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Soar into battle with Shiny Rayquaza, available via the Nintendo Network! This Shiny Rayquaza is not only rare, it is also amazingly powerful. Shiny Rayquaza knows the Dragon Ascent move, which allows it to Mega Evolve. When it does, Shiny Rayquaza will dominate its opponents!

Don’t miss this chance to get Shiny Rayquaza for your Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire video game!

It's available now. Distribution ends September 14th.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl931L1nyHo

Again, it's via Nintendo Network, so no need to visit GameStops or the like.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

Neat, thanks for the heads up.

 

[Korosenai]

Sweet! Also, does anyone have a spare diancie from the last event? I missed out on it

 

[Taichu]

Why no X/Y distribution? It's the newest generation game and isn't even 2 years old!

 

[Zomba13]

Why no X/Y distribution? It's the newest generation game and isn't even 2 years old!

Have there been any X/Y events? (I mean I know there have been like, one or two).

They abandoned X/Y as soon as the ruby/sapphire remakes came out.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Why no X/Y distribution? It's the newest generation game and isn't even 2 years old!

Dragon Ascent doesn't exist in XY's coding.

 

[Ahnez]

Great

Thanks

 

[Taichu]

Dragon Ascent doesn't exist in XY's coding.

Ah, thanks! At least there is a reason.

 

[MulderYuffie]

Fantastic news Rayquaza is awesome and the shiny version looks great.

 

[Zeeman]

Shiny Rayquaza looks pretty great

 

[entremet]

Dragon Ascent doesn't exist in XY's coding.

That and The Pokemon Company tends to prioritize events for the latest games, remake or not.

 

[Jotamide]

Thank god it ain't another annoying code.

 

[entremet]

Thank god it ain't another annoying code.

North America has been getting lucky. Looks like Europe and Australia will be getting codes.

 

[Halabane]

any news for japan?

 

[Maintenance]

God is real, time to get Diancie out of the way so I can SR this.

 

[L.O.R.D]

any news for japan?

seriously ?

 

[Banjotanooki]

Dammit, I only have Y.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Could you imagine being one of the people who SRed for hours and hours and hours just to get a shiny Rayquaza only to see this

 

[L.O.R.D]

Could you imagine being one of the people who SRed for hours and hours and hours just to get a shiny Rayquaza only to see this

Rayquaza is shiny locked in the game , you can't get a shiny Rayquaza by SR

 

[JoeM86]

Could you imagine being one of the people who SRed for hours and hours and hours just to get a shiny Rayquaza only to see this

Good thing Rayquaza is Shiny Locked in ORAS

 

[Robin64]

In the UK from August 24th to September 20th by getting a serial code from Smyths.

Germany from August 31st to September 28th at "participating retailers".

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Rayquaza is shiny locked in the game , you can't get a shiny Rayquaza by SR

Good thing Rayquaza is Shiny Locked in ORAS

You can still bring R/S Pokemon to gen 6

 

[WrenchNinja]

In the UK from August 24th to September 20th by getting a serial code from Smyths.

Germany from August 31st to September 28th at "participating retailers".

Serial Code? You may as well just say if you're in Europe just dont even bother

 

[JoeM86]

You can still bring R/S Pokemon to gen 6

Yeah but they can't be used in most official competitions.

Any official competition with GS Cup rules requires a Gen VI native Rayquaza if you want to use Rayquaza

In the UK from August 24th to September 20th by getting a serial code from Smyths.

Germany from August 31st to September 28th at "participating retailers".

The Smyths near me isn't open until September 5th -_- Thankfully I have a competitive Shiny Rayquaza from my Japanese game when I got the serial code from a friend in Japan so I'm set anyway

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

GAME are shit, but at least they're close by.
I don't have a Smyths near me.
I hope the codes don't become a Smyths thing now...

 

[Aesnath]

Could you imagine being one of the people who SRed for hours and hours and hours just to get a shiny Rayquaza only to see this

I still plan to on HeartGold--I'm a big fan of nicknames and SRing passes the time on bus rides.

However, it is nice to see NA get an interesting distribution. Prior to Diancie it was a Dragonaire, which was a pretty big letdown. I'm still holding out hope that we'll see some of the older events pop up (Japan seems to have gotten many of them in gen VI).

 

[HawthorneKitty]

I still plan to on HeartGold--I'm a big fan of nicknames and SRing passes the time on bus rides.

However, it is nice to see NA get an interesting distribution. Prior to Diancie it was a Dragonaire, which was a pretty big letdown. I'm still holding out hope that we'll see some of the older events pop up (Japan seems to have gotten many of them in gen VI).

That Dragonite had its HA and nice moves to pass down though. :/

 

[BlueSilver]

I missed out on Diancie, so I'm not missing out on this despite not playing Pokemon regularly anymore.

 

[FZZ]

Yooo can't wait

Spoiler

Gf is in Europe and has my 3DS

 

[Vital Tundra]

Sweet. Freakin' hate events that aren't available at home.

 

[Hedge]

NA only? Whyyy? D:

 

[Etria]

Australia and NZ also get Shiny Rayquaza from a serial code obtained from EB Games until the 31st of August.

If any kind soul has a spare AU/NZ code (or two), my little sister and I would be grateful. Our nearest store is out of stock because we realised too late

If I do manage to get some, I shall pass it on to someone who needs one.