The Pokemon Company has revealed a special series of distributions coming to Pokemon Sword And Shield in Japan.

Starting from the week of August 11th, a series of serial codes for Pokemon Sword And Shield will be given out alongside episodes of the Pokemon Journeys Anime, each redeeming a different Pokemon that Ash is using in the anime’s Masters Tournament arc. A total of five Pokemon will be distributed, with Pikachu being given away as part of separate movie tie-in.

The distributions are scheduled as follows:

• Dracovish – August 12th
• Dragonite – August 26th
• Gengar – September 2nd
• Sirfetch’d – September 9th
• Lucario – Seprtember 16th

At the time of this writing, the exact attributes of these Pokemon is not known. Stay tuned for more information as it comes.

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