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Pokemon news - Sun/Moon Global Link gift, battle competition, Global mission, Pokemon Shuffle update

by rawmeatcowboy
28 March 2017
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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Global Link Gift

- available for those who participated in the recent Kanto X Alola Regional Rumble Competition
- gift is a Pidgeotite and a Steelixite, which cannot be obtained through any other means at this time
- must be redeemed by April 27th 2017 at 23:59 UTC
- distributions for these Mega Stones through shared code will begin later this Spring for those who didn't participate

Pokémon Sun & Moon - Battle Competition

- 2017 International Challenge April competition
- Double Battle competition using VGC 2017 rules requiring the Alola Pokédex only
- Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Magearna, Necrozma and Zygarde are not allowed
- Mega Stones are also not allowed
- Registration will be open from April 19th at 00:00 UTC to April 27th 23:59 UTC
- battles will run from April 28th to April 30th
- all entrants will get the Sceptilite and Blazikenite Mega Stones.
- players that are part of the Play! Pokémon program will also earn Championship Points if they rank high enough

Pokémon Sun & Moon - Global Missions

- fifth Pokémon Sun & Moon Global Mission has begun.
- theme involves hatching Eggs
- over 200,000 Eggs have to be hatched
- Rewards are 2,000 FC (Success), 200 FC (Failure)
- if the game is tied to a Global Link account: 4,000 FC (Success), 400 FC (Failure)
- runs until April 10th 2017 23:59 UTC
- if players hatch 3 or more Eggs, then they will earn a Rare Candy
- if 400,000 Eggs are hatched, all players with a PGL account will get a Love Ball

Pokémon Shuffle

- Version 1.4.5 available to download on 3DS
- Meloetta competitive stage where the top 100 players in Europe and 500 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 5 Mega Speedup and 10 Raise Max Level
- top 300 players in Europe and 1500 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 4 Mega Speedup and 8 Raise Max Level
- top 500 players in Europe and 3000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 3 Mega Speedup and 6 Raise Max Level
- top 900 players in Europe and 5000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 2 Mega Speedup and 4 Raise Max Level
- top 1800 players in Europe and 10000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 2 Mega Speedup and 2 Raise Max Level
- top 3600 players in Europe and 20000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Raise Max Level
- top 5400 players in Europe and 30000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Skill Booster M
- top 7200 players in Europe and 40000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper, 1 Mega Speedup and 1 Disruption Delay
- top 9000 players in Europe and 50000 in Japan will get 1 Skill Swapper and 1 Attack Power
- top 13000 players in Europe and 70000 in Japan will get 1 Disruption Delay and 1 Attack Power
- all other players will get an Attack Power
- Escavalier and Accelgor stages have both begun and run until April 4th 2017 and are recommended for the Meloetta stage
- Genesect stage has also begun and runs until April 4th 2017
- if caught, it may drop a Skill Booster or a Raise Max Level
- Escalation Battle has begun for Keldeo Resolute Form and runs until April 11th 2017
- this gives a variety of items
- Wobbuffet (Female) stage has now joined the rotation with Wobbuffet and Carnivine with the Try 'em Items stages
- lasts a week and costs nothing to play or use items with
- repeat stage has begun for Tornadus Incarnate Forme and runs until April 4th 2017
- can only be played once per day
- various Pokémon have had their maximum level increased through the use of Raise Max Level

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