{"id":118819,"date":"2020-10-02T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_battle_of_legends_online_competition_announced"},"modified":"2020-10-02T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:30:00","slug":"pokemon-sword-and-shield-battle-of-legends-online-competition-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-battle-of-legends-online-competition-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield &#8216;Battle of Legends&#8217; Online Competition Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d723a87f3fff\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d723a87f3fff\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Battle of Legends Pokemon Sword Shield\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d723a87f3fff\/battle-of-legends-pokemon-sword-shield.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d723a87f3fff\/battle-of-legends-pokemon-sword-shield.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" alt=\"Battle of Legends Pokemon Sword Shield\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A new online competition is headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/strong><\/a>, and legendary and mythical Pok\u00e9mon will have a starring role.<\/p>\n<p>This new contest allows each player to have one Legendary Pok\u00e9mon or Mythical Pok\u00e9mon on their Battle Team and \u2013 just like past events \u2013 will have trainers competing against one another from around the world in a weekend of action-packed battles.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is comprised of Double Battles, and your Battle Team cannot have more than one of the same Pok\u00e9mon, nor can you have more than one of the same item. Any Pok\u00e9mon that was obtained in the Galar region or that has the battle-ready symbol is eligible for the competition, but you&#8217;re only allowed to choose one Pok\u00e9mon from those shown in the image below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture embed right img-\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Battle of Legends Pokemon Sword Shield\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1abdd00ec4323\/battle-of-legends-pokemon-sword-shield.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1abdd00ec4323\/battle-of-legends-pokemon-sword-shield.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of Legends Pokemon Sword Shield\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sign-ups for the competition are open now, and will remain open until Thursday, 15th October. The contest itself will then start on 15th October, running until Sunday 18th October. Here&#8217;s a step-by-step guide on how to register for the event:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch your <em>Pok\u00e9mon Sword<\/em> or <em>Pok\u00e9mon Shield<\/em> game.<\/li>\n<li>Open the X menu.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>VS<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Battle Stadium<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Online Competitions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Search Official Competitions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<p>Will you be taking part in this event? Do you have many legendary or mythical Pok\u00e9mon ready to compete? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Sword and Shield&#8217;s next DLC, The Crown Tundra, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/pokemon_sword_and_shields_the_crown_tundra_dlc_launches_next_month_all_past_legendaries_appear\">will be available later this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new online competition is headed to Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield, and legendary and mythical Pok\u00e9mon will have a starring role. This new contest allows each player to have one Legendary Pok\u00e9mon or Mythical Pok\u00e9mon on their Battle Team and \u2013 just like past events \u2013 will have trainers competing against one another from around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}