The Pokemon series is continuing its commemoration of the New Year by giving out a free Pikachu that fans can get for Pokemon Sword and Shield. The free Pokemon is also given out to celebrate the International Space Station live stream that recently went live on New Year’s Eve, with them featuring Pokemon in AI form to welcome 2021.
This is not the first time Pokemon has had this kind of promotion that featured the famous mouse Pokemon that soared to fame with the beginning of the franchise. Back in fall, there was an opportunity for players to obtain a Pikachu with a special cap on it, with designs that were inspired by various versions of Ash Ketchum, the protagonist from the main anime series. These were launched to commemorate the new expansions that had recently released to the game, The Isle of Armor and The Crown Tundra.
However, for this event, Pokemon is commemorating the exclusive space livestream that they organized to ring in the coming of the new year with a new Pikachu which will be given out for free to all Sword and Shield players.
According to the dedicated Pokemon website Serebii, the special Pikachu will be available in both Sword and Shield and fans will be able to claim it until January 15, 2021. In order to get the exclusive Pokemon, players will have to connect to the internet, select the Mystery Gift option on the main menu, choose Get Mystery Gift and then pick the Get Via Internet option.
If players do the process correctly and are connected to a reliable internet connection, the exclusive KIBO Pikachu will appear. This special Pikachu will come at level 21 and will be carrying a Comet Shard, something that can be sold at Poke Marts at high prices, and will be equipped with the moves Celebrate, Wish, Swift, and Thunderbolt.
With the 25th anniversary of Pokemon coming soon, this is one of the many events that will most likely be taking over throughout the whole year. A lot of fans have been theorizing that the reason there was a livestream in space was there are probable Pokemon Pearl ad Diamond remakes coming soon, a title that was massively themed in space and time. However, nothing has been officially confirmed yet.
Even so, that doesn’t change the fact that this new year will be big for Pokemon, and even if a remake isn’t coming out there will still be a lot of events lined up for fans to enjoy.
