By Add a Shiny Chi-Yu to your party
The Pokémon Company is still rolling out regular distribution events for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet on the Switch.
This time it’s a Shiny Chi-Yu and it’s available to claim via Mystery Gift between now and 30th September 2025. This gift celebrates the following event:
“We gathered and fought our hardest against the Shiny Legendary Pokémon, Chi-Yu. The total number of player victories against Shiny Chi-Yu during the event collectively reached 3,126,823—great work!
“To celebrate your achievement, Shiny Chi-Yu will be available to claim via Mystery Gift during its distribution period. An additional Mystery Gift of Tera Shards will also be distributed based on player victories collectively exceeding one million.”
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Here’s how to claim this Mystery Gift in Scarlet and Violet:
- Launch your Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet game.
- Select Poké Portal on the X menu.
- Select Mystery Gift, then select Get via Internet to connect to the internet.
- Choose the gift you want to receive.
- Watch as your gift arrives in-game.
- Be sure to save your game.
This follows some news about Pokémon Legends: Z-A last week during Nintendo’s Direct. The Pokémon Company has also shared details about Pokémon HOME connectivity in the upcoming release.
An upgrade for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was also recently released for the Switch 2. You can find out more about this version 4.0.0 update for Scarlet and Violet in our previous post.
[source pokemon.com]
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