Pokémon Sword And Shield Shiny Zacian/Zamazenta Distribution Now Live In Europe, US And More

Don't know about you guys but I personally would never go into a shop and ask a seller (who's probably younger than me) if I can have a Pokemon. They should just distribute them via the Internet

To register for it at the Dutch Gamemania stores go here:

https://www.gamemania.nl/nl/blog/ontvang-een-shiny-zamazenta-of-zacian-in-pokemon-sword-shield

They will send codes on monday and friday at 17:00.

@mariomaster96

Yep, this right here. They should be available on the eshop for a limited time, or automatically via a game update.

The nearest gamestop is an hours drive away. Not really worth it.

It's not exactly a great time to encourage people to gather in shops to get special Pokémon...

You mean this link for UK Game- https://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HubArticleView?hubId=2861751&articleId=2861751&catalogId=10201&langId=44&storeId=10151&cm_sp=homepage--espot10--Shiny-ZamZacPoke

I could quite easily register at game's website. I just don't know if I care enough to.

@HollowSpectre You don't have to register, just use your email address.

At Game, it looks like you get a code for both, whereas Ireland Gamestop you choose which you want

Ahh yes very cool…

wait a minute it’s not available in Australia??!!?

NOOOOO

I am i guess. Its just that i only have sword.

@ECHIDNA Use the GAME link above, they just want an email address.

so we can get both if we only have one version of it?

No one is talking about this, but this could be another sign that Gen 9 is imminent.
They wouldn't distribute the SWSH shiny box legendaries if they expected the games to be their main gen for much longer.

In the case of SM, they distributed shiny Solgaleo and Lunala a couple of months before the release of SWSH.

Of course, Gen 9 is not coming in a couple of months, but late 22 is very possible, although I would prefer them to polish the games further for one or two more years, I can wait.

I got both codes sent from GameMania but only one of them works. The other says you can't download it.

@pashazade
Oh that's great tyty

@arenred Yea, I figured that when it wouldn't work. Glad to have both legendary and I'll trade for the other shiny at some point.

I just noticed this, but they have really weird feet.

Why does Gamefreak still do these gamestop events after all these years? Its been outdated for a long time, plus not everyone has access to a gamestop near them and even then its stupid to drive 30min just for a different colored pokemon.
Just move the shiny events to the eshop.

Wow! and not for aus and nz yet that's a 1st

I'll probably go and pick it up anyways, since I'm lucky enough to have a GameStop close enough where I can pick it up while running errands and it's usually never busy. I do agree it should've been distributed otherwise, such as the Zarude event that was send through mailing list. I can't remember the last GameStop distribution code event clearly, wasn't it Zeraora a few years back?

Could one register for the download in another country?

In Sweden you can also get download codes from Spel & Sånt. Although, if you already got codes from Proshop there’s no need to acquire more codes since you can only redeem one Zacian or Zamazenta in your game through this distribution even if you have multiple unique codes.

Got both codes just now, a pain having to sort out a trade with a Sword user now though.

Gamestop employee was like you have to buy a pokemon product to get the code and its one per person.

@EVILSMOG When I hear this, it's obvious to me either GameStop employees don't read the promotional material or they just like being dbags on purpose. I'm looking at the promotional material for the giveaway and clearly says no purchase necessary. So I really don't know how they allowed to get away with this

Multiple email addresses and Game.co.uk? Yay for the many shinies.

What about South America? Nothing for us? Do we even exist?

@Ogbert Yeah really. A coworker tested positive for Covid a few days ago. A few months ago a coworker and her whole family were hospitalized with it.

@Scrubicius Yes, I got codes from the Netherlands. You'd need a vpn set to that region and then the option to fill in details comes up. I doubt it works without that. Game are useless in the UK so this works much better for me.

Dropped my email on Game webpage 2 days ago, no code yet. Not in spam either

@Chris77 damn I don’t have a VPN setup!

@mariomaster96 Well that's on you bub. They just hand you a card with a code.

@UmbreonsPapa We have never had that problem. It might vary store-to-store.

Forgot which Pokemon game I owned, so here is a code for someone. I understand that this is going to be first come, first served but if you do have access to get a code, I would ask please pass on this for those without easy access to Gamestop.

U11449DQ6B0CFB6U - (Pokemone Shield Required)

Also please let people know when you redeem so everyone isn't wasting time.

I just got a code from Micromania. I'm almost certain the code is for Sword, as it won't let me redeem it in Shield. So clearly I bungled that, lol. If anyone has a Shield code they're willing to trade, let me know. Not sure if NL has a private or direct messaging feature.

Anyone else get their code from GAME and it doesn’t work?
I get the message ‘Your game can’t receive the gift provided by this code or password.’