Pokémon Sword and Shield continues its lifespan on Nintendo Switch, offering a new foray into various areas of Galar.
Although to a large extent this title has remained in the massive updates of 2020 and the franchise has moved to new projects such as New Pokémon Snap and the recent release of Pokémon UNITE, Sword & Shield remains the “traditional” game of the saga. .
In this special hunt to begin this Friday, August 6 and ending on Sunday, August 8, with a limited duration, a greater proportion of creatures such as Fan Rotom, Seaking, Heracross, Pinsir and Ninjask will be captured. The jewel in the crown of this opportunity will be the possibility of capturing better versions of Vanilluxe, with the high probability of having a shiny version.
Batch news
At the time this announcement was made, the portal Serebii revealed that there is news for the games New Pokémon Snap, Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE.
- Pokémon GO: The Pokémon GO Ultra Unlock: Space event is now rolling out. From today 6 to 17 August, several Pokémon from different parts of the world will appear, as well as Pokémon from space. Shiny Palkia and Heracross have been featured at the event and there is some timed investigation.
- Pokémon UNITE: The Pokémon UNITE patch is now available. This fixes an issue with Gengar’s hex move where it wouldn’t deal damage and also adjusts how master rank is calculated in ranked battles after rank was found to be dropping too much after a defeat. On top of that, they added a new Holowear for Greninja in the store.
- New Pokémon Snap: The new Pokémon Snap DLC came out last Wednesday and it includes three new areas, Secret Side Path, Mightywide River and Barren Badlands.
