Pokemon Day, which is February 27th, will herald in new announcements and reveals. The first is a brand new mythical Pokemon that will star in the newPokemon the Movie -Cocoas well as appear inSword and Shield. There will also be a special Max Raid battle event running during that time.
On the mobile games side, a special event will run inPokemon GOand new information aboutPokemon Masterswill be revealed. Currently the Wild Area has shifted and with that change comes a new Max Raid battle event featuring Milcery. Ribbon and Star Sweets will be available to players who beat Milcery.
In huge news from Nintendo’s nine-month earnings report, released Thursday, it was revealed thatSword and Shieldhas soldmore than 16 million copiessince its November release, becoming the latest highlight in an already strong fiscal year for the company.
The recent Nintendo Directtwo new expansion packsfor the mainline games, called Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra, were announced with plenty of details. The former will launch in June 2020 and the latter sometime in Fall 2020. A remake ofPokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DXfor Nintendo Switchwas also revealedand you can check out our preview of the demohere. Finally the new Pokemon Home service is setto drop in Februaryand will be available for both the Switch and mobile devices witha variety of plans.
According to thelatest NPD data,the latest installment in the long running series has the highest launch month dollar sales inPokemonfranchise history. And for the month of November,Swordwas the third best selling game, the double pack including both titles ranking at fourth place, andShieldbeing in fifth place. However, if you combined those sales then total it would bring them to the number two spot.
In other recent news,Sword and Shieldare already the eighth best-selling Nintendo Switch games of all time atsix million units soldduring its launch weekend alone. Check out pictures of thegame’s launch eventheld at Nintendo NYC. And in not so cheery recent news, Pokemon Company International is looking tosue leakerswho spread around pictures of their then unreleased official strategy guide.
Pokemon Sword and Shieldreleasedfor Nintendo Switch on November 15th. Meanwhile check out our in-depth review for the gamehere, in which the News Editor states that “Sword and Shieldare a lot of fun, even if the series is experiencing growing pains with the transition to home consoles.” You can purchaseSwordhere andShieldhere.
