London, United Kingdom: 2 August 2016— Pokémon 20th celebrations continue as fans are invited to head to GAME stores to collect the Mythical Pokémon Arceus and the latest Pokémon merchandise. Owners of Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon X or Pokémon Y for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems can head into their local GAME store and receive Arceus, one of the Mythical Pokémon of the Sinnoh region, for free.

Arceus is the Alpha Pokémon which originally debuted in Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl in 2007. According to the legends of Sinnoh, Arceus emerged from a Pokémon Egg and shaped all there is. Arceus has the power to become any Pokémon type while holding special corresponding plates, discovered in various locations across the Hoenn region in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. This Arceus is distributed with the following attributes:

· LEVEL: 100
· TYPE: Normal
· ABILITY: Multitype
· MOVES: Judgment, Recover, Hyper Beam, Perish Song


Arceus is available now at GAME. Fans of the Pokémon Trading Card Game can join the celebration with the release of the Pokémon TCG: Mythical Pokémon Collection—Arceus on 3 August. This collection includes a special Arceus promo card, a pin of the Mythical Pokémon, two Pokémon TCG: Generations booster packs and a code to unlock cards in the Pokémon TCG Online.