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Just a quick note to say that the Ash-Hat Pikachu promotion for owners of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon has now gone live. The event gives you the chance to obtain a Pikachu wearing one of Ash Ketchum's hats, the one you receive depends on the date on which you redeem the code. You can find more info in the video below and in our previous news article here.


The code to redeem the Pikachu is PIKACHU20 and please do remember that this code can only be used once per save file, so you won't be able to get more than one of the Ash-Hat Pikachu per game.

Tonight's Nintendo Direct opened with a new Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon showcase - quickly followed by a new trailer covering new features and further details on things that we've already known.

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In our previous Mega Stone distribution articles, we've always noted that the end date for each of the codes is unknown, and to grab the stones using the codes while you could. Today, the exact date when the codes will expire has been announced – and how you can collect the last remaining Mega Stones to complete your collection in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. Click through to find out more...

It has been announced that the latest Pokémon Movie, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! will be coming to cinemas in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand from the 11th of November. To celebrate this we'll also have the chance to get on hands on a special Pikachu wearing one of Ash Ketchum's hat. Read on to check out a dubbed trailer and learn more about the Pikachu!

In a little over a month, those of you living in the US and Europe (and likely elsewhere as well) will finally have the opportunity to get your hands on the legendary Marshadow for Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. Codes to unlock Marshadow will be distributed in stores, but the specific dates that these codes will be available depends on where you live. Click through to find out more!...

After a year of hard fought battles, the Pokémon World Championships for 2017 took place this past weekend in Anaheim, California. As with last year's championship tournament, battlers from across the globe engaged in intense competitions for Pokkén Tournament, the Pokémon TCG, and the Pokémon video games (this time via Pokémon Sun and Moon).

Like with the reveal of new Pokémon exclusive Z-Moves coming to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon, a Pokémon Trading Card Game announcement was made during the opening ceremonies of the 2017 Pokémon World Championships.

Highlighted via a fancy trailer, it was revealed that the Ultra Beasts will finally be coming to the Pokémon TCG in the form of Red GX cards. The trailer showcased Buzzwole-GX and Guzzlord-GX but no specific details have been shared yet regarding when or how the cards will be made available. Regardless, if you missed the reveal, click through to see the trailer!...

After a reveal during the Pokémon World Championships over the weekend, it has today been revealed that the Pokkén Tournament DX demo will be coming to Europe on the Switch's eShop this Thursday.

Any other details such as news on a release for the US have not been given at this time. However, we'd expect the demo to show up on Thursday for the US as well, if not then very soon after. The full game is released worldwide for Nintendo Switch on the 22nd of September.

During the opening ceremony for this year's Pokémon World Championships it was confirmed that exclusive Z-Moves will appear in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon. During the event the first of these was revealed in the form of Clangorous Soulblaze, which is a new Z-Move for Kommo-o.

It has been revealed today through the Nintendo of Europe Twitter account that the up-coming eShop release of Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver will also have a physical release in Europe.