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Missed any of today’s big Pokemon news? If so, you can now watch the latest Pokemon Direct in full. See the full presentation below.

An official announcement has been sent out for all of today’s Pokemon news. Get the recap on Pokken Tournament DX, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon, and Pokemon Gold / Silver on the 3DS Virtual Console below.

During today’s Pokémon Direct presentation, Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, and Junichi Masuda, Director of GAME FREAK, announced upcoming Pokémon titles for Nintendo consoles.

Pokémon is making its way to Nintendo Switch later this year with Pokkén Tournament DX. Including all the content from both the Wii U and arcade versions of Pokkén Tournament, Pokkén Tournament DX introduces an array of exciting new features to create the ultimate Pokkén experience. Features of Pokkén Tournament DX include:

Pokken Tournament DX wasn’t today’s only new Pokemon announcement. Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon are coming to 3DS.

Here’s what we know as of now:

– Alternate story
– Takes place in the world of Pokemon Sun/Moon
– Has Pokemon that didn’t appear in the original versions
– New features

E3 2017 is only a week away, but it already feels like the festivities have started. Today’s Pokemon Direct can be partially attributed to that since we should be getting some big news about the franchise very soon.

No live blog for this one due to how short it is, but you can watch the Pokemon Direct as it happens below in an hour from now (7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe). Although it’ll only be eight minutes long, similar presentations focusing on the series have been equally short. We’ll put up any breaking news on the site right as it happens.

There are quite a few things to note in this update.

Firstly, Great Challenge Alolan Exeggutor special stage is now available to play, as well as an Alolan Muk and Lurantis stage.

A new Pokemon Safari that features Alolan Meowth, Alolan Persian, Bounsweet, Steenee and Tsareena. Daily Pokemon (#7) has begun its repeat run.

Finally, a Primarina Competitive Stage is now active with the top 100 players receiving 1 Skill Swapper, 5 Mega Speedup and 10 Raise Max Level, regardless participating will net you an Attack Power. Check out all the rewards right here.

All of these will be available until June 20th.

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If you had entered the 2017 International Challenge April Competition, then you now have the chance to grab Abomasite, Tyranitarite and Manectite. These gifts will remain available to you until July 30th and can be obtained by logging into the Global Link.

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A number of new rewards have been added to My Nintendo in North America. Most are discounts as you would expect, though a couple of extra ones are thrown in as well. Members also have access to Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 1 on Wii U and a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe wallpaper featuring Link.

The lineup of rewards is as follows:

A special Pokemon Direct will be hosted tomorrow, it’s been announced. The broadcast will be rather short in length lasting eight minutes.

You can watch tomorrow’s Pokemon Direct at the following times:

– 7 AM PT
– 10 AM ET
– 3 PM in the UK
– 4 PM in Europe

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Farming Simulator 18 is out today on 3DS. We’ve included the game’s official launch trailer below.

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Ultra Street Fighter II – Capcom
4. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
5. Lego City Undercover – Warner Bros. Interactive
6. Disgaea 5: Complete – NIS America
7. Super Bomberman R – Konami
8. Puyo Puyo Tetris – SEGA
9. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
10. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard

Wii U

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
2. Star Fox Zero – Nintendo
3. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D World -Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
8. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
3. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
7. Harvest Moon: Skytree Village – Rising Star Games
8. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track


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