar & Tapu Bulu
- New R Figures: Torracat & Ludicolo
- New UC Figures: Litten, Lombre, & Oricori (Baile Style)
- Mega Charizard X change: Movement increased from 2 to 3
- Mega Charizard Y change: Movement increased from 2 to 3
- Chesnaught change: Increased Hammer Arm’s power from 90 to 100
- Torterra change: Increased Bite’s power from 60 to 100
Pokémon Shuffle
- The new Ditto stage is available until November 14th
- The type-restricted Mega Manectric competitive stage is available until November 14th as well. The top players in each region will receive a Manectite (or a Level Up if you already have it), 5 Mega Speedups and 10 Raise Max Levels
- The following stages have repeat runs: Cosmog, Solgaleo, Primarina, and the Safari featuring Pikachu (winking) and Raichu (winking)
Check out the official Pokémon merchandise that was either revealed, leaked or is now available for purchase this week:
