{"id":127944,"date":"2022-09-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-137325"},"modified":"2022-09-08T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:00:00","slug":"new-limited-time-pokemon-sword-and-shield-distribution-announced-for-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/08\/new-limited-time-pokemon-sword-and-shield-distribution-announced-for-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"New Limited-Time Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Distribution Announced For Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/066786a80aeb1\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/066786a80aeb1\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemonswordshieldin Storeevent\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/066786a80aeb1\/pokemonswordshieldin-storeevent.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/066786a80aeb1\/pokemonswordshieldin-storeevent.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemonswordshieldin Storeevent\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Generation IX might be on the horizon, but Pok\u00e9mon Trainers across the world are still busy catching and battling &#8217;em all in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword &amp; Shield<\/a>, and it looks like Europe, in particular, will need to head back to Galar again to get some new Pok\u00e9mon added to their &#8216;dex.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerebiiNet\/status\/1567821464245608448\">Serebii<\/a> has shared details of a brand new distribution event taking place across Europe. Starting tomorrow, 9th September, and ending on 30th September, Sword &amp; Shield Trainers will be able to get codes for three Mythical Pok\u00e9mon \u2014 Genesect, Volcanion, and Marshadow.<\/p>\n<p>All three Pok\u00e9mon can be acquired at various retail stores across the continent, and don&#8217;t worry, you won&#8217;t need three separate bits of paper, as all three codes will be given to you on one handy card!<\/p>\n<p>Details are still being revealed as to where certain countries will be able to get their codes (thanks again, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/index2.shtml\">Serebii<\/a>!), but we&#8217;ll list the retailers we know so far (and update you as soon as we get more information):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UK<\/strong> &#8211; GAME<\/li>\n<li><strong>France<\/strong> &#8211; Micromania<\/li>\n<li><strong>Netherlands\/Belgium<\/strong> &#8211; GameMania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s three pretty rare Pok\u00e9mon up for grabs, then! And even if you&#8217;re not playing Sword &amp; Shield, these codes might well be worth picking up so you can load them onto your game anyway \u2014 and hopefully, we&#8217;ll be able to transfer these over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be picking up these codes? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ Nintendo Life Generation IX might be on the horizon, but Pok\u00e9mon Trainers across the world are still busy catching and battling &#8217;em all in Pok\u00e9mon Sword &amp; Shield, and it looks like Europe, in particular, will need to head back to Galar again to get some new Pok\u00e9mon added to [&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-127944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127944","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=127944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}