User blog:Ellis99/Pokemon News - 21-02-16

With your weekly Pokémon news blogs and reporter, Ellis99.

This week, movie news, Shuffle events, 3DS themes, etc.

Movie info!
A new summary on this years movie has been released.

''As Ash and his friends journeyed onward, a huge Pokémon suddenly fell from the sky in front of them! Appearing from the cloud of dust whirled up from the impact of the fall was the mythical Pokémon Volcanion! It turns out that Volcanion, who lives in the secluded "Navel Plateau" together with Pokémon that have been injured by humans actually has an intense hate for all humans.''

''Volcanion completely ignores Ash and his friends, and attempts to hurry away, but for some reason Ash ends up getting pulled along with it. Volcanion makes a run for it, and Ash gets pulled along. Incredibly, without either of them noticing, the two ended up linked together by a strange chain! Even though they want to get loose from this chain, it proves impossible. With no other choice, Volcanion started running off towards "Azoth Kingdom" while pulling Ash along with it, constantly fighting with him on the way.''

''Meanwhile, Cabinet Minister Jarvis from Azoth Kingdom, a city of super-machinery where gigantic cogwheels are constantly rotating, has obtained the ultimate invention he has been searching for for so many years. It was the artificial Pokémon Magearna, which was born in the kingdom 500 years ago but since went missing, as well as the unknown power called the "Soul Heart" said to reside inside Magearna.''

''As Jarvis plots to use this power to rule the kingdom, Volcanion was attempting to retrieve Magearna, who got abducted from the Navel Plateau! "Ain't no way I'll ever forgive the humans!"''

''Will Volcanion and Ash manage to work together and save Magearna while linked together? And what is the true power the "Soul Heart" hides? It's time for the hottest battle in Pokémon history to begin!''

New 3DS theme
A new 3DS theme has been announced.

Currently, there is no image on it but it has been described as “A theme featuring Champion Steven and his team of Pokémon. Scroll the Touch Screen to explore a unique comic-style illustration.”

Pokken!
Three new sets of Support Pokémon have been announced.

One set contains Cubone and Diglett, the other, Magneton and Quagsire and the last, Espeon and Umbreon.

Other info includes the game being set in a region called Ferrum. A league called Ferrum League has four ranks, Green League, Blue League, Red League and Chrome League.

There are modes called Practice Mode, where you test your skills, Combo Dojo, where you will be taught various combos.

Shuffle events!
More Shuffle events have been released.

A challenge for Mew has been released which will run till March 8th, 2016 for Shuffle and Mobile.

A challenge for Beedrill has also been released which will run till March 1st 2016.

A challenge for Wobbuffet has also been released.

A Safari has been released which will run till March 1st 2016. It features Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam and Tauros.

To receive these, you must update the app.

An update has added more stages for Shuffle while Mobile has added stages upto the 3DS version.

The rewards for the Mega Abomasnow challenge are now available. To check out the rewards, check out the previous news blog.

New themes
Two themes for the 3DS have been released. One features Steven Stone, which was reported on Monday. The other is of the female player, Serena, with numerous Pokémon around her.

Pokken!
Names of places in Pokken have revealed their localisation names for the West.

Chrome League in the Ferrum League will be called Chroma League

GO Launch Roll-Out!
Pokémon GO is to be rolled out in Japan, Europe, North America, then South America, Asia Africa and the Middle East.

No date has been announced.

Pokken!
A championship series for Pokken Tournament are to be held on February 27th.

These championships will happen in Gamestop stores across America.

The champions form each region will get an invite to the National final at the Nintendo NY store on March 17th and the top 2 winners will get an invite to the Regional Championships in Columbus, Ohio in July.

Registration begins at 10am with battle commencing 11am to 5:30pm


 * 2201 Preston Road, Plano, TX
 * 1841 Chamblee Tucker Road, Chamblee, GA
 * 3972 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA
 * 8115 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL
 * 6451 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
 * 242 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA
 * 32 E. 14th St. – Union Square, New York, NY
 * 3914 Rivermark Plaza, Santa Clara, CA

Two more sets of Supporting Pokémon have also been announced.

The first set contains Yveltal and Latios and the second set contains Reshiram and Cresselia.

Players will be split into the same brackets used for VGC and TCG.

Rumble World!
It has been confirmed that the physical version of Pokémon Rumble World will be released in the US on April 29th, 2016.

3DS themes
The Steven Stone theme stated on Monday has been released in the US.

This theme contains Steven with his Pokémon, images from ORAS arc and the music played when you battle him in ORAS called Battle! Steven Stone.

It costs $1.99 to download.

A Blast from the Past!
The soundtrack from Red and Green and FireRed and LeafGreen are to be released on April27th, 2016 in Japan.

Red, Blue and Yellow make…
The price for Red, Blue and Yellow has been unveiled in Europe and Australia.

They cost £8.99/€9.99 and $13.00.

3DS themes
The Steven Stone theme stated on Monday has been released in the Europe.

This theme contains Steven with his Pokémon, images from ORAS arc and the music played when you battle him in ORAS called Battle! Steven Stone.

It costs £1.79/€1.99 to download.

Pokémon Day at Japan LA
A pop-up boutique in Japan LA is re-opening again this year. It opened last year at Japan LA.

It will be open for February 27th to March 27th 2016.

New episode!
A new episode titles has been unveiled.

The episodes are called: The Master Class Begins! A Maiden’ Fight Where Sparks Fly!!