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blurb=On Jan. 18th, 2018 London, UK announced its Legendary year of Pokémon. The event will distribute Legendary Pokémon, release special Pokémon TCG products featuring Legendary Pokémon, will air movies associated with the Legendary Pokémon on the Pokémon TV app, as well as events across apps Pokémon Go, and Shuffle. }}
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blurb=ON The event will distribute Legendary Pokémon, house special TCG sets and will air movies associated with the Legendary Pokémon on Pokémon TV, as well as events in Pokémon GO and Shuffle. }}
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The event will distribute {{bp|Legendary Pokémon}}, house special {{bp|Pokémon Trading Card Game}} sets and will air movies associated with the Legendary Pokémon on {{bp|Pokémon TV}}, as well as events across {{bp|Pokémon GO}} and {{bp|Pokémon Shuffle}}.


{{quote|The event is a "thank you to all the fans that have committed so passionately to the franchise over the years."| J.C. Smith, Senior Director of Marketing for Pokémon Company International.}}  
The event will distribute {{bp|Legendary Pokémon}} between Feb. and Nov. for the {{bp|Pokémon Sun and Moon}} and {{bp|Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} games. There will be new {{bp|Pokémon Trading Card Game}} products featuring Legendary Pokémon, which will include new collections and GX cards. More details will be announced as the products come closer to release date. The Pokémon TV app will air movies associated with the Legendary Pokémon. There will also be special Legendary Pokémon events for {{bp|Pokémon Go}}. {{bp|Pokémon Shuffle}} will have two new event stages with {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} which will be available from Feb. 6 until Feb. 13.


One part of the event is Legendary Pokémon Distribution and are as follows


*Februrary: {{bp|Dialga}} or {{bp|Palkia}} from the {{bp|Sinnoh}} region. Available from your local Pokémon code store.
{{quote|The event is a "thank you to all the fans that have committed so passionately to the franchise over the years."| J.C. Smith, Senior Director of Marketing for Pokémon Company International.}}
 
*March: {{bp|Regigigas}} or {{bp|Heatran}} Pokémon from the Sinnoh region.
 
*April: {{bp|Raikou}} or {{bp|Entei}} from the {{bp|Johto}} region.
 
*May: {{bp|Xerneas}} or {{bp|Yveltal}} from the {{bp|Kalos}} region.
 
*June: A '''shiny''' {{bp|Zygarde}} from the Kalos region.  
 
*July: {{bp|Tornadus}} or {{bp|Thundurus}} from the {{bp|Unova}} region.
 
*August: {{bp|Groudon}} or {{bp|Kyogre}} from the {{bp|Hoenn}} region.
 
*September: {{bp|Latios}} or {{bp|Latias}} from the Hoenn region.
 
*October: {{bp|Reshiram}} or {{bp|Zekrom}} from the Unova Region.
 
*November: {{bp|Ho-Oh}} or {{bp|Lugia}} from the Johto region.
 
Players of the {{bp|Trading Card Game}} can expect a wide range of Legendary Pokémon tie-ins, new collections, {{bp|Pokémon-GX (TCG)|GX Cards}}, and more. The Pokémon Company International will reveal more information closer to each items retail launch.


Players of {{bp|Pokémon GO}} and {{bp|Pokémon Shuffle}} will also be able to participate in legendary year distributions. In Shuffle, special and expert stages will feature legendary Pokémon, and {{bp|Dialga}} and {{bp|Palkia}} will be available to play from February 6 to 13, 2018.


Pokémon GO players can expect to see special promotions featuring Legendary Pokémon in 2018 with details to come soon.
==Legendary Pokémon distributions dates==


Finally, the Pokémon TV App will feature special movies that feature the legendary Pokémon each month. For example, {{bp|M10|Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai}} which features Dialga and Palkia will be shown in February 2018.
* Feb.: Dialga or Palkia from {{bp|Sinnoh}}. the first distribution will be available in the UK at Game stores and in Ireland at GameStop.  
* Mar: {{p|Regigigas}} or {{p|Heatran}} from Sinnoh
* April {{p|Raikou}} or {{p|Entei}} from {{bp|Johto}}
* May {{p|Xerneas}} or {{p|Yveltal}} from {{bp|Kalos}}
* June {{p|Zygarde}} from the Kalos and {{bp|Alola}}
* July {{p|Tornadus}}  or {{p|Thundurus}} from {{bp|Unova}}
* Aug. {{p|Groudon}} or {{p|Kyogre}} from {{bp|Hoenn}}
* Sept. {{p|Latios}} or {{p|Latias}} from Hoenn
* Oct. {{p|Reshiram}}  or {{p|Zekrom}} from Unova
* Nov {{p|Ho-Oh}} or {{p|Lugia}} from Johto

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The event will distribute Legendary Pokémon between Feb. and Nov. for the Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon games. There will be new Pokémon Trading Card Game products featuring Legendary Pokémon, which will include new collections and GX cards. More details will be announced as the products come closer to release date. The Pokémon TV app will air movies associated with the Legendary Pokémon. There will also be special Legendary Pokémon events for Pokémon Go. Pokémon Shuffle will have two new event stages with Dialga and Palkia which will be available from Feb. 6 until Feb. 13.


“ The event is a "thank you to all the fans that have committed so passionately to the franchise over the years." ”
  -- J.C. Smith, Senior Director of Marketing for Pokémon Company International.  


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