TPCi Announces Year of Legendary Pokémon

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The Pokémon Company International has announced 2018 as the Year of Legendary Pokémon!

To celebrate, special distributions for several Gen VII version exclusive Legendaries will be ongoing for the remainder of the year! These Legendaries can be obtained with any copies of Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, however, the game you’re downloading them to will effect the Pokémon’s details. If you use USUM all of the Legendaries will arrive in your game at Level 100, however they’ll only be Level 60 in SM. Check out the full list of distributions for the year:

  • FEBRUARY – Dialga & Palkia via Gamestop (US) and GAME (UK)
  • MARCH – Regigigas & Heatran
  • APRIL – Raikou & Entei
  • MAY – Xerneas & Yveltal
  • JUNE – Shiny Zygarde
  • JULY – Tornadus & Thundurus
  • AUGUST – Kyogre & Groudon
  • SEPTEMBER – Latios & Latias
  • OCTOBER – Reshiram & Zekrom
  • NOVEMBER – Ho-Oh & Lugia

No word yet on distribution methods for the other Legendaries quite yet. In addition, Pokémon GO, Pokémon TCG, and Pokémon Shuffle will have various tie-in events throughout the year!

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1,323 thoughts on “TPCi Announces Year of Legendary Pokémon”

  1. Okay, Sonic Mania changed from Hard to Challenging for me, tho the last few Boss Battles were kinda surprisingly easy for me.

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  2. *Gets through DragonSpiral Tower scene

    Me: Ok now to go get Pawniard and complete my team so I can start training it

    GF: Not yet, now go through the Relic castle and all this hoping around through the region

    *Aims gun at head

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    • It’s nice that they are finally getting around to giving us the shiny Zygarde. Better late than never I suppose hahaha

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        • I needed to take a break from shiny hunting. I’ve neglected my other games that I need to beat and Pokemon has taken over. Maybe a break will make finding shinies and playing feel better. That said I’ve been playing Black like the others so I guess I really haven’t given up the series entirely lol

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          • Same here I’ve been taking what little time I have to finish up my other games so far I just have Final FantasyIX, The Evil Within 2, a few builds that I’ve been thinking about in Minecraft and Everything.

  7. So with DragonBall Super ending I think they only have a couple options left to them. Either they end it and spend the next few years doing movies and spin offs or they continue the series in a new show. In the case of the new show tho they’ll have to make some major decisions. If they choose to start after the final chapters of the original manga then they’ll need to retcon the sh!t out of the ending and completely ignore GT entirely. They may be able to get away with what happened in the last chapter of the original manga, but there’s no way GT would have ever happened given then events of Super now

    First off I don’t see Goku becoming a kid with the events of Super happening. Given that they know actual gods in DBS it would be a no brainer that they would get in touch with Beerus and Whis first instead o going on a crazy adventure across the entire universe to find the Black star dragonballs. Also both Baby and the dark Shenrons or whatever wouldn’t give Goku or Vegeta a good fight if Super happened. They wouldn’t need SS4 in the slightest to beat them. So basically if they continues on with the story they’ll just need to gut the entire ending and completely ignore GT. None of it makes sense otherwise.

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      • I mean it’d have to be a “what if?” now. Given how Toriyama has basically disowned it and had mostly noting to do with it and how he actually gives a crap about Super I can’t imagine GT would take precedent. They’ll have to completely scrap it from the series or retcon the crap out of it.

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          • It just didn’t feel like DB to me. They had a very specific world with very specific kinds of characters in Z and then all of a sudden they all felt different. It was almost like all the characters changed into something unrecognizable. Also the animation was not what I wanted after Z. They really went in a direction that was not great.

    • Personally I feel they are just going to go on a hiatus and come out with a dragonball super z or something like that. I do wonder how the tournament is going to end

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      • That’s more or less what I’m thinking. I’m not sure they’ll want to do nothing after how popular Super got. Super in and of itself is done. A new sequel could happen tho. One where there’s another time skip and they completely write over GT and do a brand new story.

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        • All I know is it’s exciting. I am holding it hope that vegeta ends up winning the tournament here but I know deep down goku will lol

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          • Good luck with that pipe dream hahaha. I’m mostly sticking to the English dub and not jumping forward, but I’ve been keeping up with small bits here and there. Sounds like the last few episodes have been pretty hype.

          • I can dream at least lol and I am about to finally get into the dub now that we are at the goku black arc! And random but if you have a system that can play it you should get xenoverse 2 if you have a switch! It’s a really great game if you are a fan of the series!

          • We shall see. I played part of the first game and fell off of it hard. We shall see if I play the 2nd. Now FighterZ is something I’m VERY interested in. Can’t wait for that. Didn’t get a chance to play the open beta so I’ll be going in fresh lol

          • So pumped to get my hands on it. While not always great at fighting games I’m a fan. So Dragonball and a traditional fighting game speaks to me.

          • One thing I will say as someone who owns both 2 is a HUGE improvement over the first one at least in my personal opinion. It’s like the difference between tenakichi 1 and 2 lol and fighterz does look awesome! Hopefully it comes to switch!

          • My problem with the first Xenoverse was it was too much of the same story and not enough new. I got to at least the Cell fight and felt like I might as well just be watching the show. Yeah there are some differences, but it wasn’t enough to fully pull me in. Maybe if the character customization was more fleshed out by that point in the game….idk…..XP

          • I can understand that. Xenoverse two had more differences in the story I will say. Some movie characters got involved in certain arcs. And if a 3 ever happens I hope the story gets involved somewhat with dragonball and maybe GT. Mainly dragonball though.

          • I know still it’s a dream 😂 still annoyed he didn’t get to finish off freiza in the resurrection of f arc

          • Goku will always rule supreme. Vegeta is the more interesting character, but Goku is the traditional Shonen character so he gets the spotlight

  8. Jumping off of my previous post. Why in the world did they think it was a good idea to change Trunks’ hair color to blue in the Goku Black arc? I get that his hair was originally supposed to be blue in the manga, but considering young Trunks has purple hair idk why they would even bother.

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    • Idk, I thought that the other day. Only thing I can think is maybe it changed as he got older? I guess he could’ve dyed it for no reason. Or it’s just to show he’s an alternate version (not that they felt the need before).

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      • I mean it’s not a alternate Trunks given that when he came back originally he had purple hair and from what I’ve heard this is the same Trunks that was from the Android arc. So idk……I guess just to differentiate him more from young Trunks? Just seems like a dumb change after so long.

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        • It’s not alternate future Trunks but it is alternate from the Trunks of the main timeline is what I meant. It’s really not necessary unless Toriyama requested it.

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    • Maybe the time travel did it? Or as monkeyfuzz said it changed as he got older. Hell when I was little I apparently had blonde hair lol then later brown and now my hair is a lot darker and closer to black

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  9. I really hate how in the Johto games both Houndour and Slugma are in Kanto. That’s half the Johto introduced Fire types. If I don’t use Typhlosion I guess I’ll go with Magby.

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  11. Well I finished the champions ballad I nBoTW finally! Really enjoyed it am happy to finally hVe my master cycle lol I suppose I may try the trial of the sword soon

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  18. So since I’m back from being off the web (because I was avoiding spoilers for USUM), was there any particular news for Pokemon that I missed?

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  19. So I watched the first episode of the Goku Black arc from last night. Looking pretty promising. There’s a few things I want to say. First off it looks like it’ll be a really cool arc. I’ve heard it’s one of the best in the series. Second I can’t say I’m a fan of Mai being in adult Trunks’ world. In his timeline she wouldn’t have turned back into a kid because Bulma’s birthday party wouldn’t have ever happened. So it doesn’t make sense for her to be the same age as Trunks. She’d either be dead or an old woman. Other than that I’m cool with things. I’m surprised how far into the episode it took them to reference that this is in fact the same Trunks that went back in time the first time. I was afraid I had missed something and this was actually a different Trunks. It would have been interesting, but I’d prefer this being the same version of him. I’m looking forward to seeing how he reacts to everyone being so different in the present day. Gohan will likely surprise him……maybe disappoint him hahaha

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    • I will say that the fight scenes later on do get nicely animated and great, and there’s a return to a cool character last seen in the Majin Buu Arc in Z

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      • Looking forward to it! I’ve been slightly keeping up with some small tidbits here and there with the current arc in Japan, but I’ve been trying to stay away from too many spoilers that would ruin the experience. Should be fun tho!

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  20. So me and star STARted a playthrough of X and Y. There’s a goal to take on each region together but we dunno what order we will

    This is an attempt to get the trashiest region out of the way first and well…

    There’s a lot of pain on my side….

    Vivillion and Litleo are my two mons so

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  21. Ayy, I got my boi (Blendd S-eraph) to help me with another randomizer. I really need to learn how to do it myself though. Still, I appreciate what he’s doing, so thanks again, man.

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  22. The Chinese leaks public reveal on December 26th has been bugging me ever since the post on here a few weeks ago. I’ve been looking constantly every day for new info/rumors/leaks. Trying to think positive but it’s really hard to when such a big change like a new battle system supposedly similar to Digimon World could potentially damage the system that we’ve known and loved and that has worked for 20+ years. Also nervous about the potential Kanto Remake rumors. I want a new region, I DO NOT WANT Kanto again! How do you guys manage to separate rumors/leaks from reality and move on with life? I just can’t seem to do that.

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    • Because the majority of leaks are fake and even when they’re real they don’t convey the whole truth.

      And it’s about time the franchise has a change, I’d say COD’s changed more and that’s notorious for being the same game

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    • I wouldn’t worry about the battle system. Even if it is in fact different I doubt GF would do anything terribly crazy with it. It’ll likely be easily understandable and if all goes well fun. Pokemon fans will just have to learn the new way of battling. I know many Pokemon fans hate change, but it’s really not that scary.

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      • I hope Game Freak knows what they are doing if the battle system changes rumor is true. I don’t want them to alienate those that have been playing for 20 years since Red and Blue released. That’s what I’m most worried about in all honestly. Especially the statements that have been made by your source (I know who they are but I won’t say their name since you said they want to say anonymous) comparing it to the Digimon World games. I watched footage of Digimon World in action and it looks nothing at all compared to Pokemon.

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        • I doubt it will be exactly like DW. GF will make their own system. That was just a comparison likely to say how it will be more action-y than turn based. I feel it will still stay very Pokemon even if it turns the game into an action RPG. Also think ya kindly. I’m trying to keep their trust so even if some people know who I’m talking about I’d rather keep it to a select few than let the whole world know. That way they don’t get attacked with questions and such.

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          • I hope so. I really hope that it was just a glance comparison and not what it will actually be like. I might consider quitting the series if it’s a carbon copy of Digimon World. Has your source updated you with any more specifics about the supposed changes to the battle system since the Chinese leaks were made public on December 26th? Or have they not? I’ve seen your posts on Bulbagarden Forums. You said that your source told you just recently that the story may be similar to B/W and S/M, so I was just curious to see if you had any new information about the supposed battle system changes.

          • Nah not much more than that. My source likely has their own sources as they aren’t actually directly connected to Pokemon or GF. So they get their info and then if they feel like passing it on they do. I don’t think they know much more than what I’ve outlined. They may, but they haven’t give me anymore details than that. Of course when I get info I’ll share. I’d say we should keep our eyes on February. Given that they told me something big may be coming I think that’s when we”ll see whatever it is first. could be Zeraora, but it could be something brand new. At this point all we can do is wait and see.

          • Nah just a general “soon” I’m not even sure they know 100% when or what it is. Just that something is coming.

          • It certainly is. That said even if Zeraora is the next reveal my source says that the movie will likely feature something that will “set the stage” . I gotta imagine either a new Pokemon will be in the movie or a new mechanic.

          • I’m nervous that if this news is announced in February then it could be Kanto Remakes for the Switch to coincide with the 22nd Anniversary in Japan. I hope to Arceus that this is NOT the case! But if it is Kanto Remakes though, I’ll try to stay positive (hopefully) and hope that they have enough new to justify a return to the region for like the 5th time and that the battle system and mechanics are not destroyed enough where it’s like a major reboot like some people (like Lockstin) have predicted.

          • I would say regardless of what the new game is that next month we’ll get Zeraora first. Then in March we’ll get a reveal.

          • Yeah. We tend to always get Mythical Pokemon reveals in February. So I would bet my money that we’ll see Zeraora next month. Though last year, they announced Marshadow in April along with a new movie trailer for Pokemon, I Choose You! to showcase it’s role in the movie.

          • Yeah, but last year was a mid gen year. They didn’t need to announce Marshadow until then. This time if the game really is coming they’ll need to get Zeraora out of the way asap before showing off something new.

          • That’s true. Like you’ve said before, we really have to just wait and see what happens. I think I’m going to try to go with mindset of this until we get the official announcement of the Switch games for any rumors going forward: “It’s just rumors, not official pieces of news. Just ignore anything as fiction until we get the official announcement. Whenever that may be.” I suppose whatever makes me feel better and works I guess.

    • Let’s be real, 99% are fake unless they have some sort of proof. The starters had that same classified shitt and the style as the other leaks, the sprites for USUM looked like proper sprites before Scires confirmed them, and so on

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  24. Really freakin typical, domination for entire match with 6 points away from a splatzone KO just for us to get sloppy and lose 6-100-0

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  25. GOD FUKING DAMN IT ONE JUST ONE FREAKIN WIN TO GET MY S+ RANK BACK AND MY TEAM BLEW IT I AM SICK OF IDIOTS CONSTANTLY DRAGGING ME DOWN

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    • ONE BULLSHITTING WIN AWAY AND I LOSE IT NOW IM GONNA HAVE TO WIN LIKE 7 FREAKING MATCHES IN A ROW TO GET EVERYTHING BACK GOOD LUCK WITH THAT POSSIBLY HAPPENING

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