Weekly Wrap Up 1/15-1/21

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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! 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 15th to January 21st!

This Week’s Big Stories

Pokémon Switch Hinted for 2018 Release

Help Save Small PokéTubers on YouTube

TPCi Announces Year of Legendary Pokémon

Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

  • Quick reminder that registration for the 2018 International Challenge January competition has begun! Be sure to register for the battles running from January 26th to the the 28th!

Pokkén Tournament DX

  • The Dynamic Fury Group Match is currently ongoing until January 22nd! As usual, this cup is a Team Battle competition, on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participates will receive special titles rewards based on Machamp depending on how high they place

Pokémon GO

  • Version 1.59.1 for the ever popular mobile app is now available! This update fixes several bugs including an issue that sent you back up to the top of your Pokémon list, as well as revamping the Pokédex for easy jumps to Regional ‘dexs, and adding a symbol to indicate shiny Pokémon in your list

Pokémon Duel

  • Requiring 247MB, Version 5.0.6 of the mobile game is now available to download! This update adds new Plates, monthly login bonuses and the new Ultra Space area. In this new area Ultra Beast figures can move into the space and power up. In addition, this update adds several new figures, and brings some changes to old ones:
    • New UX Figures – Nihilego, Mega Mewtwo Y, & Mega Mewtwo X
    • New EX Figures – Toxapex
    • New R Figures – Toxicroak
    • New UC Figures – Mareanie & Croagunk
    • Drapion Balance Update – Movement increased from 1 to 2
    • Arbok Balance Update – New ability Shed Skin added, increased power of Poison Fang from 40 to 50
    • Seviper Balance Update – Added new ability Rapid Approach, Increase wheel size of Toxic Fluid & Poison Tail, Decreased wheel size of Wrap
  • The Poison Gym Cup has begun! Running until January 24th, This Special Gym Cup increases the movement of Poison-type figures as well as the White & Gold Attacks of Psychic-type Pokémon by 20. Participates will recieve the special Alolan Grimer figure!
  • All players who log in before January 30th will receive a Deoxys (Normal Form) Figure

Pokémon Shuffle

  • The new Mareanie stage is live until January 30th, 2018
  • Both the Mega Salamence competitive stage and Electrode stage (previously exclusive to Expert stages) run until January 23rd, 2018
  • The following stages have begun repeat runs until January 23rd: Xurkitree, Palossand, Lycanroc, & Thundurus (Therian Forme)

Check out the official Pokémon merchandise that was either revealed, leaked, or is now available for purchase this week:

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Smearg

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Radiant Blutle

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Dragoniteo

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699 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap Up 1/15-1/21”

  3. This is going to sound wierd, but I was honestly sad when I beated Episode RR in Ultra Sun. Not sad in the fact that I found it disappointing (which I loved the whole Episode), but because I beat the last part of the Pokémon 3DS games.

    What I’m saying is that it was pretty saddening to finish the games because my love for Pokémon really started to become huge thanks to the 3DS system. I remember getting my first 3DS back in 2011, and the first game that I got was Rumble World. It began peaking my interest in the franchise more than ever, and so I got Black 2 in December 2012. And then finally I truly became a massive PokeFan when I saw X and Y being revealed, and so I hopped on the hype train for them in early February of 2013.

    I still remember when I first picked up my X copy back on October 12, 2013 like it was yesterday. And beginning the first few hours that same day were quite magical for me. It’s very surprising that those first few hours were 4 and a half years ago now, and how much I did with Pokémon during that time, such as getting the main games, playing Rom Hacks, and especially joining this website.

    This isn’t a goodbye or anything like that, it’s just that I’m pretty sad and fully realizing that the 3DS era that brought me into the franchise is finished.

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  5. Do you think Smash Switch (“Super Smash Brothers for Nintendo Switch”) being released this Summer is still a possibility?

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  7. Saw Coco today, some spoilery questions: How did the land of the dead work before photographs existed? How did everyone find out/ believe the stuff about De La Cruz in the land of the living? I know there were the letters with the lyrics but how does everyone know/believe Hector created them and didn’t just write them in the letters because he liked them?
    I enjoyed the movie alot, shame no Pixar short before though.

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  8. When E3 will come I’ll be so hyped up for Garden Warfare 3 if EA won’t reveal it then I’ll find their CEO and assasinate him

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  11. In one day I got thrown out of two rooms in my house

    My brother threw me out of the living room (Which I’m the only one who uses it anyway) so he can get better connection for his TV so I moved my GameCube and small tv to the office upstairs (again only I use it), now my grandmother says because my uncle needs something out of the room that I can’t use it anymore. I only have my small bedroom now to store all my cards and my tv

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  13. Fakemon Time

    Undyrtoad
    Vortex Pkm
    Water
    Undertow (opponents cannot switch out) HA: Drizzle
    A large grotesque bullfrog Pokémon with a sea foam green body with a teal underbelly, a large maw and bulbous green eyes, three thin tendrils on its upper lip that curl into a mustache, it’s limbs are very short with curled digits, lastly it retains a short poliwog tailfin

    HP: 130
    Atk: 60
    Def: 80
    SpAtk: 110
    SpDef: 120
    Speed: 30
    BST: 500

    Splash
    Lick
    Bubble
    Yawn
    Whirlpool
    Twister
    Water Pulse
    Mist
    Supersonic
    Brine
    Swagger
    Dive
    Stockpile
    Swallow
    Hurricane
    Riptide (Special Water move base 90 damage: Thrashes the opponent with powerful water currents lands crits easily)

    “Living at the bottom of the ocean it creates whirlpools strong enough to sink cruise liners”
    “Merely opening its mouth can change the direction of water currents many seafarers claim this Pokémon a demon of the deep”

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  15. I really hope the new games don’t get a new mechanic. I’m sure they won’t but it sounds lie this new game will have a new learning curve if it’s own. I just hope all people’s hard work to get specific moves and IVs aren’t gone. … I dunno. Maybe traditional moves can go.. but not ivs.. I dunno.

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  17. Considering the fact that you could interact with Pokémon in USUM, if there isn’t Pokémon following you on the Switch I’m gonna riot

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  21. I wonder how the anime will update to reflect this past and future theme… Like. Hmmm..
    It sound like the gameplay will be slightly closer to what we see in the show from the little we “know” thus far.
    So what could they do to reflect a big change in the Pokemon world in the anime??
    I honestly don’t know…
    Battling on Motorcycles… xD

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  22. Screencap this:

    The next region is going to be very similar to Unova in the sense that it blends urban life and nature but to an extreme. The plot will explore the concepts of human and natural forces and will be based around how both are important to survive. Think of it as a mix of gen 3 and gen 5. The actual region will not be open world BUT the region itself will be very encouraging to exploration and will be full of small touches that make the world feel very alive. The cut scenes will be cut down from the previous games but unfortunately the difficulty will be as well. Although the game will have a nearly flawless main story, its endgame will be near nonexistent once more. It will contain a new battle facility literally nobody cares for.

    Just a really really bold prediction

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    • Screencap this:

      There are Pokemon
      There are three you can choose of at the start that form a type triangle
      Rare Pokemon known as Legendary Pokemon exist
      Bad people act mean to you

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        • But about the prediction

          I doubt they’ll cut down the difficulty, after seeing gen 7 they seem to try to make their games harder

          And the exploration sounds believable, they would make a big region for the switch so it makes sense that they’d want you to explore it as much as possible

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          • They did, but I doubt it’s going to stay
            Since it’s a new console, I can see them trying to drag in new players. As such, they will make it easier for said newer players

          • I also could see them keeping USUM’s difficulty or even upping it. The Switch is geared toward older gamers than the 3DS so I don’t think they’d necessarily make it easier. More casual for stupid f*cking genwunners they will AGAIN pander to? Probably.

          • “Team Rocket is back….for the fourth time! You guys love Team Rocket, right??”

            “New Megas….For MEWTWO! Obtain Mega Mewtwo A & B!”

            “Let’s not forget Poncho Pikachu that learns special dancing moves!”

            “All Kanto Pokemon are in the regional dex!”

            “Walk with Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander only!”

          • The next pandered mons will probably be in the fifth gen reamake. Due to it having seasons and the apparent basis the legendary boib trio has, expect some sort of new gimmick for em

        • Given how easy it would’ve been to make the story of SM really good and how easily they f*cked it up with USUM, I’m not holding my breath for something comparable to BW. I think you’re pretty much spot on with everything else though lol

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        • Well there was a huge shift in quality 5 years ago from gen 5 to 6 so I wouldn’t call the Gen 6 and 7 Gamefreak “modern gamefreak” at all

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          • Gen 5 was the start of it lol. When they started removing complex side activities, limited Gym leaders and E4s to ridiculous numbers, and the start of the games becoming incredibly linear.

          • Unova is super linear, but the environments flow so well (other than Castelia to route 4, but they’re both done amazingly that you get over it) that you don’t notice it too much.

            I wouldn’t say that it was gen 5 that limited gym leader roster numbers. Platinum only had Volkner at 4 pokemon. At least they did have challenge mode in B2W2 that gave Marlon 5 mons

          • Marlon had 4 mons on challenge mode which is super impractical to unlock. Candice and Volkner had 4 whilst their Gen 5 counterparts had 3. Roark and Gardenia had three whilst their counterparts had 2.

            I noticed lol, because besides Desert Resort there was nowhere interesting I could sink my teeth into for exploration.

          • Really, I thought there were tons of interesting places to explore in Unova. The long surf route/P2 lab off of route 1, Dreamyard, Pinwheel Forest, Wellspring Cave, Desort Resort, Forlorn forest, Anville Town (though wish it was bigger, still cool how it’s kind of hidden), twist mountain, chargestone cave, castelia sewers, Abyssal ruins, Abundant shrine..etc.

            Comparatively, there are no fun places at all to explore in Kalos except maybe the mirror cave. Tower of Mastery could’ve been really cool because it’s massive on the outside, but so limited on the inside.

            And then with Alola the only really cool places for me are Ten Carat hill and Seaward cave/Kala’e Bay. Wela Volcano park, Blush Mountain, and even the new Mount Lanakila are disappointing.

            As for challenge mode, that is disappointing that Marlon only had four. I thought for sure it was 5. All well…it was still a bit harder. I do definitely agree that they need to bring back leaders with more pokemon and that the challenge mode being locked was so so stupid.

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