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Pokemon Home update 2.0.2

A new 2.0.2 update has gone out for Pokemon Home, though it is currently only being offered on mobile.

Users now have the ability to delete their accounts. A few other issues have also been addressed.

A new version of Pikmin Bloom has just gone live, bringing the game to version 52.0.

This update is notably adding challenge recharge tickets, which allow players to replay weekly challenges. It’s also making a few quality of life changes, letting you zoom in to observe your Pikmin, collect nectar from large flowers in full bloom more easily, improving the layout of the settings menu and adding a new sorting option for the friend list.

Here are the full patch notes for Pikmin Bloom’s version 52.0 update:

Hot on the heels of the Sundae Tour wrapping up, a new Bowser Tour has just been announced for Mario Kart Tour. This Tour will introduce a third layout to GBA Bowser’s Castle as well as Wave 13 of the Mii Racing Suits, specifically adding in new Bowser and Dry Bowser suits for players to try out.

You can watch videos showcasing both the Bowser Tour and new wave of Mii Racing Suits below.

In celebration of the upcoming third anniversary of Pokemon Masters EX, Ash and Pikachu will be made available as a sync pair in the game, The Pokemon Company have announced. The event will start from 15:00 JST on August 28 and run until 14:59 on October 17 JST.

Fire Emblem Heroes Choose Your Legends 2022 results

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have released another Feh Channel presentation for Fire Emblem Heroes, this time focusing on the Choose Your Legends 2022 event. The full results have now been announced.

Chrom was the overall vote getting with 42,134 votes. Tiki was the top female with 39,705 votes. In second place, it was Seliph in the Men’s Division and Byleth in the Women’s Division.

Pokemon Unite Glaceon, Buzzwole, and Tyranitar

Original (7/15): Glaceon, Buzzwole, and Tyranitar are joining Pokemon Unite, it’s been announced. They’ll be appearing in the game starting on July 21, August 4, and August 16 respectively.

With Glaceon, we know that it will be available to all players by completing the Icy Glaceon Challenge and its missions. Additionally, it will come with two pieces of Holowear.

Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule, and three sessions are currently planned for the rest of the month. Unsurprisingly, each one involves Switch.

Here’s the maintenance schedule as things stand now:

The 2022 Pokemon World Championships are taking place next week, and Niantic has a special event planned for Pokemon GO in celebration. It will include the debut of World Championships 2022 Pikachu.

Here’s the full rundown:

Pikmin Bloom update 51.1

Niantic has released a new version 51.1 update for Pikmin Bloom, which is now available for all users.

Some new additions are included here such as an indicator to the friend list to show your friend’s weekly challenge participation status. New variations have also been added to the weekly challenge memento cards. 

The full patch notes for the Pikmin Bloom version 51.1 update are as follows:

Following the introduction of the Hoenn Main Story Villain Arc a couple of weeks ago, a new set of content has just released concluding it, along with a couple of associated events. Beyond the new content for the main story, a Poke Fair Scout for the new Sync Pair Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys and a Team Aqua Villain Event have also become available.

Look below for more information on these events.


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