A Legendary Pokémon year announced for 2018
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The event will distribute Legendary Pokémon, house special Pokémon Trading Card Game sets and will air movies associated with the Legendary Pokémon on the Pokémon Tv App, as well as events across apps Pokémon Go, and Pokémon Shuffle. The event is a "thank you to all the fans that have committed so passionately to the franchise over the years." according to J.C. Smith, Senior Director of Marketing for Pokémon Company International. One part of the event is Video Game Distributions and are as follows
Feb.: The Steel-Dragon Pokemon Dialga, the second The Water-Dragon Pokemon Palkia From Sinnoh
the first distribution will be available in the UK at Game stores and in Ireland at Gamestop Mar: The Legendary Normal Type Pokémon Regigigas, or aHeatran a fire/ steel type Pokémon From {bp|Sinnoh}}
April* Raikou the Electric Type Legendary Pokémon, or Entei the Fire Type Legendary Pokemon From Johto
May* Pokémon The Fairy Type Legendary Pokemon, Or Pokemon the Dark/Flying Type Pokémon From Kalos
Jun* Zygarde The dragon/Ground Type pokémon with three distinct forms from the Kalos and Alola Regions
Jul* Tornadus the Flying Type Legendary Pokémon, or Thundurus The Electric/Flying Legendary From Unova
Aug* Groudon the ground type legendary, or Kyogre the water type Legendary from the Hoenn Region
Sept* Latios/Latias The Dragon/Psychic Legendary Pokemon From Hoenn
Oct.* Reshiram The Dragon-and fire type Pokémon, or Zekrom the Dragon-Electric Type Pokémon From the Unova Region
Nov* Ho-Oh The Fire and Flying Legendary, or Lugia The Psychic and flying pokémon.
Players of the bp|Trading Card Game}} can expect a wide range of Legendary Pokemon tie-ins, new collections,GX Cards, and more. The Pokémon Company International will reveal more information closer to each items retail launch. PLayers of Pokémon Go and Pokémon Shuffle will also be able to participate in legendary year distributions. In Shuffle special and expert stages will feature legendary Pokémon, and Dialga and Palkia will be available to play from Feb. 6th-13th.Pokemon Go PLayers can expect to see special promotions featuring Legendary Pokémon in 2018 with details to come soon. Finally, The Pokémon TV App will feature special movies that feature the legendary Pokémon each month. For example, Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai which features Dialga and Palkia will air in Feb.2018.