Pokemon Sun & Moon

New Pokemon Cards Have Landed And You're Going To Want Them All

Here's everything you need to know about the Pokemon Sun & Moon Crimson Invasion cards.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 17:18

The latest expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sun & Moon - Crimson Invasion - is out now.

Sun & Moon—Crimson Invasion - which has 100+ cards - focuses on the “imminent battle” for control of the Alola region and sees the Pokémon TCG debut of Silvally, Nihilego, Buzzwole, Kartana, Guzzlord, and Type: Null.

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You’ll get to unleash eight more Pokémon-GX, including Alolan Exeggutor-GX and Gyarados-GX, plus nine new Trainer cards, and brand new Ultra Beasts.

“A portal from another world has appeared in the Alola region, and invasions by mysterious and powerful creatures have begun!” says Pokémon on the official website. “Pokémon such as Guzzlord, Kartana, and Buzzwole have begun their assault, while influencing some of the Pokémon and people around them.

11 Pokémon Facts That Could Change EVERYTHING

"Pokémon’’ is not a Japanese word, but it’s a combination of the two English words ‘’Pocket’’ and ‘’ Monster’’ - a bit like how Tamagotchi means egg and watch. The Japanese love a good portmanteau don’t they?

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Which leads us nicely onto Pikachu, whose name is a combination of the Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkle, pikapika, and the sound of squeaking, which is expressed as chūchū.

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While we’re on the subject of that little scamp - ‘Pikachu’ literally means ‘crackling squeak’. Whodathunkit.

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Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee are based on Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee respectively. Unfortunately, HitmonNorris, HitmonSeagal and HitmonVanDamme were never introduced to the games.

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Uber is now doing rides for Pokémon Go. While it’s a neat idea for the company to capitalise on the game’s popularity – if you take up the offer then we hope Hitmonchan hits you with a big stick.

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The master ball has a 1 out of 65536 chance of failing. But don’t let those odds lure you into a false sense of security. If Donald Trump can become the Republican nominee – anything can happen.

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Pokémon was inspired by bug collecting, from young the Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri would collect bugs and trade them with his friends.

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Thanks to Pokémon GO a lot of the Americans who’ve been playing the game, has only just learnt how to use the metric system. Next up: Americans learn what autumn is.

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The illustrator Pikachu is the Holy Grail for every Pokémon trading card game collection. In 2013, the card went up for sale for a WHOPPING $100,000 on eBay.

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This year marks Pokémon’s 20th anniversary. Starting in 1996, when Pokémon Red and Blue launched in Japan, the world has purchased over 279 million (!) copies of Pokémon games and its spin-offs.

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Pokémon holds a Guinness world record for most photosensitive epileptic seizures caused by a TV show. The 38TH episode in series one is responsible for this.

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“The Synthetic Pokémon Silvally was created to resist the Ultra Beasts, but will it be enough to defend the islands of Alola—or will the Ultra Beasts take control?”

While we’re on the subject of Pokémon, did you catch the news that Pokémon Go accounts that use third party trackers (and by that, we mean accounts that are already flagged as cheats) won’t be able to see rare Pokémon in scanned areas. But Niantic recently got down to srs bsns and now all cheaters will get a mark of shame.

And if you want more Pokémon Go, check out this hack to grab yourself some super rare Pokemon!

- By Vikki Blake @_vixx