Nintendo has announced that starting on December 14th, 2018, players of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that also have played Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! and have a save file on their Nintendo Switch system, will unlock the Partner Pikachu or Partner Eevee spirits. They can also be unlocked by completing challenges too.


Source: https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1069040555672383488

In celebration of the arrival of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, outfits inspired by the ones Brock and Misty's wear in the new games are now available to purchase in Pokémon GO. Screenshots showing off these new outfits have been added to an Imageboard thread.

Avatar Outfit Coin Costs:

Brock's Shirt: 300 Coins
Brock's Pants: 250 Coins
Brock's Shoes: 150 Coins
Misty's Top: 200 Coins
Misty's Shorts: 200 Coins
Misty's Shoes: 150 Coins

@PokemonGoApp - November 27th, 2018

In celebration of the arrival of #PokemonLetsGo, avatar items inspired by familiar Gym Leaders from the Kanto region are now available for purchase in the Style Shop. Do you know who these avatar items are inspired by?

Source: https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/1067946310567903237

From November 16th, 2018 until November 26th, 2018, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! have sold a combined 1.5 million copies in the United States. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon has sold 2.2 million copies since its launch on November 17th, 2017.

Nintendo Hits Big Milestones from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday

Nintendo Switch set two new records from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: It became the best-selling Nintendo console in U.S. history for that five-day period, surpassing even Wii system sales. Nintendo Switch also had its best-selling week ever in the United States. In fact, according to Adobe Analytics, Nintendo Switch was among the most-purchased items online on Thanksgiving Day and the overall top-selling video game product online for the Black Friday-Cyber Monday time period.

Strong demand resulted in shoppers buying more than $250 million in Nintendo products from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, according to Nintendo’s internal sales figures, demonstrating that Nintendo has something for everyone this holiday season. That sales total accounts for video game systems like Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, retro systems like Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition and Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition, as well as all Nintendo-produced games and accessories. Total U.S. hardware sales for Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday increased 45 percent over the same period in 2017.

And that doesn’t even take into account that one of the most anticipated video game events of the year is still to come: the Dec. 7 launch of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game. As previously announced, the game has become not only the most pre-sold Nintendo Switch game of all time, but also the most pre-sold Super Smash Bros. game ever in the series.

Unless otherwise noted, the following data from Nintendo covers Nov. 22 to Nov. 26, and is specific to the U.S. only:

• Nintendo Switch hardware sales grew 115 percent compared to the same period in 2017.
• Lifetime sales of Nintendo Switch, which is entering only its second holiday season, have reached more than 8.2 million units.
• Sales of first-party games, including digital downloads, topped 1 million units Nov. 22-26, beating 2017’s totals by 78 percent.
• Nintendo Switch games Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! have hit combined U.S. sales of more than 1.5 million units since their Nov. 16 launch.
• Additionally, after 12 months of availability, lifetime combined sales of the Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon games crossed 2.2 million.

Nintendo has added a Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! wallpaper for PC, smart phone, or tablet to their My Nintendo rewards program. The wallpaper costs 50 Platinum Points to redeem.

Reward info

My Nintendo members! Redeem your points to get a new wallpaper for your smartphone and PC featuring the stars of the new Pokémon™: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon™: Let's Go, Eevee! games.

It can be downloaded in eleven different resolutions for PC, smart phone, or tablet.

Available sizes
Landscape format:
3840x2160・ 2560x1440・1920x1080・1366x768・1280x1024

Portrait format:
(Pikachu): 1440x2560・1242x2208・1080x1920・750x1334・720x1280・640x1136
(Eevee): 1440x2560・1242x2208・1080x1920・750x1334・720x1280・640x1136

Sources: https://my.nintendo.com/news/4202158adf9cead2 and https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/73fb4ffe323b3797

To promote the new games Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, Niantic has announced a Special Research to learn about the mysterious Mythical Pokémon Meltan. Kanto Pokémon will appear more often in Pokémon GO until November 27th, 2018.

Discover Meltan and more in celebration of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!

Trainers, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! are out now for Nintendo Switch, and there’s plenty to learn about the mysterious Mythical Pokémon Meltan! Professor Willow needs your help tracking down this Steel-type Pokémon with some new Special Research—are you up for the task? You can get started right now!

Plus, in addition to the Special Research, Field Research featuring Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region and not commonly found in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! will be available from now until November 27. Make sure to look around you during that time, as Pokémon such as Omanyte and Kabuto may appear in the wild more frequently!

Can’t get enough of Pikachu and Eevee? Celebrate the launch of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! by showing your love with new Pikachu Cap and Eevee Cap avatar items, now available in the Style Shop!

And don’t forget to mark your calendar! From November 23 at 1:00 p.m. PST to November 26 at 1:00 p.m. PST, certain Evolutions of Eevee—Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, and Umbreon—as well as Raichu and its Alolan form will appear more frequently in Raid Battles!

So, Trainers, get ready for a brand-new adventure, and let’s GO!

Source: https://pokemongolive.com/post/letsgo-celebration

After the 2018 E3 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Treehouse with Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda and they showed off the games Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!

YouTube Video - Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2018

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzh99yoNOXI