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Scarlet & Violet Surging Sparks releases on November 8th, 2024, but players can visit their local game store to play it early by buying the Scarlet & Violet Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box which will be available starting on October 26th, 2024.

Get the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box Early

Enjoy quick games and powerful promo cards with the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box.

The latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks, arrives November 8, 2024, but you can visit your local game store to play with it early! Starting October 26, 2024, select retailers will begin selling the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box, giving fans a chance to have a Prerelease battle and experience the latest expansion before its official release date. To find a Prerelease event near you, be sure to use the Event Locator.

The Prerelease format allows players to compete using a 40-card deck with four Prize cards set aside at the start of play, as opposed to a 60-card deck with six Prize cards. This format is perfect for introducing new players to the exciting world of the Pokémon TCG with quick, fun games, and it also gives seasoned players a window into all that Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks has to offer. Due to the limited card pool and the variance of cards that can be acquired in a Build & Battle Box, Prerelease events are also a great opportunity to flex your creative deck-building muscles.

Each Build & Battle Box includes four Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks booster packs, a 40-card ready-to-play deck featuring key cards from current and prior sets, as well as one of four unique foil promo cards to boost your Prerelease deck. Depending on which promo card you get, you could add the chilly Chien-Pao, the electrifying Magneton, the gargantuan Gouging Fire, and the serene Indeedee. Whichever promo card you end up with, it will certainly shape your Prerelease strategy!

Gouging Fire

Are you ready to set your opponent’s chances of winning ablaze? Gouging Fire is just the Paradox Pokémon for the job, and its Blazing Charge attack is the key to this strategy. Blazing Charge does 100 damage and can do 70 more if your opponent has four or fewer Prize cards remaining. Normally, this bonus damage would take some time to kindle, but Prerelease games have each player start the game with four Prize cards, making Blazing Charge a powerful attack right out of the gate. You’ll still need the Fire Fire Colorless necessary to power it up, but keep this quirk of the format in mind.

Chien-Pao

Get ready to loop some damage with this promo card featuring Chien-Pao. Its Icicle Loop attack does 120 damage for Water Water Colorless and returns an attached Energy to your hand. That’s enough damage to Knock Out most single-prize Pokémon in one hit, and returning Energy to your hand can be beneficial if Chien-Pao itself is close to being Knocked Out. Don’t forget about its Snow Sink Ability, either—there are two new Stadium cards in Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks that you might want to discard when the time is right.

Magneton

Shock your opponents with Magneton’s Overvolt Discharge, a powerful Ability that can attach up to three Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to your Lightning Pokémon in any way you like! The catch? Magneton will also be Knocked Out. Giving up Prize cards never feels good, but enabling future attacks is usually worth the gambit, and Magneton’s Evolution, Magnezone, has hefty attack costs that can be more easily fulfilled with the help of Overvolt Discharge.

Being behind on Prize cards can also be a benefit if you’re lucky enough to find Tapu Koko in your Build & Battle Box. Its Prize Count attack costs Lightning Lightning Colorless and does a total of 180 damage if you have more Prize cards than your opponent—it’s a perfect combo with Magneton!

Indeedee

In need of HP? Indeedee is happy to oblige! When you play Indeedee from your hand onto your Bench, you may use its Obliging Heal Ability to remove 30 damage and a Special Condition from your Active Pokémon. There are plenty of Pokémon in Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks that can ruin your day with Special Conditions, so you’ll want to save Indeedee’s Ability for when it matters most.

There are variations among Build & Battle Boxes, so you can add your own creative twist when building your deck. Whether you’re heading to a local game store or just playing with a friend, you’re in for some quick and fun battles with cards from the new Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion! If you’re not able to make it to a Prerelease event, these Build & Battle Boxes will be available for purchase when the expansion officially launches.

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/get-the-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet-surging-sparks-build-battle-box-early

Pokémon Sleep has announce that Version 2.1.0 will be released on October 24th, 2024, and it adds New Features and includes Bug Fixes. To update to the app’s new version, maintenance will be conducted in the following time period.

Notice: Maintenance and Version 2.1.0 Update

Thank you for playing Pokémon Sleep! To update to the app’s new version, maintenance will be conducted in the following time period.

Maintenance Period: Starts: 2024/10/24 00:30 - Ends: 2024/10/24 05:00

Points to Be Updated New Features

■ Preparation for the Halloween 2024 — Double Candy Research event
Please see the event news for details.

■ Addition of new alarms, “Berry Collection” and “Quiet Awakening”

■ Addition of a new main skill, Disguise (Berry Burst) Mimikyu arrives on 10/28, and this will be its main skill.

Game Contents

■ Addition of a pop-up notification when an incense is not used during sleep research and is returned to your bag instead

Balance Adjustments

■ Adjustments to the target for main skill Energizing Cheer S
• The probability of this main skill targeting the helper Pokémon with the lowest Energy on your team has been raised a bit more.

■ Adjustments to certain helper Pokémon’s main skills and main skill chance
• Houndour and Houndoom
• Before change: Charge Strength S
• After change: Charge Strength M
• Due to these main skill changes, the main skill chance will be lowered slightly.

• Umbreon
• Before change: Charge Energy S
• After change: Moonlight (Charge Energy S)
• Due to these main skill changes, the main skill chance will be lowered slightly.
• This skill will still restore Energy to the user, but if a Great Success occurs, it will now also restore a small amount of Energy to a random Pokémon on your team.

Notes: Main skill levels will be maintained after the update.
Main skills of Pokémon you have already befriended will also change.

■ Adjustments to certain helper Pokémon’s helping stats
• Pikachu (Halloween)
• Frequency shortened slightly

Other

■ A change to a Research Community sharing option
After the update, your Tracking Device Sharing Options will be automatically set to ON.
You can pick what to share with your friends through the Sharing Options on the lower right of the Research Community screen.

■ Some text adjusted or unified

■ Other small bug fixes and adjustments

Source: https://www.pokemonsleep.net/en/news/313932383637323335323232353139383039/

Whoa! These costumed Pokémon are looking pretty wicked! Wait...is that a Gigantamax Gengar?! Halloween Part II festivities are coming to Pokémon GO from October 28th, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. to November 3rd, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. local time! Details for Pokémon GO! Halloween Part I 2024 are available here.

Ghostly giants and costumed companions! Gigantamax Gengar and more debut during Pokémon GO’s Halloween 2024 Part II event!

Halloween 2024 Part II - Monday, October 28, at 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time

Pokémon Debuts

New costumed Pokémon will appear during this event!

Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

* You can use 25 Froakie Candy to evolve Froakie into Frogadier, and 100 Froakie Candy to evolve Frogadier into Greninja.
* You can use 25 Rowlet Candy to evolve Rowlet into Dartrix, and 100 Rowlet Candy to evolve Dartrix into Decidueye.

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Max Battles

Gigantamax Gengar will make its Pokémon GO debut in six-star Max Battles from October 31 at 10:00 a.m. to November 3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

The following Pokémon will appear in Max Battles.

Six-Star Max Battles: Gigantamax Gengar

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Event Bonuses

• 2× Candy for catching Pokémon.
• Increased chance to encounter Shiny Zorua in the wild.
• Increased chance for Trainers level 31 and up to receive Candy XL for successfully catching Pokémon with Nice Throws or better.

Increased chance to encounter the following Shiny Pokémon in raids.

• Gengar wearing a Spooky Festival costume
• Umbreon
• Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

Increased chance to hatch the following Shiny Pokémon from Eggs.

• Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume
• Pichu wearing a witch hat
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

On October 31, costumed Pokémon will have a small chance to give Rare Candy or Rare Candy XL when caught with Nice Throws or better.

Wild Encounters

The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild.

Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume
Shuppet
Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
Woobat
Zorua
Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
Inkay
Phantump
Pumpkaboo wearing a Spooky Festival costume
Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

Some Trainers might even encounter the following!

Pikachu wearing a witch hat

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Eggs

The following Pokémon will hatch from 7 km Eggs.

Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume
Pichu wearing a witch hat
Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

: If you’re lucky, you may hatch a Shiny one!

Raids

The following Pokémon will appear in raids.

One-Star Raids:
Pikachu wearing a witch hat
Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

Three-Star Raids:
Gengar wearing a Spooky Festival costume
Umbreon*
Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Free Timed Research

Additional event-exclusive Timed Research will be available from October 22 at 10:00 a.m. to November 3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time. Timed Research focused on Spiritomb and its 108 spirits will be available throughout the event!

Complete the research tasks to receive encounters with Halloween-themed Pokémon like Morpeko and Spiritomb!

Paid Timed Research

For US$5.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive, branching Timed Research.

Timed Research rewards include the following.

• 3× Catch Candy
• Event-themed Pokémon encounters, including Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume and Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume.
• Event-themed Pokémon encounters, including Pikachu wearing a witch hat, Spiritomb, and Morpeko.
• A new avatar item depending on your choice—Morpeko Onesie (Full Belly Mode) or Morpeko Onesie (Hangry Mode).

Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.

*Please note that this Timed Research ticket will only be available in the in-game shop until November 2, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.


Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

For US$2.00 (or the equivalent pricing tier in your local currency), you’ll be able to access event-exclusive Timed Research.

The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Timed Research tasks!

• Pikachu wearing a witch hat
• Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume
• Gengar wearing a Spooky Festival costume
• Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
• Drifblim wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
• Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
• Pumpkaboo wearing a Spooky Festival costume
• Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume

Trainers will be able to purchase and gift tickets to any of their Pokémon GO friends that they have achieved a Friendship level of Great Friends or higher with. Please note that purchases—including those made for other Trainers—are non-refundable (subject to applicable law and the exceptions set forth in the Terms of Service). Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins.


Please note that the Halloween Timed Research ticket will only be available in the in-game shop until November 2, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Field Research Task Encounters

Event-themed Field Research tasks will be available! The following Pokémon will be available to encounter when you complete Field Research tasks!

Pikachu wearing a witch hat
Vulpix wearing a Spooky Festival costume
Piplup wearing a Halloween Mischief costume
Froakie wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
Rowlet wearing a Pokémon Halloween costume
Morpeko

Some Trainers might even encounter the following: Spiritomb

: If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one!

Complete certain Field Research tasks to earn Mega Energy for certain Pokémon.

Gengar Mega Energy
Houndoom Mega Energy
Sableye Mega Energy
Banette Mega Energy
Absol Mega Energy

New Avatar Items and Stickers

The following avatar items will be available to purchase in the in-game shop during this event, and they will continue to be available after the event ends!

Halloween Finery
Woobat Top Hat
Morpeko Onesie (Full Belly Mode)
Morpeko Onesie (Hangry Mode)


You’ll be able to get event-themed stickers by spinning PokéStops, opening Gifts, and purchasing them from the in-game shop.

Lavender Town Music

A remix of the Lavender Town music will be playing nightly during this year’s Halloween event. Turn up your in-game sound to feel like you’re taking a stroll through Lavender Town! You can also listen to the music by checking out this video.

Explore with Decor

During both parts of the Halloween Event, Pokémon encounters, PokéStops, and Gyms will be decorated for the holiday. We hope you enjoy the colorful decor!

PokéStop Showcases

Be on the lookout for Showcases at different PokéStops where you can enter event-themed Pokémon!

Source: https://pokemongolive.com/post/halloween-part-2-2024

A Mass Outbreaks of Ghost-Type Pokémon will take place from Monday, October 28th, 2024 to Thursday, October 31st, 2024, at 23:59 UTC in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Prepare for Mass Outbreaks of Ghost-Type Pokémon!

Ghost Types Gather for a Ghoulishly Good Time! Get ready for some fa-boo-lous festivities! From Monday, October 28, 2024, at 00:00 UTC to Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, mass outbreaks of Gastly, Misdreavus, Shuppet, and Bramblin will be appearing throughout the Paldea region.

Pokémon encountered in these special mass outbreaks are more likely to have the Crafty Mark, so have fun catching these opportunistic Ghost types on the prowl for tricks and treats!

Event Schedule

Monday, October 28, 2024, at 00:00 UTC to Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 23:59 UTC

Featured Pokémon

Gastly, Misdreavus, Shuppet, and Bramblin

Location

Paldea

What Is a Mass Outbreak?

Mass outbreaks are a phenomenon in which many of the same species of Pokémon appear in one location. During limited-time mass outbreak events, certain Pokémon will become more likely to appear.

Information about Mass Outbreak Events

• In order to participate in limited-time mass outbreak events, you need to have downloaded the latest update data and the latest Poké Portal News. You do not need a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership to receive the latest Poké Portal News.
• You can download the latest Poké Portal News by selecting Poké Portal from the X menu, then Mystery Gift, then Check Poké Portal News.

Source: https://sv-news.pokemon.co.jp/en/page/265.html

From Monday, October 28th, 2024 to Thursday, October 31st, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, Gengar will appear more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Prepare for Tricks and Treats from Gengar!

Celebrate the Spooky Season with Rare Candies Galore! From Monday, October 28, 2024, at 00:00 UTC to Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, Gengar will appear more frequently in 5-star Tera Raid Battles. These Gengar will have Ghost as their Tera Type, so gather your courage before challenging them!

Defeating Gengar will yield some frightfully festive rewards, including tons of Rare Candy. Have a ghoulishly good time battling the Shadow Pokémon with your friends!

Event Schedule

Monday, October 28, 2024, at 00:00 UTC to Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 23:59 UTC

Featured Pokémon

5-star Tera Raid Battles: Gengar

What Is a Tera Raid Battle?

In a Tera Raid Battle, you’ll work together with three other Trainers to defeat a powerful Tera Pokémon before time runs out. The kinds of Pokémon encountered during Tera Raid Battle events will vary. Pokémon encountered in Tera Raid Battles may have a rare Tera Type.

Information about Tera Raid Battle Events

• To participate in Tera Raid Battle events, please download the latest Poké Portal News by selecting Poké Portal from the X menu, then Mystery Gift, then Check Poké Portal News. You do not need a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership to receive the latest Poké Portal News.
• You’ll be able to find 5-star Tera Raid Battles after completing Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet’s main story. If you haven’t completed the main story, you may still participate in these Tera Raid Battles by joining other Trainers in multiplayer.
• A paid Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) is required to participate in Tera Raid Battles with other Trainers online. Terms apply.
• Tera Raid Battle events will occur only in the Paldea region.

Source: https://sv-news.pokemon.co.jp/en/page/263.html