A while ago The Pokémon Company began some tentative distributions of Articuno, Zapdos or Moltres, all with their hidden abilities. In some countries, including the US, it was confirmed that the only way to get hold of these 'mon for X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire would be to sign-up to the Pokémon Trainer Club Newsletter, with the May edition to include special codes.
Well, the time is here, those signed up to the newsletter should find codes for all three in their inbox - as for the Hidden Abilities, Articuno has Snow Cloak, Moltres has Flame Body and Zapdos has Static.
In case you missed it last time you can see a trailer for these below.
Have you found these in your Newsletter? Let us know!
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Would have been nice to know this BEFORE the sign-up period ended.
Lazy lazy lazy.
@RainbowGazelle I feel your pain.
got mine !! they emailed me
@RainbowGazelle A previous article was made about this before the sign-up cut-off.
Got mine and transferred them to pokebank! I didn't bother resetting for good ones.
Oh wow so many event Pokemon this month.
Got mine too. Just wish I could get them for my son too
@RainbowGazelle They did, multiple sites gave you a heads up almost a month before.
Yup got mine the fact you get all three is very nice!
Please don't spam.-Morpheel
I haven't got the email yet. Is it sent to everyone at once?
I got the codes!!!
Hrm. No codes in my inbox. Does anyone have a Zapdos code to spare?
I wasn't expecting the emails to have codes for all 3 of them. I thought each email was just going to get a code for a random one. Anyway, that's a nice surprise.
I have a Pokémon Trainer Club Newsletter account, but never gotten the codes yet.
Waiting intensifies.
I received mine about an hour ago. It came out of nowhere, I was quite shocked! We're drowning in legendaries!
How do I get the codes
Are the codes being given out in the UK right now, too? I haven't got any email yet, if so. Hoping it's delivered soon!
I am in the UK and got codes. Was assuming just pot luck for just 1. Surprised it is all 3.
got my codes. anybody know when they expire? currently resetting darkrai and ima have to get to zygarde/xerneas/yveltal at some point
Are the codes usable for just one of the versions?
How long does it take to get the codes I really need then 😔
Sad face
How do you sign up for the newsletter? Do u just have to have pokemon account by signing up on the website?
1 of my sons got the email, the other didn't, going to be interesting after school.
Got em, got em, need em, got em.
Oh, I still receive news letter back whe i registered to get the special ORAS demo.
Well, will download them when I install the update as my SD card died.
idk if I get my codes or not.
Nope, no email yet. My inbox had just updated, but it was a lousy Sherwin-Williams ad....
@VictoryStar06 need a pokemon trainer club account, but the cut off date is past so idk if they are still giving out codes... I didn't get any.
@VictoryStar06 need a pokemon trainer club account, but the cut off date is past so idk if they are still giving out codes... I didn't get any.
Man all these events are coming quick, but I'm loving it though.
Still waiting for that email... Crickets chirp
Never got the email either, and I signed up for the Pokemon Trainer Club before April 22. Was there a further step where you have to sign up for the newsletter?
I thought I was signed up for this. Oh well, I already have at least one of each of the legendary birds, so no big deal if I don't get this.
@crimsontadpoles
Yeah wasn't expecting codes for each 'mon either. Signed up more times than I should have XD
I actually opened the email because it was titled darkrai and didn't scroll to see the codes, nice little surprise for me!
I just noted that Zapdos hidden ability was changed from Lightning Rod to Static...
Why Gamefreak?
Got mine. Thanks GameFreak, now put in Battle Frontier in all the games.
@RainbowGazelle
You mean like they should have informed us like they did here?
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/04/three_legendary_pokemon_birds_to_take_flight_in_the_us_in_may
Keep in mind that the email actually is about Darkrai, so if you are not paying attention, you might have actually trashed that email without looking inside.
No email yet
Finally.
If you got the email 'Get The Mythical Pokemon Darkrai In May', scroll down and the bird codes are there.
@Aerona you won the Zapdos giveaway! To collect you need to send a message to this facebook page to receive your code: https://www.facebook.com/miketendo64/?fref=ts.
Still no e-mail
@Fandabidozi Thanks for that! Never would have checked otherwise since I already knew about Darkrai and just skimmed the top of the email.
Assumed the codes would be a seperate email, silly me ;p
Finally got my email. Sucks that its the NA codes. I only got a European 3ds. Possible to trade codes for European ones?
...yep, they gave me the bird, 3 times!
Anyone be willing to trade for an Articuno? I missed this deal and have been chasing one since X first came out. I have a level 100 Greninja and a few different legionaries I could part with.
I hope I get a newsletter soon... So sick of hunting those birds in X and Y with that huge maze city in it.
@RainbowGazelle
Wait so the stupid event is over?!? On Serebi it says that the event has no end date. If they literally ended it in just a day or so then that's messed up. I would feel like I had joined this site for nothing if I can't get the 3 birds.
@ikki5 Eh, that just says you have to sign up by 22nd April for US codes. Nothing about it being the same for Europe.
@Maleficent You had to sign up to the Pokemon club newsletter before 22nd April to get the May edition.
@RainbowGazelle So wait... you see a deadline for one region and then think "oh, I can do it later because I'm European" and then you are going to cry when you find out your deadline passed? Seriously, you get no sympathy. If you were interested in them, you should have been signing up right away regardless of what region it showed.
I created an account in March and said i wanted to receive news etc through email but never received the email? anyone know where i might have gone wrong?
@ikki5 There has never been parity between regions when it comes to Pokemon. How was I to know it would be the same?
@RainbowGazelle does it matter here though? If you see a deadline for something you want, why even wait? Why take the risk? Again, it shouldn't matter what region it is for, if you wanted it (or a chance for it) the you should have signed up when notified about it. The only person here at fault is you and you have no right to complain about it because you knew it was coming.
No fair is this USA only? are UK gamers getting stung again.
I have no email.
No fair is this USA only? are UK gamers getting stung again.
I have no email.
@ikki5 It says sign up in US. Nothing about Europeans having to sign-up for anything.
@RainbowGazelle um... to get a newsletter, you typically need to sign up for it.
@Beardedgooslaps I'm not sure, i signed up in time in the UK but have not received anything but i believe i saw other UK based users saying that they did receive their code
Don't worry lemming, even the USA is having problem. I made sure my email box was checked on my account and I and others in the US didn't get the codes, others said they sent emails to them asking what's going on and got some faq bullplop including "The newsletter can't be sent again" or "There are no more codes" or some dumb crap like that. I've been drifting away from pokemon for years, and felt like getting some of the pokemon I like the most (Gen 1) would help that. Yeah I think I'm about done with pokemon at this point, haven't even beaten the elite four/champion in Y...
@lemming9167 Nevermind i guess it was just not meant to be. At least i wont miss out on Shiny Xerneas and Yveltal.
Does anyone have an extra legendary birds code? I'll trade a shiny xerneas u touched and the mythical Pokémon darkrai code.
I've had an account for a while now (long before the April 22nd cut off date.) I got the emails they sent out before this one but not the email for this month. Does anyone know if they are still sending out the emails?
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