{"id":709447,"date":"2026-06-17T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709447\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:49:10","slug":"pokemon-champions-launches-on-mobile-today-alongside-a-new-game-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709447\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Champions Launches On Mobile Today Alongside A New Game Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Champions\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/eb91d0d144ea7\/pokemon-champions.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pokemon-champions.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Champions\"\/><\/a> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_champions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pok\u00e9mon Champions<\/a> arrives on mobile devices today, and alongside this, the Switch version of the game has been updated.<\/p>\n<p>This bumps the battle title up to Version 1.1.0 and adds Pok\u00e9mon and held items for Regulation Set M-B. It also includes some other fixes on Switch platforms tied to visual and network issues. Here are the official patch notes via <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/71525\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo&#8217;s support page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Champions: Ver. 1.1.0 (16th June 2026)<\/p>\n<p>The following updates have been made to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon and held items added for Regulation Set M-B.<br \/>\nOther fixes to the visuals during battles and certain network-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>For now, you can check out the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/pokemonchampions\/rankedbattle\/regulationm-b.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new usable Pok\u00e9mon and items on Serebii.net<\/a>. It was previously mentioned how the plan was to expand the Pok\u00e9mon roster in Pok\u00e9mon Champions over time.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the launch on iOS and Android devices today, there&#8217;s a special gift in the form of a Raichu and the Raichunite X and Y Mega Stones. You can find all of this in the game&#8217;s mailbox when you log in during the event period.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Champions\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1201bb300fa86\/pokemon-champions.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781696949_567_pokemon-champions.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Champions\"\/><\/a> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/p>\n<p>The mobile version includes cross-save support as well. So if you&#8217;ve been playing on the Switch or Switch 2, you can continue battling on your mobile device. And if you haven&#8217;t already tried out this title, check out our Switch review of the game:<\/p>\n<p>Will you be checking out Pok\u00e9mon Champions on mobile? How about this new game update? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/71525\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/71525\/\" target=\"_blank\">en-americas-support.nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<br \/>\n\t<a class=\"accent\" title=\"Review: Pok\u00e9mon Champions (Switch) \u2013 The Most Accessible &amp; Flawed Competitive Pok\u00e9mon Has Ever Been\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/pokemon-champions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pok\u00e9mon Champions (Switch eShop) Review<\/a><a class=\"accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-pokedex-galar-region\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guide: Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield: Pok\u00e9dex Galar Region<\/a><a class=\"accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-go-eevee-evolutions-ranked-how-to-get-sylveon-leafeon-glaceon-umbreon-espeon-vaporeon-jolteon-and-flareon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Eevee Evolutions Ranked &#8211; How To Get Sylveon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Umbreon, Espeon, Vaporeon, Jolteon And Flareon<\/a><a class=\"accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-go-special-evolutions-n-how-to-get-pangoro-sylveon-glaceon-aromatisse-slurpuff-sirfetchrd-galarian-cofagrigus-and-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Special Evolutions \u2013 How To Get Pangoro, Sylveon, Glaceon, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Sirfetch\u2019d, Galarian Cofagrigus And More<\/a><a class=\"accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-go-mega-evolutions-list-how-get-mega-energy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO Mega Evolutions List &#8211; How Get Mega Energy<\/a><a class=\"accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-go-n-the-rarest-pokemon-including-wild-shiny-mythical-and-regional-catches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guide: Pok\u00e9mon GO \u2013 The Rarest Pok\u00e9mon Including Wild, Shiny, Mythical And Regional Catches<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Pok\u00e9mon Champions arrives on mobile devices today, and alongside this, the Switch version of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[5177,75,5260,2076,47923,74,10704],"class_list":["post-709447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-pokemon","tag-psa","tag-reminders","tag-technology","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}