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This New Pokémon Go Event Might Be The Best One Yet

Pokémon Go's Adventure Week is gonna be lit.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 13:17

From tomorrow, 18 May, to 25 May, 2017, our friends at Pokémon are running Pokémon Go Adventure Week, a new event designed to “honour the memories created so far, and our collective journey yet to come”.

Six months ago, Pokémon Go-ers had collectively walked the distance between Earth and Pluto. Now, having clocked up 15.8 billion - yes, BILLION - kilometers, we’ve walked the equivalent distance to the edge of the solar system!

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In order to prep for the new adventure, PokéStops will, for a limited time, be unusually generous in their freebies, and Poké Balls will be discounted by 50 percent in the in-game shop. You’ll also find Candies four times faster over the event, plus keep an eye out for more Rock-type Pokémon like Aerodactyl, Omanyte, and Kabuto.

“Pokémon Go was developed for people to easily experience classic Pokémon gameplay on their mobile device and catch Pokémon in the real world,” states an update on the Pokémon website. “As a result, every day, people around the globe go outside, explore the world around them, make some new memories, and get some exercise along the way.”

31 Pokémon Tattoos That Will Make You Want To Tat ‘Em All

This Pikachu, who is cooler than we will ever be.

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We KangasKHAN’T deal with how good this is.

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This Squirtle that says what we’re all thinking.

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This retro tribute.

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This totes adorbs pair.

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Deadpool x Pikachu: The mash up we never knew we needed… inked on us permanently.

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This Wartortle living his best life.

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These adorable couples tats.

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This little badass.

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This totally kawaii Jigglypuff that’s good enough to eat.

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Hitmonchan means business.

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The ultimate ode to Chancey.

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Ditto can be anything – even ink!

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Cutest Marill evs.

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Same, sleepy little Cubone, same.

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This Pika masterpiece.

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This iconic squad.

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Bulbasaur looking more dashing than we’ve ever seen him before.

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We cannot DEAL with this Charmander x Studio Ghibli mash up.

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This smartypants Rubix Cubone (geddit?)

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Eevee + Mew = DOUBLE CUTE INK.

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This subtle Pokeball.

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This bewitching little Pikachu.

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This Wigglytuff ready to sing its heart out, right next to yours.

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This Clefairy reminding us to reach for the stars.

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Togepi is kawaii AF.

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Is there anything better than Magikarp in a cup?

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Matching Butterfrees!

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This shoulder-dwelling Slowbro.

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This Charmander x Daredevil mash up.

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This legendary ink.

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Oh, and there’ll be a new avatar item waiting in your wardrobe, too, so grab your Explorer’s Hat and get explorin’!

While we’re on the subject of Pokemon Go, did you check out the recent hack to grab yourselves some super rare Pokemon? Meanwhile, it's just been proved that Pokemon GO is officially good for you!

- By Vikki Blake @_vixx

You've Got To See The New Mario World In Minecraft On The Nintendo Switch

Minecraft has arrived on the Nintendo Switch!

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Which means you can now play it *literally everywhere*!

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Switch players also get an extra special something, unique to Nintendo’s consoles: the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack!

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“It comes with a custom crafted Mario-themed world, with all the mushrooms, man-eating plants and oversized plumbing you’d expect - and a texture pack to match," says the official Minecraft website.

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"You can explore it while listening to one of 15 tracks from Super Mario 64 and skinned up as one of 40 characters from Mario’s universe..."

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"...Princess Peach, Toad, Yoshi, all the Koopalings, Wario and many more!"

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21 Secret Easter Eggs Hidden In 'The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' That Will Blow Your Mind

What makes this shrine so special isn’t just the spirit orb waiting for you inside, its the shrine’s name ‘Oman Au’ which is actually an anagram for Aonuma as in “Eiji Aonuma”, the producer of Breath of the Wild.

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Remember all those fake swords you came across whilst searching for the Master Sword in ‘A Link to the Past’? Near the start of BOTW a similar bluff is set up when you stumble across a sword that looks masterful but turns out to be a rusty dud.

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The old man in the game is said to be a direct reference to the old man in the original Legend of Zelda who gives Link his sword. Whilst in the original game you start by entering a cave to greet him, in BOTW you exit a cave before greeting him.

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The divine beasts’ names are references to characters from earlier in the series: Vah Ruta is said to reference Ruto, the Zora princess of Ocarina of Time, whilst Vah Naboris is said to be named after a Gerudo hero known as Nabooru.

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Twitter user @Venick409 posted a genius way to get around without the use of a glider. Smash into a rock until its piping hot, then hop on just before it shoots off into the sky.

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Wanna ride around on a giant horse? Who doesn’t?! Ganon’s horse can be found exactly here.

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Recognise the Temple of Time from 'Ocarina of Time’ in this scene? Speed up the background melody whilst walking through the temple’s ruins and you’ll also recognise the memorable ‘Song of Time’ which played whenever you entered the Temple of Time.

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Wanna dress like ‘Dark Link’ from Ocarina of Time (complete with “night speed” boost)? Seek out the vendor named Kilton who likes to trade in monster parts. 4,000 monster points gets you the costume!

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Additional classic costumes can be accessed by enabling amiibo functionality in your settings. Once activated, a proximity marker will show you where items will drop, with chests occasionally containing costume items you can then collect.

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Spectacle Rock, which first appeared in the original 1986 release during the First Quest appears again in Breath of the Wild. It can be found on the edge of the Gerudo Desert, south of Gerudo Canyon.

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Linebeck Island meanwhile takes its name from the cowardly Captain last seen in Phantom Hourglass.

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Parallels to older games continue when you take a look at the flowers surrounding the Master Sword in the game’s official E3 trailer and compare them to the flowers surrounding the Master Sword you find in ‘A Link to the Past’.

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Whilst watchman Botrick’s striking resemblance to President Satoru Iwata may actually be a deliberate move by Nintendo to pay tribute to its former leader who sadly passed away in 2015.

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As in previous Zelda entries, the cuccos are still regarded as a sacred species so any attempts to harm a cucco continuously will result in a flock of cucco’s attacking you.

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. In contrast, throwing a cucco at an enemy so that they attack it and incur the wrath of a cucco flock is a pretty genius move that may prove useful in defeating certain foes.

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As you may have heard, the ancient Hylian script in the game has scrambled words that can be decoded. Whilst most translations are pretty straightforward, “All Your Base Are “ found in this shrine actually references the 1989 video game Zero Wing.

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And “It’s dangerous to go alone” translated from the script viewed through Link’s scope here, is in fact a partial quote from the 1986 game.

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One fan is said to have even translated some symbols from the game’s Master Edition packaging to reveal the phrase "The Hyrule Fantasy", the subtitle of the original Zelda game that was released over 30 years ago in Japan.

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Fancy a ride on Link's beloved horse Epona from previous games? You can unlock the best horse ever by using the Link amiibo figurine that came out with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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Similarly, Wolf Link can be unlocked by using the Twilight Princess Wolf Link.

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Lastly, just southeast of Hyrule Castle you'll find ‘Ranch Ruins’ which upon closer inspection bares lots of similarities to Ocarina of Time's Lon Lon Ranch. Might this be a clue as to when BOTW takes place in the expansive Zelda timeline?

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