Pokémon Sword And Shield Zarude Distribution Begins In Europe And US

Can we just have the usual mystery gift code instead please?

i don't wanna spend like £5 on a pack of 10 cards for a pokemon please game freak

Yeah I'd like to have this pokemon without having to buy something I don't care about, thx

Amazing, days after I get traded two cloned ones because I simply couldn't be bothered waiting

At last! Just got my Gigantimax Melmetal so I’m flexing that in raids atm. 😎

Man I want one . I only need Marshadow and Zarude to have the full set of 898 Pokémon.

Yeah, no thanks. I'm not going to buy a bunch of cards I will never have any use for

@RudyC3
What use is it, when you can't use all of them in a game?

Nah, I don't have any use for Pokemon cards, my like 2,000 of them that I have are just sitting there collecting dust.

Also I am in the US so...

@RudyC3 same here, bring back marshadow

@AlexSora89 It won't always be like this, I may be able to use them in a future game and after I've come so close to the full collection, it's frustrating to be locked out of just those 2 (you need to have ever collected something in your life to relate).

My question is, does Zarude know Sandstorm?

I wish they had a ingame event that isn´t actually just a code, something like the events in Gen 3-5

While they're at it, throw us another Volcanion event, please?

Ok so, what they're doing is they're charging you $60 for an unfinished game, then charging another $30 for meh at best additional content, and now they're doing a thing where you have to spend more money on cards if you really want a single pokemon for your pokedex who looks like a poorly made fursuit, even though in a few years these games will be nowhere near as "big" as they are since there's just gonna be a new pokemon game that will have the spotlight, and repeat. Gotta love gamefreak

Goodness I seriously need to just never read any comments on a Pokemon article on this site anymore.

@Sun-WuGoku The best version of that was always Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson's version on Game Grumps. I want to see him do a full version of it!

Zarude - Zandstorm

Yeah, more country-locked events. Things never change.

Why the flip are these at retail stores during a pandemic?!?

Login to Gamemania and get a code...

So that means I need to create a account... and so does my partner because it would not surprise me if it is 1 code per account.

Ugh, why not use mystery gift instead!

@riChchestM : Beats me. At my workplace, we used to be able to take sick leave (albeit a day at a time) without any requirement of a medical certificate or the like, but during a pandemic, they now want a medical certificate on every occasion, because it makes perfect sense to be surrounded by sick people at the GP's office during a pandemic for even the mildest of ailments, no? Idiots.

Norway doesnt have any physical gaming stores left lol

Micromania doesn't require you to pay anything. You just need to sign up for an account to request the code and it says it will take 2-3 business days to be sent.

GameMania is locked to only people in Belgium and Netherlands.

The best bet is to use the French site I had no issues requesting a code.

@RudyC3 I have both and could try set up a trade if you have no luck elsewhere

@8bitSquid Signed up but I'm trying to find where to request the code. Where is it?

@Patendo I'd be down for that. I don't mind if they're clones personally since I don't care much about that sort of thing.

What would you demand in return? I can't clone stuff myself, but maybe there's something I can part with that you may want.

EDIT: I just subscribed to two websites for Zarude, we'll see if I can get anything, but help with Marshadow would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT2: I now have Zarude through Game Mania. If you feel like trading for Marshadow, just drop me a @ on here.

does our pokemon trainer club account need to be registered as United states to get it?

@Brydontk

https://www.micromania.fr/LicenseCampaign?id=Pokemon&registration=submitted

If you are signed in it should have an option in the middle of the banner to claim it, I had to click it twice to work but it will tell you after 2 clicks to wait a few days to get the code.

Honestly not really a fan of this guy. I don't hate him but he is just not that interesting either.

Article should probably be edited and not suggest Zarude is now being distributed in the US. More like it will be in December

@8bitSquid Thanks!

@riChchestM you can get them from the Trainer Newsletters they have if you sign up before Nov 20th

Gamemania.nl only requires you to give a name and email, no account required. My guess is it should work from outside of the netherlands/belgium too. You get the code by mail on friday

I am already registered how is one to know if they will get it? When they mean sign up was that meant create your account? I looked but don't see instructions for it. I checked by box for it but hope that was the right one. If it is the box next to the following message then it might be the right one.

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I would like to receive marketing communications, including email messages with the latest news, offers, promotions, events, and games, and other ways to receive marketing communications from The Pokémon Company International.

Wonder how this works if one has the app on their smartphone.

@Rayquaza2510 You don't need an account, just a name and email and they will send it to you next Friday

First come, first served. I got a second code for a Zarude and I can't redeem more than 1 code on my game copy. So anyone wants one, there you go:

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@8bitSquid Thank you very much trying that now

@MSTRDM I discovered that afterwards so that's a relief.

Meanwhile in the UK where its still lockdown tier 3 we're still waiting 😭