The Pokémon Company will be hosting the very first Pokémon Sword and Shield online competition next month, on 6th December. If you would like to participate in the Galar Beginnings tournament, all you have to do is sign up between now (15th November) and 5th December to take part.
To do this, you'll need to enter the VS menu within your copy of Sword or Shield and select Battle Stadium. From here, you select Online Competitions and select "Search Official Competitions" to enter. Entry into the competition is not allowed once the event has begun, so be sure to sign up while you still can.
The competition itself will run from 6th December until 8th December and will allow you to make your Pokémon huge by Dynamaxing them—or even have their form change by Gigantamaxing them. These effects will last for three turns per battle. Below are some additional details:
Battle Format: Single Battle
Eligible Pokémon: Pokémon obtained in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
- Zacian, Zamazenta, Mew (contained in the Poké Ball Plus), and certain special Pokémon will not be allowed.
- Register three to six of your Pokémon to your Battle Team.
- All Pokémon in this competition will automatically become Lv. 50 for the duration of each match.
Ranking Results Announcement: December 2019
- You can view your rank by entering the VS menu, then selecting Battle Stadium, then selecting Online Competitions, then selecting Participate in an Official Competition.
Participation Gift: 50 Battle Points
- You must complete at least one battle resulting in a win or a loss to be eligible.
- Once rankings are announced, rewards can be received by selecting Mystery Gift, then Get Battle Battle Stadium Rewards.
To participate in this upcoming event, you'll obviously need a Switch, an online subscription and a copy of either Sword or Shield. There's also no need to register on the Pokémon Global Link.
Will you be signing up for the Galar Beginnings event? Tell us below.
[source swordshield.pokemon.com]
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I'm curious to see what people think about think of the game balance in an official setting
i wish there was the option to have no dynamax capable pokemon, at least in battle spot.
@BlackTalon2
Hope in future updates they add that, would be nice.
I might jump on for one battle with some junk team for some easy BP but I'm not breeding and training a team for this. 3v3 Singles is a terrible format even without the awful Dynamax mechanics being thrown into the mix. I reaaaaally hope they don't include Dynamax/Gigantamax in VGC or it'll ruin the whole competitive format but knowing them they probably will.
Still waiting for my amazing Amazon copy to rock up "on release day" ಠ_ಠ
@Swizze That sucks. Are you in an area that might have had post affected by fires or anything? Mine had arrived by the time I woke up yesterday.
I'll probably try it, if I can get competitive bred Pokemon ready in time. But I prefer 6v6 in singles.
@BenAV Nope it happened to a lot of people; and gave me 15 dollars off next purchase when I emailed them and said wth! (╯ರ ~ ರ)╯︵ ┻━┻
@Swizze Honestly I probably would have preferred to wait till Monday and get $15 off my next purchase, haha.
@BenAV true; but they clearly stated release day. So it's a win for me I guess
“The competition itself will run from 6th December until 8th December and will allow you to make your Pokémon huge by Dynamaxing them”
Does that mean you can’t usually dynamax in normal online battles? Just in the competition? That’s actually positive if I’m assuming right.
@GetShulked That sounds great!
Dynamaxing is for noobs X-D
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