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Pokemon Shield

Toxitricity has been added to the Wild Area raid rotation and will be available to challenge and capture until March 6th. Players can find the Punk Rock Pokemon in dens and exploit its double weakness (4x) to ground type moves to add it to their collection. Players will also see an increase in raids for Orbeetle, Kingler, and Hatterene. The special Milcery will also continue being available until February 16th.

Update: To celebrate the Wild Area’s addition of Toxitricity to raids, the following Mystery Gift code has been released:

PUNKR0CK – redeeming this code will give the player 3 copies of TR94 (High Horsepower)

If you’ve been looking to get your hands on a Gigantamax Toxtricity, you’ll soon have the opportunity to do so. A new event featuring the Pokemon has been announced with Max Raid Battles.

Gigantamax Toxtricity will appear between February 7 and March 9. Some information about the Pokemon can be found below, along with a trailer.

A special code has been released to receive 10 Heal Balls in Pokémon Sword & Shield to tie in with the new Wild Area Event. The code should work for all regions. This Mystery Gift code will be good for use until March 31st, 2020.

Code: G1GAGRANF1NALE

With February 27th being officially added as Pokemon Day by the Japan Anniversary Association, we have numerous events to look forward to regarding the franchise. Most notably, the announcement of a new Mythical Pokemon that will be coming to Sword and Shield, which will also feature in July’s upcoming movie.

Special Max Raid battles, Pokemon GO events, and Pokemon Masters events will also run, with more information as it is announced.

This information comes from Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa…

In a recent tweet, Pokemon UK dropped a little bit of lore regarding the upcoming Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass. The tweet mentioned that the tropical Isle of Armor in the upcoming DLC is inspired from the Isle of Man and the frozen expanse of the Crown Tundra was based on Scotland. The tweet is available to view below. 

The Expansion Pass for Pokemon Sword and Shield is set to release its first part in June 2020.

We’re back in the saddle with the first regular episode of 2020! This week on NEP, we’re covering the big Pokémon Sword and Shield Direct, the negative response, and trying to make sense of something when we don’t really have a dog in the fight. We also accidentally talk about Star Trek and Star Wars a bit, too? Why? Oni Dino probably has the worst take you’ve ever heard involving Pokémon and Star Wars. But also the “Great Oni Dino x Galen Argument of 2020” has already begun with the incendiary question: is Pokémon now a games-as-a-service game? We’re on opposite sides of the ring, ready to duke it out.

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As part of the Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass, a ton of Pokemon will be added to the Switch titles. Returning creatures, brand new ones, and even some new forms are set to appear.

Today’s Pokemon Direct gave us a look at a bunch of different Pokemon that fans can expect from the Expansion Pass. Continue on below for the current list as it stands now – many more will be confirmed in the future.

Pokemon Sword/Shield

A new code has been released for Pokemon Sword/Shield players to redeem through Mystery Gift. By entering code AREAS1LVESTRE, you’ll receive ten Premiere Balls.

The code can be redeemed until February 27.

The Pokemon Company has published an official announcement for the Pokemon Sword/Shield Expansion Pass with tons of details. Screenshots and art have been released as well.

Here’s the full roundup:


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