354 Detective Pikachu Talking Toys

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354 Detective Pikachu Talking Toys

Wicked Cool Toys released their Detective Pikachu toy line at retailers this past week, SBJ goes over what you should and should not buy. Pokémon GO burnout seems real for some trainers in the community. We talk about the past Community Day and the upcoming egg event this week. Sword & Shield gets a brand new Steel-type move that a fan from Japan will get to name, we compare it to a past move that had a similar contest. Finally, what things bothered us in Pokémon games, like poison outside of battle, that we are happy that Game Freak addressed in future games.

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May's CoroCoro Will Have Information on Sun & Moon

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May's CoroCoro Will Have Information on Sun & Moon

The leak of April's CoroCoro magazine didn't bring us much about Sun and Moon, other than the promise that the May edition will feature at the very least a reveal of the games' box art. The magazine confirmed the new Robo-Diancie-like legendary, Magearna, to have Steel/Fairy typing, and gave a first look at Pokémon Ga-Olé, a new arcade game coming to Japan in July.

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Mega Monday: Aggron

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Mega Monday: Aggron

Aggron is reacting to the held Aggronite! That must mean it’s Mega Monday (on Wednesday)!

Today’s Pokémon first appeared in Generation III and has been one of my favorites since because of its bulkiness and a familiar look that has led me to consider it as the spiritual successor of the “first” Pokémon Rhydon. Please welcome Aggron and Mega Aggron, the Iron Armor Pokémon.

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Fairy Friday: Klefki

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Fairy Friday: Klefki

It's Fairy Friday trainers, which basically means one of us writer folk get to review a Fairy Pokémon. Fairy Pokémon are, as many of you know, a new type of Pokémon introduced in the 6th generation of Pokémon games. Fairy type were meant to balance out the Dragon type, and actually do a pretty good job at that.

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Honedge

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It is now known that Honedge comes into being when a departed spirit possesses a sword that once belonged to humans. It can use the blue cloth attached to its hilt as nimbly as an arm. Pokémon Trainers who carelessly take this blade in hand may find the blue cloth wrapping itself around them and draining their energy! 

Honedge can learn the attack Swords Dance, a Normal-type move. Swords Dance is a frenetic dance that uplifts the fighting spirit and sharply raises the user’s Attack stat. The effect can be increased by using this move multiple times in succession, helping Trainers who deploy this move at the beginning of a battle to overwhelm one opponent after another! 

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