It’s been months since the first expansion pass released for Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. This morning, the Pokemon Company revealed the second part. The second part, The Crown Tundra, scheduled to release on October 22nd. During the announcement, additional details were revealed.

In Crown Tundra, you’ll explore in a snowy region. Explore snow covered hills and new areas. EVERY legendary Pokemon from the past games are residing in this tundra region and can be captured. Few of the legendary Pokemon can be encountered by dynamax. After adventuring, players can team up with other trainers in the Galarian Star Tournament. You’ll be able to pick from gym leaders that you’ve encountered from Pokemon Sword or Pokemon Shield. Trainers from the expansion pass also receive the same treatment as the gym leaders.

For those who wish to purchase Pokemon Sword or Pokemon Shield, you can purchase the game that’s bundle with the expansion pass on November 6th. A great opportunity for new players.

Pikachu Special Event

Celebrating the launch of Crown Tundra, there’ll be a special in-game event for players to receive eight different Pikachu for their teams. The event starts September 29th, 2020 and ends November 30, 2020, at 6:59 a.m. PST. Special passwords from various places such as the Pokemon Trainer Club email newsletter and the Play Pokemon twitter feed. Players enter the passwords into their game and obtain Pikachu. The first one already distributed in the presentation: P1KACHUGET (original cap) and another on the Pokemon website: 1CH00SEY0U

Here are the steps to take to redeem each code:

1. Launch your Pokémon Sword or Pokémon Shield game.
2. Select Mystery Gift on the X menu.
3. Select Get a Mystery Gift.
4. Select Get with Code/Password to connect to the internet.
5. Enter your password.
6. Watch as the gift arrives in your game. (Pokémon will appear in your party or your Pokémon Boxes.)
7. Be sure to save your game.

Players do not need to purchase the expansion pass for this Pikachu event.

Pokemon Home Updates

Pokemon sent from Pokemon GO to Pokemon Home will receive a mystery gift by transferring a Pokemon to Pokemon Home. You’ll receive a special Melmetal as a mystery gift to your mobile device of Pokemon Home. This special Pokemon hasn’t been available until now. The update between the two apps will launch later in the year.

The closing of the expansion pass presentation, a music video, titled “Gotcha!” performed by Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken (who worked on many anime series such as Tales of the Abyss, Granblue Fantasy, One Piece). BONES animation studio worked on the animation of the music video.

The Crown Tundra expansion releases October 22, 2020 for the Nintendo Switch.

“Gotcha!” music video performed by Bump of Chicken, animation by BONES

Source: Pokemon Company