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 January 1st to January 7th!
This Week’s Big Stories
Happy New Year! Giveaway Winners and More!
Pokémon Fans Should be First to Denounce Logan Paul
Kanto or Sinnoh: Which Will See Switch Remake?
Event Reminder
- Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon’s first global event is due to end this Wednesday! This distribution gives you a Level 10 Rockruff, holding a Focus Band, with the ability Own Tempo, and the moves Fire Fang (Ultra Sun)/Thunder Fang (Ultra Moon) and Happy Hour. This special Rockruff is the only legitimate way one can obtain Dusk Form Lycanroc in game (Evolve at Level 25 between 5pm and 5:59pm), however it can be bred to give offspring Rockruff the Own Tempo ability. As long as a Rockruff has this ability, it can evolve to Dusk Form Lycanroc.
Pokkén Tournament
- The Dynamic Fury Group Match has been announced and will take place from January 19th to January 22nd! This special Group Match is once again a Team Battle competition on a fixed arena. Participants will receive a special title based on Machamp, while those who place higher will gain other titles as a reward
- The first qualifier for the 2018 Pokkén Tournament DX World Championships will take place at the Oceania International Championships in Sydney, February 10th & 11th! There are 100 entry places available with the winners gaining access to play at the World Championships this August in Nashville, Tennessee
My Nintendo Rewards
- For those who are part of the My Nintendo rewards in Europe, you can now get a 30% discount coupon for Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon until January 11th – this brings down the price of the game to £24.49/€27.99
Pokémon GO
- Out of nowhere region exclusives Seviper and Zangoose have migrated between their two regions. Those in the Americas and Africa can now find Seviper out in the wild while residents of Europe & Asia can now catch Zangoose. There’s no word on if or when they will switch back to their original regions, so get out there and GO catch them while you can!
Pokémon Shuffle
- The new Guzzlord stage is now available until until January 16th – it requires 20,000 coins to play, and can only be done 10 times total during this run
- The new Kommo-o stage is also available until January 16th
- A new Pokémon Safari featuring Jangmo-o, Hakamo-o, Sandygast, Hoppip (Winking), Skiploom (Winking), Jumpluff (Winking), Cherubi (Winking), and Cherrim (Winking) is now live in game until January 16th
- The Shiny Mega Charizard X Competitive stage is running until January 9th
- The following stages have begun repeat runs until January 9th: Alolan Ninetales, Black Kyurem, Kyogre, & Reshiram
Unfortunately no new official merchandise leaked or was revealed this week. Check out this promotional poster announcing the new collaboration of Karel Capek Designs and Pokémon Centers! These tea-centric products will go on sale February 24th in Japan!











Okay, I know most of you isn’t into Doctor Who, but this Fan Title sequence is really amazing and I wanna share it
https://youtu.be/MYCU2Hk247M
https://twitter.com/boogie2988/status/950537075580956672
@Daedardus
Just a matter of time before we can find out if this leak is fake or not.
Please, Nintendo, just announce it at 10:00 AM EDT like you usually do!
Or better yet, just announce the damn thing tomorrow!
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I don’t believe this, mainly because of the Final Fantasy XV situation. Also, that’s basically the only Nintendo announcement in the entire thing and it’s ludicrous for a January Direct. Also, they rarely announce them at 9AM PST.
I just hope it’s fake. This has been bugging me for two days now.
The line up on this sucks. So it’s been making me think it’s real.
I hope it’s real.. because I can’t understand for the life of me why the gaming community has so many compulsive liars if not..
Trolls are the reason why, they love to put up fake rumors just to watch people tear each other apart
Let me add one more thing
This isn’t always the case, but it sometimes is
Nah, I think it’s more to see if people willl belevie you
Leaks are made just for fun and attention, don’t get too angry over them
No.. it pisses me off
Why tho? They don’t really hurt anyone
I think he’s more pissed because sometimes it’s something he wants, but then uncovers that he was lied to and deceived. But I could be wrong
Soooooo… Can we say it’s fake now?
nope
why not?
The leaker’s deadline is at 12:00 PM EDT. So less than 2 hours. If they post at 12:00 PM EDT, then we’re all doomed and I’m not watching the Direct. I’ll just catch the highlights afterwards instead.
Unrelated, but I just realized that guy in the picture is Xander from Fates (Or at least someone that looks extremely like him)
Final Fantasy XV for switch
Yeaaaaah that’s unlikely imo
Nintendo made Zelda, Splatoon and Animal Crossing IPhone cases, rn Japan exclusive
I hate elliptical bicycles! In gym class we are using them, but I don’t see why? The seats hurt my a$$ and I have to ride them for a half hour, they make my legs weak so I can barely stand up and get to my study hall, It gave me frickin’ migrain’s because it puts a physical and mental strain on me. It’s madness!
Now onto doing my math because what’s a highschool day like if your math teacher doesn’t give you homework 😛
Maybe you should be more active 👀
The butt hurting has nothing to do with activity
I wish I could remember my seat cover that cushions ya
I feel you on the first. I have to start biking between class b/c they’re too far away for me to walk between in 15 mins.
And I never had math hw for two years in high school (Algebra II and Pre. Calculus)…
I prefer scooters, so much less pain and less hard
……hau?
One more hour until we find out if this leak is fake.
Please be fake! It’s been torturing for me for two days straight now. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bb6ff5b4a5c3ca17e42fde7004a12beecd8733270ccb954797fc3d5af8a69bd5.jpg
its most likely fake
I hope so. Crossing my fingers for no announcement at 12:00 PM EDT. I can’t believe I’m actually saying this. Lol.
Its all lame games anyway
You’re one to talk
but you dont play any games?
Exactly
I found Earthen’s nephew!
https://twitter.com/psychicpebble/status/950557996697796608
*Ten years and millions of dollars in surgery later*
“Welcome LAPD’s first Orcish police officer”
I don’t see Earthen as one to be a police officer.
I’m more on the supply side of crime
It’s a Movie reference
I know that…
Sounds like me alright
Does anybody have Tornadus and Thundurus on ORAS I can borrow to look for Shiny Lando? I traded mine already to SM
So it’s safe to assume that Gen 5 was going to continue cross gen evos (Luvdisc >Alomamoka, Tauros > Bouffolant etc) but decided to make them all seperate as a soft reboot instead… right?
I mean it makes too much sense to me
That may be right lol.
I don’t Think so, I just think GF Didn’t notice the Luvdisc Alolamola Thing, and Tauros and Bouffalant are different enough.
Honey, they noticed. It’s impossible not to. The only other reason for making Alomamlola I can think of is having a heart scale mon but they don’t hold heartscales and luvdisc could just be put in the post game areas if they wanted one.
When the BW mons were being revealed I just figured they were evolutions of those mons
IDK GF has been really dumb lately
…. this was 7-8 years ago.
They knew what they were doing back then
yeah but in pokemon time, so 9 games ago.
…. still no.
This stuff doesn’t just happen
I have 2 move ideas
Roulette 30P 10PP 70ACC has a 10% to Flinch, Confuse, Freeze, Paralyze, Burn, Poison or put to sleep, but also a 30% chance to have no secondary effect(might change)
Shield Bash, Electro Ball but with Defense.
No Direct announcement today. 9AM has officially passed, meaning that 4chan leak was fake (which I believed all along). Fire Emblem Mutiny is fake. However, the 11th may not be fake because the “insiders” still insist it’s happening on Thursday. I don’t know what to believe anymore, so I’m just going to take a shower.
I’m waiting till 12:10 est to decide, not taking any risks on this
I’m so happy right now! That leak was bothering me for two days! Finally glad we can put it to bed! Though I’m going to wait a few minutes just in case they post it late for some odd reason. Which I highly doubt.
My bet is actually the 16th, but don’t listen to me lol, I’m not an ‘insider’.
Ok I give up… I just wanted my pink joy cons and Fire Emblem, that was enough to get me hyped
If you could make ONE old feature a stable in every Pokemon game from now on what would it be?
TBH… I think I have to say Poke Pelago. It’s so conveient and helpful andvery underrated
Lol this is how GameFreak makes descisions.
Choose one thing and NOTHING else
https://media1.giphy.com/media/3o6MboNFtQ3bUIAgVi/giphy.gif
SUPER TRAINING, because there is no good reason for them to have removed it and introduced Hyper Training which sounds like something to complement it.
Really Super Training? I mean it was good when I first started XY then I realized how much better horde training was. Plus Poke Pelago does that too and even more exact
I forgot it’s part of pelago… THE PSS THEN, because the vast majority of people(I don’t HATE it) hate Festival Plaza
I honestly only ended up using it to keep track of my egg hatching, horde training was serperior, faster and far less annoying and tedious.
I’ve already changed it to the PSS, but now I’m changing it to Battle Frontier because I like the Gimmicks.
Oh yeah PSS was the best for online features, especially trading and wondertrading. I don’t think I’ve ever played a Battle Frontier.
Pokeheatlon.
It’s fun and I miss it, but I could also live with contesta which I’m afraid we aren’t going to see them until DP remakes
Mr.Raul Contesta?
I loved Pokeathelon, I wish they made it harder though. Like if I played now I would never lose because the Cpu is so easy now. Also I wish they made more things online. Pokeathelon wifi with friends would be fun
I’d kill for pokéathlon online ngl
PSS.
Get rid of festival plaza and go with what works…
Pelago is probably the best place we’ve ever had for Berry Growing. The other features are varying levels of useful too. I only really dislike the bean gathering since it can be clunky or maybe that’s me. I would add features to it like optional mini-games.
I’d like hordes back too.
Oh and DexNav was useful, if a bit clunky and irritating at times.
The Battle Frontier. Though I wouldn’t mind walking Pokemon to be a thing again.
Torn between the two. But if one of those features had to come back, then it would proably be walking Pokemon because of Junichi Masuda’s comments about the Battle Frontier during the time of ORAS.
Roller Skates. Either that or probably PSS.
Oh yes, and Horde Battles.
I wonder how good Tajiri-san is at Pokemon.
Here’s an interview with Satoshi Tajiri from all the way back in 2004 on a Japanese TV show. He had a Pokemon battle in FireRed and LeafGreen with one of the hosts. It was very interesting. I’m sad that we haven’t heard a lot from him since 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiewEQuupw
I wonder where the guy even is
I don’t know why, but recently I’ve been thinking of Kramer from Seinfeld Saying “Use the Force Jerry!”
https://absurdlynerdly.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/offensive.jpg?w=300
God why
I have such a bad headache today it’s making me feel sick. Forgot to share I got this little guy, He’ll need some Hyper Training and has HP Fire because that’s the least useless I could get.
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No nickname?
I don’t enjoy nicknaming as I often end up disliking it when it’s too late to change it. Any nicknames I give I keep in my head. Electric Railgun Beetle also wouldn’t fit.
you can always change nicknames
Not once they are moved to different games.
Looks grumpy but congrats
It’s in quiet contemplation, and thanks.
It’s only a matter of time. https://twitter.com/nintendolife/status/950728900354637825
why is nintendo retweeting
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/949400851126325254
How did GameFreak manage to mess up rollerskates? They should be instant run and not “run for a second then slow down after”
It was occasionally fun to use them but the bike was still better, not least because it had more consistent speed.
I would’ve preferred them as like… in HGSS you can just press the thing to keep running
Yeah that would’ve helped. Would be nice to have auto-run now tbh.
Which reminds me, I want Bikes and Ride Pokémon
Bikes were fun and made me happy
Bikes are basically obsolete with ride Pokemon though.
Well that’s how rollerskates work, the problem is that they went with rollerskates. Blame the circle pad.
I need some help. The overall Alola Pokedex still only registers at 99% but every island Pokedex says that they’re complete. Anything I can do to fix this?
Do you have all Legends and UBs? Have you tried talking to the professor or the GameFreak building guy?
Oh, that’s it. I’m still missing Blacephalon and Naganadel. Thank you!
NP, hope that sorts it.
Catch the Tapus
They aren’t shown in the dex until after you catch them
Legendaries and UBS are not included
im a birb now
I always suspected.
Im a birb goat
https://i.imgur.com/uMNAEeX.gif
😂😂😂😂
I’ll get the deep fryer warmed up, in the meantime roll around in flour and oil
you monster
And would it kill you to periodically sprinkle herbs and spices on your body
I made a new friend today https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/406ece19c754a9dfca93fcb4147e85b26580b241823b351c98e503936beadea4.jpg
What is it (other than horrifying)?
Buff bug anteater with fries for fingers.
That was me giving it more 3d style fingers
A random thing I made that was sort of a Fly and human hybrid… This is a female however the male is worse
It reminds me of the movie ‘The Fly’ but less gross.
YOOO
Amazon sent me an email recommending that I buy Switch Title 14, and of course that page is already gone! Direct WHEN?
Direct whenever sca-CAW
Maybe it’s Pokemon since I just bought Pokken Tournament DX???
No it’s Yo-Kai Watch
Wait What?!?!?! What’s new?!
It was a joke
Or it could just be because it’s Nintendo related
Oh no, my dog went to the vet today and had a seizure, she was just getting some shots and she went unresponsive and was shaking uncontrollably. She seems ok now, but I hope this never happens to my little one ever again after all shes been through D: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/af1f7433dd793b60474595d16812fda58d3e965dd010300eb20a51b7a701eb91.jpg
Aaaaaaww……I hope your little buddy is alright. I hate hearing stuff like this……At least it happened when she was at the vet already. They’re better equipped to deal with that stuff than you are at home. She’s adorable. I really hope she’s alright
She’ll probably be fine, she’s just wandering about the kitchen rn
Animal Seizures are tough…at least it happened at the vet, hopefully they’ll give it some meds to help curb the spasms
Sorry to hear that, hope she is OK and it doesn’t happen again.
Resembles last 2 dogs ☹️
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2a3d1798289dcbcd9194c673df40e2ec4645851e4caff83168cf9432f10cc077.png Really hoping for a new imagine party babies for Switch
So I finally have sat down and watched invader zim. Could never get into it as a kid and I must say what have I missed? This show is awesome and I regret not watching it all these years!