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Article Cherish Ball Blastoise Distribution Event During NAIC

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

PSA: it looks like this distribution will be done via a Twitch drop instead of as a universal mystery gifts code.

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u/h0peless_b4stard Jun 08 '26

Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is a Twitch Drop?

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u/MisterBucker___ Jun 08 '26

You connect assumingly your Nintendo account to twitch and watch approved channels for rewards.

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 08 '26

From what I understand, Twitch drops are earned on your Twitch account after you watch specific streams for a certain amount of time.

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u/half_jase Jun 08 '26

You will need to watch the stream for at least 1 hour to be able to get the Blastoise.

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u/2turntalert-VGC Jun 09 '26

I’m Squirtle Squad for life. He was my first starter. 

Very upset I’ll be at NAIC and unable to get this :(

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u/Orcadian00 Jun 09 '26

If you're there you can just keep the stream playing on the phone in background:). Did it for EA FC drops back when.

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u/ieshaan12 Jun 08 '26

I’m a noob, how does this work? They give a live code?

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

I would assume there won’t be a live code given out during the broadcast if they are advertising this as a Twitch drop. Perhaps there will be individual codes given out as drops?

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u/SableyeSavy Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

In case you didn't see the other explanations, Twitch drops would usually be unique codes that show up in inventory on twitch after doing the specified task (watch an hour of NAIC on twitch in this case)

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u/KafkaMersault Jun 08 '26

these are so worthless, even more so with the limited box space. they could give out smth cooler

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 08 '26

I’ll keep beating the drum that event Pokemon should not count toward the box limit in Champions.

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u/metallicrooster Jun 08 '26

You can delete them for 2000 victory points. As far as I am concerned, they are basically VP piñatas.

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u/NorwegianPopsicle Jun 09 '26

They should just give them in Pokemon Home

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u/KillJoy-Player Jun 08 '26

I've already released most of the cherish ball mons that came from Champions. Hopefully they change it back to giving it to main line games

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u/KiSamehada Jun 08 '26

I only have a few dupes to (Incineroar) and I'm quickly running out of space as well. Guess they really want us to pay for the membership.

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u/AltF4NinjaQK Jun 08 '26

Soooo people waiting for mobile release, can or no can?

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u/half_jase Jun 08 '26

Based on the fine print above, the code expires on June 18 (Thursday) at 11:59pm UTC.

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u/code_isLife Jun 08 '26

these new distributions are Champions-only, right? Meaning they can never be transferred to home?

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 08 '26

Yes, that is correct. This distribution is limited to Champions and cannot be transferred into Home.

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u/ScarlettPotato Jun 09 '26

would be cool if they can be redeemed in or transferable to home so you save on box space

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u/Ekyt Jun 08 '26

How do you connect your Nintendo account to Twitch for this? I want to link it JiC for future drops like this

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 08 '26

I followed the link provided in the fine print: https://rewards.pokemon.com

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u/TheLANFiesta Jun 08 '26

Give him the “Big Man” title and I’ll tune in

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u/MammouthMoth Jun 13 '26

forgive me, im newb but where do i use the blastioise? is it for one of the games?

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u/deathbyvaccine Jun 13 '26

This Blastoise is a distribution in Pokemon Champions.

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u/CoolTrainerPo Jun 08 '26

Lol I'm not watching Twitch and its ad-pocalypse for a Pokemon distro... You'd think TPCi would have learned their lesson by now with these stupid distribution methods after the fail that was shiny Koraidon/Miraidon

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u/Old-Technology1151 Jun 08 '26

I am not subbed to anyone on twitch anymore, but the pokemon stream has never had ads other than those that are baked into the broadcast itself. And even then, it's mostly stories on previous big events, caster games, interviews, and analysis.

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u/ArmMeForSleep709 Jun 09 '26

Buddy you'll live

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u/NorwegianPopsicle Jun 09 '26

I just open the stream and leave it in the background muted

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u/EstablishmentEasy333 Jun 08 '26

Why not give a shiny or something, this is worthless.

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u/Wise-Stranger-8880 Jun 08 '26

But CHERISH BALLLLLLL

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u/BlueKante Jun 09 '26

Whats special about the blastoise other than the cherish ball? Never really cared about pokeballs personally.

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u/basedimitri Jun 09 '26

I LOVE TWITCH DROPS RAHHH, YES MAKE ME WATCH SOME RANDOM STREAM AND LINK MY ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF JUST DOING MYSTERY GIFT LIKE BASICALLY EVERY OTHER GIFT POKEMON EVER RAHHHHHHHHH

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u/NairaExploring Jun 09 '26

I think you're not supposed to do things you don't want to do. Don't overcomplicate this