The first major expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Purple, dubbed The Turquoise Mask, will be available on September 13 for Nintendo Switch. This has been the main announcement of the Pokémon Presents presentation that has just been held a few minutes ago and that serves to know the news of this popular franchise.
Next, we will review the most outstanding announcements in a presentation that has served The Pokémon Company to update the status of its current products, but has disappointed in terms of surprises and great news.
As we said, the first Pokémon Scarlet and Purple expansion for Nintendo Switch has been the most relevant announcement. This downloadable content will offer the player the chance to explore a new setting within the Paldea region, the region of Noroteo where a festival of masks will be held. It will also feature new Pokémon, like the candy apple Dipplin, and take part in new mini-games.
The turquoise mask will be the first expansion within a larger downloadable content called The Treasure of Area Zero. The second expansion will receive the name of The Indigo Disc, but it still does not have an exact publication date beyond the fact that it will be this “winter”. This second pack of additional content will be set in the Blueberry Academy, a new underwater building that will house four very different biomes full of their corresponding Pokémon.
The legendary Pokémon 150 and 151 from the original game will soon be available within Pokémon Scarlet and Purple for free. To get the first it will be necessary to participate in an online event within the game that will take place between September 1 and 178. While to get Mew you just have to redeem the code “GETY0URMEW” within the game itself.
The deep-voiced, coffee-loving detective Pikachu will return on October 6 in a new adventure for Nintendo Switch. Although the release date of this title was already known, the trailer presented today offers a look at more details about the plot and the characters of this curious spin-off of Pokémon. The Japanese company has announced that the game is available for reservation in its digital version.
During the presentation, it was announced that the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Stadium 2 will be added to the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service today. The first one came out for the Game Boy Color in 1998 and is a recreation of the popular card game; To play it, you only need to have the basic subscription.
For its part, Pokémon Stadium 2 is the turn-based fighting game that was originally published in the year 2000 for Nintendo 64. A few months ago the first part came to the service, and now this sequel does the same. Now, to enjoy it it is necessary to have the Expansion Pass.
