Like many smartphone games out there on the market, the RPG Pokémon Masters EX has welcomed in 2021 by rolling out a New Year’s update. While light on new enhancements to the gaming experience, DeNA Co Ltd and The Pokémon Company are implementing themed sync pairs for you to obtain and events to partake in.
A list of additions can be found below:
NY Event: Get Your New Year’s Themed Sync Pairs
Players will be able to add New Years-inspired versions of Lillie & Ribombee and Lance & Gyarados to their teams via the sync pair spotlight scout, available now until 13 January 2021.
The Bug-type sync pair of Lillie & Ribombee can deploy moves like Alola Lang Syne!, which raises the evasiveness of all allied sync pairs while blocking status conditions. The Flying-type sync pair of Lance & Gyarados can unleash moves like Hyper Beam, which deals extraordinary damage at the cost of four (out of six) bars of the move gauge.
Both sync pairs can reach a 6★ EX Potential rating, which increases the strength of their sync moves and provides them with an additional New Years-inspired outfit to wear.
NY Event: New In-Game Event: Seasons Greetings
Also running until 13 January 2021 is a new in-game story event titled ‘Seasons Greetings’. Available to players who have completed Chapter 1 of the main story, this event features Lillie and Lance in their New Year’s outfits as they work together to deliver New Year’s cards to various Trainers on Pasio, such as Blue, Silver, and Clair.
NY Event: Nab Yourself Some Premium Currency
To commemorate the New Year, players can earn up to a total of 7,200 Gems, enough to add up to 26 sync pairs to their teams by completing various login and mission challenges throughout this month.
From now until 13 January, 1,200 Gems are available to players that complete special missions. Players that login to the game before 31 January, 2021 at 9:59 p.m. Pacific Time will earn 3,000 Gems, while players that login for 10 days from now until 31 January 2021 Pacific Time can earn up to an additional 3,000 Gems.
Champion Stadium – Johto Challenge
Opponents in the Champion Stadium game mode will now be from the Johto region, allowing players to take on Will, Koga, Bruno and Karen of the Johto Elite Four, as well as the Johto Champion, Lance.
The true challenge of this game mode lies in having to defeat them all in five consecutive battles with a limited number of sync pairs. Once a sync pair has participated in a battle, it cannot battle again while the challenge is underway, making it crucial for players to have an arsenal of powerful sync pairs.
In the future, Elite Four members and Champions from other regions of the Pokémon world will also come to the Champion Stadium.
Electric and Steel-Type Egg Event
This event lets players earn Pokémon Eggs, which can be hatched into Electric and Steel-Type Pokémon such as Pichu, Elekid, and Magnemite. All Pokémon hatched from Eggs can be paired with the game’s Main Character to battle alongside one another.
Legendary Event – “Pure Hearts and Rainbow Wings”
Players that complete this event will be able to form a sync pair with the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh.
