The official Pokémon website has announced the full details for the Shiny Toxtricity Event Pokémon distribution. Players in the United States, Canada and Australia can visit participating GameStop or EB Games stores to get a serial code via the Pokémon Pass app from February 19th, 2021 until March 18th, 2021.

Distribution Locations Worldwide:

Canada, Australia, New Zealand: EB Games
United States: Gamestop
Germany, Italy: Gamestop Online
France: Micromania Online
Belgium, Netherlands: GameMania's Online

Visit GameStop and Rock Out with Shiny Toxtricity in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield

Get a code for a Shiny Toxtricity by using Pokémon Pass at GameStop in the United States or by visiting EB Games in Canada and Australia.

Celebrate the February 19 release of Pokémon TCG: Shining Fates and add some punk rock attitude to your battle lineup in your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game with a Shiny Toxtricity! Trainers can obtain a code to receive the Punk Pokémon in its Amped Form by visiting participating retailers between February 19 and March 18.

Trainers located in the US can obtain a code by using the Pokémon Pass app inside their local participating GameStop. Curbside pickup is also available. For the no-contact option, park or stand outside the front entrance of your local participating GameStop, open the Pokémon Pass app, and follow prompts for curbside pickup to receive a code for your game.

Trainers in Australia and Canada can obtain a code by visiting EB Games. For curbside pickup in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, upon arriving to the store, please either knock on the front door or call the store to notify the staff that you have arrived and are waiting outside. Request a code from a sales associate, and they will bring one out to you.

Use these steps, along with your code, to get Shiny Toxtricity.

1. Launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.
2. Select Mystery Gift on the X menu.
3. Select Get a Mystery Gift.
4. Select Get with Code/Password to connect to the internet.
5. Enter your code.
6. Watch as the gift arrives in your game. (The Pokémon will appear in your party or in your Pokémon Boxes.)
7. Be sure to save your game.

This Toxtricity is ready to get loud with two sound-based moves that are amplified by the Pokémon's Punk Rock Ability and by the Throat Spray it's holding!

Shiny Toxtricity

Level: 50
Ability: Punk Rock
Held Item: Throat Spray
Moves: Overdrive, Sludge Wave, Boomburst, Rising Voltage

Rock on with Shiny Toxtricity, and look for the Amped Pokémon in the Pokémon TCG: Shining Fates expansion!

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/visit-gamestop-and-rock-out-with-shiny-toxtricity-in-pokemon-sword-and-pokemon-shield/

The Pokémon Company announced that they will be hosting a virtual music concert celebrating its 25th anniversary featuring Post Malone. They will also distribute a special password on February 25th, 2021 for players of the Pokémon video game franchise to add a special Pikachu to their Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games. High resolution images from the press release have been added to an Imageboard thread.

POKÉMON UNVEILS VIRTUAL MUSIC CONCERT WITH POST MALONE TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Online Global Music Event to Take Place on Pokémon Day, February 27, as Part of P25 Music Program

Bellevue, Wash.—FEBRUARY 11, 2021— Pokémon unveiled plans today for a virtual music concert celebrating its 25th anniversary. The pop-culture brand broke the news with help from headliner and Pokémon fan Post Malone in a video that can be seen here: https://youtu.be/wtQx4R2M2iw/.

Taking place on Saturday, February 27—better known as Pokémon Day—the event will be an online party not just for Pokémon fans but for all music fans around the world. It will also serve as the launch activation for the franchise’s yearlong P25 Music program. The Pokémon Company International has teamed up with Universal Music Group to bring this concert and more music surprises to life throughout 2021 as part of P25 Music. P25 Music is a collaboration with some of music’s biggest names to create new songs, styles, and pop-culture moments, all through the lens of Pokémon. Pop icon Katy Perry was announced last month as the program’s premier artist.

“I’ve been a Pokémon fan for a long time, so the opportunity to headline the Pokémon Day concert celebrating 25 years is awesome,” said Post Malone.

The concert will be free to view on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, Pokémon’s official Twitch channel, and on Pokémon’s 25th anniversary website beginning at 7:00 p.m. EST / 4:00 p.m. PST on February 27. Pokémon will unveil more P25 Music details at the end of the concert, so fans will want to tune in for more upcoming collaboration surprises.


In anticipation of the concert, The Pokémon Company International will host several celebratory activations across the brand in the week leading up to the virtual music event. In addition to the previously announced Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto event on Saturday, February 20, The Pokémon Company International will distribute a special password on February 25 for players of the Pokémon video game franchise to add a special Pikachu to their Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games. In keeping with the music theme for the year, this Pikachu knows the move Sing, which it can’t ordinarily learn. On February 27, fans can tune in to Pokémon TV, either on the web or by downloading the app, for a curated selection of music-themed episodes of the popular Pokémon animated series as they prepare for the big Pokémon Day concert with Post Malone in the evening. Fans can expect more announcements that week from across the franchise.

YouTube Clip - Get ready for the Pokémon Day Virtual Concert with Post Malone!

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtQx4R2M2iw

During the THE SPACE SUNRISE LIVE 2021 live stream event from the International Space Station, it was revealed that Pikachu, who was said to have boarded the ISS as a crew member with astronaut Soichi Noguchi, would be distributed as an event Pokémon in the games Pokémon Sword and Shield. The Pikachu astronaut crew member effect was done through the use of AR which it was also used to show Rayquaza floating outside the atmosphere of earth.


The KIBO Pikachu will be distributed over Mystery Gift over Internet from January 1st, 2021 until January 15th, 2020. Pikachu knows the following moves: Thunderbolt, Swift, Wish and Celebrate. It is Level 21, has an OT of 210101, an ID of KIBO and is holding a Comet Shard.


Source: https://www.facebook.com/PokemonCoKr/posts/3696309507075057

It was announced that Mister Donut in Japan will collaborate with Pocket Monsters in celebration to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mister Donut. The Lucky and Good Luck! Scratch Card Campaign (ラッキーといいことあるぞ！スクラッチカードキャンペーン)" will be held for a limited time starting from Friday, December 4th, 2020.

For every 1,000 yen (tax included) spent on the campaign, customers will receive a Lucky Scratch Card, and if they win, they will receive one of four original Pokémon clear files. In addition, for the first time ever, Mister Donut will be distributing a special Lucky that can be used in Pokémon Sword or Shield for Nintendo Switch. Regardless of whether it's a win or miss, all Lucky Scratch Cards can be entered in-game with the serial code written on them to receive a Lucky.

Source: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000560.000005720.html

Today, The Pokémon Company International announced that the Mythical Pokémon Zarude will star in the next animated Pokémon film, “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle,” and the latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion that launched today. It will also appear in the best-selling Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield video games through an upcoming distribution. High resolution images from the press release have been added to an Imageboard thread.

“Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle” Trailer Revealed

The Pokémon Company International unveiled the newest animated film based on the beloved Pokémon franchise, “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle,” coming to fans around the world in 2021. Trainers can watch the official trailer for “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle” on the Pokémon YouTube channel.


As the 23rd animated Pokémon film, “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle” tells the story of Koko, a young boy raised by Pokémon, and the creation of a new bond between humans and Pokémon. ​Deep in the jungle, far from any human settlement, is the Forest of Okoya—a Pokémon paradise forbidden to outsiders and protected by a strict code of rules.​ In this jungle lives Koko, a human boy who has been raised as a Pokémon by the Mythical Pokémon Zarude. Koko has grown up never doubting that he is a Pokémon. But one day, a chance meeting with Ash and Pikachu leaves Koko with his first human friend. Is he truly a Pokémon? Or is he, in fact, a human? When danger threatens the Forest of Okoya, the bonds between Pokémon and human—as well as the love between parent and child—will be put to the test.

New Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage Expansion Released

Zarude will also make its debut in the Pokémon TCG in the latest expansion, Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage, from The Pokémon Company International. The set is now available at participating retailers worldwide, including Pokémon Center, the premier destination for official, high-quality Pokémon merchandise in the US and Canada.

Sword & Shield—Vivid Voltage also introduces an all-new kind of card called Amazing Pokémon, which features Legendary or Mythical Pokémon illustrated with vividly rainbow backgrounds that extend outside of the frame, as well as foil, etched details and a special rarity symbol. The full expansion includes six Amazing Pokémon; six Pokémon VMAX, including Pikachu VMAX, Orbeetle VMAX, and Coalossal VMAX shown in their Gigantamax forms; 11 Pokémon V plus 13 full-art Pokémon V; and more.

Video Game Distribution Featuring Zarude Coming Soon

In further celebration of Zarude’s appearance in “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle” and the Pokémon TCG, Trainers will be able to receive Zarude in their Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game by signing up for Pokémon Trainer Club email notifications by November 20, 2020. Trainers who register in this way will receive a Pokémon Trainer Club email containing a distribution code for Zarude on December 11, 2020.

Type: Dark/Grass
Level: 60
Ability: Leaf Guard
Moves: Close Combat, Power Whip, Swagger, Snarl

How to get Zarude by Country:

US, Canada, Australia, & Latin America - Through the Pokémon Trainers Club Newsletter. Sign up by November 20th, 2020 to receive it in December 2020.
UK - GAME Stores
Germany - Gamestop - In-Store now, Online from December 1st
Austria, Switzerland - Gamestop
Italy - Gamestop Online Store
Spain - GAME retail, Online Store
Belgium, Netherlands - GameMania
France - Micromania - Sign up on their website to get a code
Portugal - FNAC Stores
Sweden - Through Spelochsant or Webhallen's online portal
Ireland - Gamestop Website

YouTube Clip - Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle Trailer

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDP4V6_gmA

The official Pokémon website has announced that players of Pokémon GO can now transfer Pokémon to Pokémon HOME. To celebrate this new feature, trainers who transfer a Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME will receive the Mythical Pokémon Melmetal.

Connect Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME for a Melmetal That Can Gigantamax

Pokémon GO Trainers will soon be able to transfer Pokémon to Pokémon HOME, and can receive the Mythical Pokémon Melmetal after their first transfer.

Pokémon GO is now officially connected to Pokémon HOME, giving Trainers the opportunity to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME! This feature is rolling out incrementally to all Trainers based on their current Trainer level. Keep checking Pokémon GO for the opportunity to transfer your Pokémon to Pokémon HOME.

Trainers will use a new feature in Pokémon GO called the GO Transporter to transfer Pokémon to Pokémon HOME. Every time you transfer a Pokémon, some energy will be drained from the GO Transporter. The energy used by the GO Transporter recharges over time, but it can also be replenished with PokéCoins. The energy cost to use the GO Transporter to transfer Pokémon varies depending on the Pokémon.

To celebrate this development, Trainers who transfer a Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME will receive the Mythical Pokémon Melmetal. This special Melmetal can Gigantamax in any battle in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield that allows it. This Melmetal can be received as a Mystery Gift in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME. Trainers can then use the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME to transfer this Melmetal to Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield and add it to their team. This is the first time Gigantamax Melmetal has been made available to Trainers, so don't miss out on this chance to team up with the Mythical Steel-type Pokémon!

After transferring a Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME, Trainers can open the Mystery Box in Pokémon GO, causing the rare Mythical Pokémon Meltan to appear on the map for a limited time. Trainers can evolve Meltan into Melmetal by gathering 400 Meltan Candy.

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/connect-pokemon-go-to-pokemon-home-for-a-melmetal-that-can-gigantamax/

Receive a special Melmetal in Pokémon HOME

The first time you transfer Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME, you’ll receive the Mythical Pokémon Melmetal as a Mystery Gift in Pokémon HOME. This Melmetal is a special one that has never been obtainable until now. It is capable of Gigantamaxing under the right conditions, such as during Max Raid Battles in the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games. You will not be able to feed Melmetal Max Soup, which is available in The Isle of Armor, the first round of content for the Pokémon Sword Expansion Pass and Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass. (Note: Full version of game required to use Expansion Pass for that game. Games and Expansion Passes sold separately or in special bundle packs.)

The Mystery Gifts feature is available only on the mobile device (iOS/Android) version of Pokémon HOME. Certain features may be unavailable depending on your device or OS version.

Linking with Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield is a feature available only on the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME.

Catch Meltan in Pokémon GO

If you send Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME, you’ll be able to open the Mystery Box, causing the Mythical Pokémon Meltan to appear on your map for a limited time. It is important to note that a set period of time must have passed since you last opened the Mystery Box in order to be able to open it again.

If a Trainer who does not have a Mystery Box sends a Pokémon to Pokémon HOME, they will obtain a Mystery Box.


Source: https://home.pokemon.com/en-us/move/special_events/

The Pokémon Center Singapore has announced that they will be giving out a Birthday Card, Pin Bage and either a "Milcery with Star Sweet" or "Milcery with Ribbon Sweet" for Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield on a persons birthday. This is similar to the Pokémon Center and Pokémon Store birthday promotion in Japan for 2020/2021.

Pokémon Center Singapore - Birthday Celebration Gifts

Attention Trainers! A new birthday surprise is waiting for you in Pokémon Center Singapore starting from Friday, 6th November 2020! Come down and celebrate your Birthday with Pokémon Center Singapore in your birthday month to receive the following 3 new special gifts from us:

1. Receive a new "Birthday Card" at Pokémon Center Singapore!
2. Receive a new Pin Badge to commemorate your visit at Pokémon Center Singapore!
3. Receive either a "Milcery with Star Sweet" or "Milcery with Ribbon Sweet" for Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield!

*Please bring along your Nintendo Switch with your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game installed to redeem the Game Code!*

For the change-over of New Birthday Service, any guests who redeemed their birthday in-store before Thursday, 5th November 2020 and received a Birthday Visit Slip from us will still be able to receive the old Birthday Service gifts (Pikachu or Eevee Promotional Code, Birthday Coupon etc.) until up to Sunday, 31st January 2020. However, the mentioned guests will not be able to receive the new Birthday Service instead. Please note we will ceased our birthday coupon redemption for our Birthday Service Campaign on Thursday, 5th November 2020. Please check out our terms and conditions below!

If your birthday falls in the month of November, come down and celebrate your Birthday with Pokémon Center Singapore soon! Please bring along your Identification to verify your date of birth too!

Birthday Celebration Gift Images

Terms and condition:

※ Please bring along your identification to verify your date of birth. (e.g Identification Card, Student Pass, Passport, Driver's License)
※ You can redeem a gift once for the duration of one month of your birth month.
(Example: If 25th November is your birthday, redemption period will be from 1st November to 30th November)
※ Each gift can only be received once per person during the month of birth.
※ The contents of the gift may change or end without notice.

Birthday Gifts

※ Please bring along your Nintendo Switch with Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game installed and show the game screen to the staff to redeem either Milcery with Star Sweet or Milcery with Ribbon Sweet Promotional Code. (Both physical or soft copy of the game are allowed)
※ Gifts can be received with or without the purchase of "Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass".
※ Milcery with Star Sweet or Milcery with Ribbon Sweet Promotional Code can be selected in-store.
※ You cannot receive the promotional code with software other than "Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield".
※ Only 1 gift will be given for each birthday (even if you have two or more software, you will get one gift).
※ You can use the serial code only once. The serial code used once cannot be used for other save data.
※ Please take note that one save data of one game software will be a one-time gift and cannot be received more than once.
※ This gift will be given to the person who brought either the Nintendo Switch "Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield" game software to the Pokemon Center Singapore during the birthday month. Please bring the software with the latest update data downloaded.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/Pokemon.official.Singapore/posts/2749338525393059

The Get Mythical Pokémon Challenge (幻のポケモンゲットチャレンジ) campaign starts on Friday, November 20th, 2020! If you register the campaign codes enclosed in Pokémon-related products that are part of the campaign on the website, you can get a serial code to receive Mythical Pokémon and a rare items for use in Pokémon Sword or Shield! Collect 30 points worth of campaign codes and get all the presents!

Pokémon and Items:

Accumulate upto 30 points to get all of the gifts. There are point tiers for more gifts.


1P Genesect, 5P Cyrite Ore, 10P Fast Ball, Level Ball, Love Ball, 13P Volcanion, 16P Cyrite Ore, 20P Moon Ball, Heavy Ball, Friend Ball, Lure Ball, 23P Marshadow, 27P Safari Ball, Sport Ball and 30P Master Ball

How To Register and Participate:

• In order to participate in this campaign, you can only enter your campaign code for up to 30 points after registering your email address on the campaign registration page.
• Once the campaign code has been entered, it cannot be re-entered.
• The serial code displayed after entering the campaign codes can only be used in the Nintendo Switch software Pokémon Sword or Shield. It cannot be used in any other game. Even if you register again with a different email address, you cannot use a serial code to receive the same Pokémon or items again with the Save Data if you've already received them.
• After Friday, April 30th, 2021, you will not be able to enter a campaign code under any circumstances.
• Also, the deadline for entering the serial code in Pokémon Sword or Shield is Monday, May 31st, 2021 at 23:59, after this time, you will not be able to receive a gift by entering the serial code in the software under any circumstances.
• The serial code must be used with internet access. Each serial code can only be used once.
• Serial codes do not include the letters O, I and Z. If you make a mistake in entering the serial code 10 times, you will not be able to receive your gift. In this case, please wait for at least six hours before trying again.

Source: https://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/getchallenge_2020/

The Pokémon Centers in Japan have announced that they have renewed the Pokémon Center Birthday Event Pokémon. Starting Sunday, November 1st, 2020, the Pokémon Center Exciting Birthday (ポケモンセンターわくわくおたんじょうび) present will be new! All Pokémon Centers and Pokémon Stores are operating with hygiene enhancement measures. Some stores may change their business hours or restrict admission due to COVID-19.


Present 1: Milcery with a Sweet!
Players will receive a serial code to get a Milcery with either the Star Sweet or Ribbon Sweet! It can used in Pokémon Sword or Shield! The Star Sweet and Ribbon Sweet are special Sweets that are difficult to obtain in normal play. The different Sweets allow Milcery to evolve into different Alcremie Forms. Available from November 1st, 2020 until October 31st, 2021.

Players need to bring their Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite with their copy of Pokémon Sword or Shield to the Pokémon Center or Pokémon Store. You can receive this present regardless if you have purchased the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass. One Pokémon present is given per birthday, even if you have two or more software titles, you will receive one present.

Present 2: A birthday sticker!
An original birthday sticker for your birthday. In addition, if you show the birthday sticker to the staff, you will be asked to put a congratulatory sticker on the birthday sticker!

Present 3: 'Pikachu's Congratulatory AR Card' for free!
An original card with a picture of Pokémon celebrating their birthday. What's more, if you look at the card on your smartphone or other devices, something wonderful might happen to you! Please get it on your birthday and check it out!

Source: https://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2019/10/191025_p01.html

The first code for Ash’s Pikachu Wearing Ash’s Caps was announced during the broadcast on September 29th, 2020. P1KACHUGET unlocks Pikachu (Original Cap) and the code must be entered into Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield by November 30, 2020, at 6:59 a.m. PST.

Get Ash’s Pikachu Wearing Ash’s Caps in Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield

Enter these Mystery Gift passwords into your game to receive different forms of Pikachu that are decked out in Ash’s iconic headgear.

As we approach the October 22 release of The Crown Tundra, the second part of the Pokémon Sword Expansion Pass and Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass, players can receive a plethora of Pikachu, each wearing one of Ash Ketchum's iconic caps from Pokémon the Series. In fact, once you receive these Pikachu in your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game, take a look at the Pokémon's Original Trainer—yep, these are Ash's Pikachu!

Keep checking back here to find Mystery Gift passwords that will let you add these Pikachu to your team. You'll get Pikachu wearing some of Ash's caps from throughout the animated series, ranging from his classic chapeau from when he first set out on his Pokémon adventure to more recent designs—like those seen in the film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! and the current season of the TV show, Pokémon Journeys: The Series. See below for the passwords that have been revealed thus far.


Use these steps, along with one of the above passwords, to receive each form of Ash's Pikachu.

1. Launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.
2. Select Mystery Gift on the X menu.
3. Select Get a Mystery Gift.
4. Select Get with Code/Password to connect to the internet.
5. Enter your password.
6. Watch as the gift arrives in your game. (Pokémon will appear in your party or your Pokémon Boxes.)
7. Be sure to save your game.

You do not need to have purchased the Pokémon Sword Expansion Pass or Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass to claim any of these forms of Ash's Pikachu, and you can receive each of these forms only once in a single save file. Also, please note that Ash's Pikachu cannot evolve. Likewise, Ash's Pikachu cannot be fed Max Soup, which is featured in The Isle of Armor (part one of the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass). Each of these passwords must be entered into your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game by November 30, 2020, at 6:59 a.m. PST, so don't wait, Trainers!

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/get-ashs-pikachu-wearing-ashs-caps-in-pokemon-sword-or-pokemon-shield/

YouTube Clip - Team Up with Pikachu Wearing Ash’s Iconic Caps!

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YAwwSdmRm4