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NEWS ARTICLES
Battle of Alola (アローラビギニング)

The first online competition for Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon has been announced. Battle of Alola (アローラビギニング) will take place from Friday, December 16, 2016, at 00:00 UTC, through Sunday, December 18, 2016, at 23:59 UTC. Full details are listed below and on our 7th Generation Online Competitions pag...

Influence of Pokémon Go on Physical Activity: Study and Implications

A study written by Althoff T, White RW and Horvitz E of the Computer Science Department, Stanford University and Microsoft Research was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on December 6th, 2016. The full study is available here. A summary of the studies findings are listed below. ...

Pokémon European International Championships: Final Call for Early Registration

The inaugural International Championships event occurs this Friday, marking the opening milestone of an all-new Play! Pokémon competitive season London, UK—6 December 2016—The Pokémon Company International have today released a promotional video of the previous Play! Pokémon season, which culmina...

Magearna Event Distribution - QR Code

As announced on November 17th, 2016, the Magearna event distribution QR Code for Pokémon Sun or Pokémon Moon is now available to use. Initially it was announced that this code would be available from December 5th, 2016 until March 5th, 2017 but the official Pokémon website now states that the code d...

Detective Pikachu Movie Officially Confirmed / Rob Letterman Directing

For the past few months, rumours have been circulating that a live-action Pokémon movie was being developed based off of the Detective Pikachu concept. The official Pokémon website has finally confirmed that the movie is indeed being worked on and that it will be directed by Rob Letterman. Direct...

Pokémon TCG: Sun and Moon Elite Trainer Box / Snorlax-GX Box

Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon Elite Trainer Box Launch: February 03, 2017 Make your move to the Alola region with the incredible Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon Elite Trainer Box, filled with everything you need to battle right now. The Elite Trainer Box includes Sun & Moon card sleeves, collectible dice and ...

Emperte Revealed as Playable Character for POKKÉN TOURNAMENT Arcade Version

On November 27th, 2016, it was announced that a new playable character would be revealed for the arcade version of Pokkén Tournament. Today, it was revealed that Emperte will be added to the Arcade Version of the game in Japan on December 15th, 2016. Source: http://www.pokkentournament.jp/new...

First Global Mission: Catch 100 million Pokémon / Memento and Parting Shot Temporarily Restricted

The Pokémon Company International announced via the Pokémon Global Link website that the first Global Mission will take place from November 29th, 2016 until December 12th, 2016 at 23:59 UTC. Also announced was that Memento and Parting Shot have been temporarily restricted on Battle Spot due to a gam...

VIZ Media Announces New Books - The Art of Pokémon Adventures / The Pokémon Cookbook

VIZ Media has announced a few new books that will be coming out over the next few months in North America. Below are the details for those books. VIZ MEDIA SERVES UP THE POKÉMON COOKBOOK AND NEW POKÉMON X•Y POCKET COMICS FOR DECEMBER RELEASE Inventive Cookbook Features Recipes For Over 35 Ta...

Ditto Now Available in Pokémon GO / Nearby Feature Expanded to New Areas / CP Adjustments

Niantic and The Pokémon Company International announced that Ditto is now available in Pokémon GO. The Nearby feature has expanded to new area of the world and there has been some CP changes. DITTO TO REVEAL ITSELF IN POKÉMON GO Elusive, Shape-Shifting Pokémon Known to Disguise Itself as Other P...

Pokémon the Series: XYZ episode "Coming Apart at the Dreams!" Scene Reanimated

On Saturday, November 19th, 2016, Cartoon Network in the United States aired the Pokémon the Series: XYZ episode "Coming Apart at the Dreams!" which was heavily edited compared to the Japanese version. Many of the scenes featuring Ash and his Pokémon on top of the Prism Tower while he was captured b...

Pokémon GO Thanksgiving Celebration / Launched in Middle East / 0.47.1 for Android / 1.17.0 for iOS

On November 17th, 2016, it was announced that Pokémon GO was available in eight new countries in the Middle East: Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. On November 21st, 2016, Niantic announced that a special celebration for Pokémon GO that will doub...