Pokémon Shuffle

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Pokémon Shuffle
Developer: Genius Sonority Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released internationally: February 18, 2015 This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences.

This game is receiving new content, by way of Expansion Packs and/or Downloadable Content. Be aware that any unused content you find may become used in the future. If this does happen, please specify as such!

Pokémon Shuffle is a freemium puzzle game with gameplay similar to Pokémon Battle Trozei, but featuring a play limit in the form of Hearts required to play a stage. Jewels are available to obtain during the game that can be used to purchase Hearts and in-game currency, and microtransactions allow players to buy Jewels using money from their Nintendo eShop accounts.

Despite the often-criticized pricing strategy, it's still considered a fun puzzle game on its own merits.

Future Content

Despite Battle Trozei having all 718 available Pokémon at the time of its release, Shuffle only has 199 obtainable during normal gameplay. However, evidence seems to show that most if not all other Pokémon will be made available later via updates, either as Special Stages or entirely new areas.

Puzzle Graphics

There are puzzle graphics for every single Pokémon from Bulbasaur to Diancie, along with every Form/Forme and every Mega Evolution. Excluding Diancie and the Megas, the graphics are copies of those used in Battle Trozei, but with a filter added.

Large Battle Graphics

When a Mega Evolved Pokémon or certain special Pokémon is being battled in a Stage, a larger graphic is used, with several pieces put together and "animated" by moving the parts around. Large graphics for every Mega Evolution and every Legendary Pokémon exist, but only a select few are used. The unused graphics will most likely be used for a Stage added in the future that features the Pokémon.

Mega Evolutions

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  Mega Charizard X

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  Mega Charizard Y

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  Mega Beedrill

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  Mega Pidgeot

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  Mega Alakazam

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  Mega Pinsir

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  Mega Gyarados

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  Mega Mewtwo X

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  Mega Steelix

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  Mega Scizor

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  Mega Houndoom

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  Mega Tyranitar

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  Mega Sceptile

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  Mega Blaziken

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  Mega Swampert

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  Mega Gardevoir

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  Mega Aggron

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  Mega Medicham

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  Mega Sharpedo

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  Mega Camerupt

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  Mega Absol

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  Mega Salamence

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  Mega Metagross

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  Mega Latias

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  Mega Latios

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  Primal Kyogre

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  Primal Groudon

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  Mega Rayquaza

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  Mega Garchomp

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  Mega Abomasnow

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  Mega Gallade

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  Mega Diancie

Legendary Pokémon

Note the inclusion of Red Genesect, which was an important character in the 16th Pokémon animated movie.

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  Lugia

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  Ho-oh

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  Latias

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  Latios

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  Deoxys

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  Palkia

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  Regigigas

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  Giratina Origin Forme

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  Darkrai

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  Reshiram

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  Zekrom

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  Kyurem

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  White Kyurem

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  Black Kyurem

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  Red (Shiny) Genesect

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  Zygarde

Mega Stones

There are graphics for every Mega Stone, but only a few are obtainable in the game, leaving the other Mega Stones unused for now.

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  Charizardite X

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  Charizardite Y

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  Beedrillite

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  Pidgeotite

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  Alakazite

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  Pinsirite

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  Gyaradosite

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  Mewtwonite X

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  Steelixite

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  Scizorite

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  Houndoominite

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  Tyranitarite

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  Sceptilite

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  Blazikenite

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  Swampertite

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  Gardevoirite

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  Aggronite

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  Medichamite

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  Sharpedonite

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  Cameruptite

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  Absolite

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  Salamencite

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  Metagrossite

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  Latiasite

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  Latiosite

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  Rayquaza's Meteorite

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  Garchompite

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  Abomasite

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  Galladite

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  Diancite

Revisional Differences

Version 1.0.0

The original release.

Version 1.0.1

This version was made available for automatic download using the Check In feature in the game on February 18, 2015, and adds the "Meet Mew" Special Stage. The stage would be available to play until March 23.

Version 1.0.2

Available via Check In on February 20. It fixes a bug that allows the use of literally any available Pokémon as Support, including those that the player has not even met in the game yet. It also gives every player one free Jewel as an apology.

Version 1.1.0

This version was made available as a game update on the eShop on March 6. It required a complete redownload of the game. All save data would be maintained.

Version 1.1.1

This version could be downloaded via the Check In feature immediately after the v1.1.0 update was installed. It fixes various unknown bugs.

Version 1.1.2

Available via Check In on March 9. Adds the "Great Challenge - Kyogre" Special Stage. The stage would be available to play until March 23.

Version 1.1.3

Available via Check In on March 16. Adds the Competitive Mega Lucario Special Stage. Players battle Mega Lucario with a one minute time limit, and their high score is added to an online ranking system. The prize for completing the stage is a Jewel, and the top 20,000 players in the west and 50,000 in Japan to get in the rankings will receive Lucarionite. The event would be held until March 23.

Version 1.1.4

Available via Check In on March 17. This update fixes a glitch that sometimes set the score of the Mega Lucario Special Stage to 999999, preventing participation for players.

Version 1.1.5

Available via Check In on March 23. This update makes several big changes:

• Adds new area Wacky Workshop with 15 new stages:
  • Stage 151 - Munchlax
  • Stage 152 - Chespin
  • Stage 153 - Onix
  • Stage 154 - Froakie
  • Stage 155 - Smeargle
  • Stage 156 - Fennekin
  • Stage 157 - Larvesta
  • Stage 158 - Feebas
  • Stage 159 - Poochyena
  • Stage 160 - Trubbish
  • Stage 161 - Hippopotas
  • Stage 162 - Bagon
  • Stage 163 - Pancham
  • Stage 164 - Yamask
  • Stage 165 - Milotic
• Rewards players with a free Disruption Delay to celebrate Pokémon Shuffle reaching 2,500,000 downloads
• Adds the "Great Challenge - Keldeo" Special Stage
• Adds new Daily Pokémon: Pachirisu, Tropius, Sigilyph, Farfetch'd, and Druddigon. These Daily Stages would be available to play until April 20.
• Rewards players who ranked in the Competitive Mega Lucario Stage challenge with Lucarionite, and gives a Jewel to those who did not rank
• Adds listings for all of the above Pokémon and 18 as-of-then unobtainable Pokémon:
  • Groudon
  • Rayquaza
  • Quilladin
  • Chesnaught
  • Braixen
  • Delphox
  • Frogadier
  • Greninja
  • Snorlax
  • Steelix
  • Volcarona
  • Mightyena
  • Garbodor
  • Hippowdon
  • Shelgon
  • Salamence
  • Pangoro
  • Cofagrigus

Version 1.1.6

Available via Check In on March 27. Awards a Jewel to all the players who received the Lucarionite, due to a small bug preventing the reward from being received previously.

Version 1.1.7

Available via Check In on March 30. Adds the "Great Challenge - Rayquaza" Special Stage. The stage would be available to play until April 20 and awards players with a Jewel upon completing the stage.

Version 1.1.8

Available via Check In on April 6. Adds the Competitive Mega Blastoise Special Stage, similar to the Mega Lucario stage. This challenge would last until April 13. Players who ranked would receive Blastoisinite, and all other players would receive a Jewel.

Version 1.1.9

Available via Check In on April 13. Like Version 1.1.5, this update adds several things, including new main stages.

• Rewards players who ranked in the Competitive Mega Blastoise Stage challenge with Blastoisinite, and gives a Jewel to those who did not rank
• Adds the Great Challenge: Groudon Special Stage. This stage would be available to play until April 27 and awards players with 3000 coins upon completing the stage.
• Adds 15 new stages to Wacky Workshop:
  • Stage 166: Solosis
  • Stage 167: Honedge
  • Stage 168: Drilbur
  • Stage 169: Larvitar
  • Stage 170: Shuppet
  • Stage 171: Rufflet
  • Stage 172: Bergmite
  • Stage 173: Mightyena
  • Stage 174: Snubbull
  • Stage 175: Lickitung
  • Stage 176: Timburr
  • Stage 177: Banette
  • Stage 178: Tangela
  • Stage 179: Pupitar
  • Stage 180: Mega Aerodactyl
• Adds a new Genesect EX Stage
• Adds listings for the above Pokémon and 13 as-of-then unobtainable Pokémon:
  • Duosion
  • Reuniclus
  • Doublade
  • Aegislash
  • Excadrill
  • Tyranitar
  • Braviary
  • Avalugg
  • Granbull
  • Lickilicky
  • Gurdurr
  • Conkeldurr
  • Tangrowth

Version 1.1.10

Available via Check In on April 20. Adds the Pokémon Safari Special Stage, with a Pokémon chosen at random each time. This stage would be available to play until May 2. Also adds listings for the Pokémon used in the Pokémon Safari: Carvanha, Sharpedo, Spinda, Cherubi, and Cherrim.

Version 1.1.11

Available via Check In on April 27. Adds the "3.5 Million Celebration - Celebi" Special Stage, celebrating the game reaching 3.5 million downloads. Completing the stage for the first time awards the player with 1000 Coins. The stage would be available to play until May 18.

Version 1.1.12

Another big update made available via Check In on May 11.

• Adds the Great Challenge - Regirock Special Stage. Completing the stage for the first time awards the player with 1000 Coins. The stage would be available to play until May 25.
• Adds the new location Pedra Valley, with 10 new stages:
  • Stage 181 - Sneasel
  • Stage 182 - Duosion
  • Stage 183 - Snorlax
  • Stage 184 - Granbull
  • Stage 185 - Frogadier
  • Stage 186 - Gurdurr
  • Stage 187 - Quilladin
  • Stage 188 - Shelgon
  • Stage 189 - Braixen
  • Stage 190 - Steelix
• Adds listings for Weavile, Regice, and Registeel, which were unobtainable at the time.

Version 1.1.13

Available via Check In on May 18.

• The Mega Lucario Challenge returns, and runs until May 25. This time, the challenge is turn-based rather than time-based. Players that make the rankings who already received the Lucarionite will receive two Jewels instead. The required rankings are the same as before.
• Adds new Daily Pokémon: Girafarig, Shuckle, Kecleon, Relicanth and Spiritomb. These would be available for two weeks.

Version 1.1.14

Available via Check In on May 25.

• To celebrate the game reaching four million downloads, the 4 Million Celebration - Shaymin Special Stage is added. This stage would be available to play until June 15. Upon completing the stage for the first time, players would earn 1000 Coins.
• Additionally, all players receive a free Complexity -1 item.
• Rewards for the Mega Lucario Challenge are given to players who participated.

Version 1.2.0

This version was made available as a patch on the eShop on May 27. Several new features were added:

• Previously, Hearts would only regenerate if the total amount was less than 5. Now, regardless of how many Hearts the player has, 5 Hearts will always be regenerating at a time.
• As an anti-cheating mechanism, certain stages, mostly competitive Challenge Special Stages, check how a score is obtained. If the game judges the data it collects as "improper", three outcomes may occur: the high score may be reset to zero, the player may be completely removed from the ranking, and the player may be banned from participating in the ranking entirely.
• As a follow-up, the HOME button is disabled during timed challenges, to block a popular exploit.
• Players may randomly receive a doubled catch rate for a Pokémon when a stage is completed. The game calls this "Super Catch Power".
• A new item called "Mega Speedup" is added. When used, the Mega Gauge will fill up faster, allowing a Pokémon to Mega-Evolve faster.
• The Level and Experience of Pokémon also appear when you optimize them on the stage selection.
• Each Mega Evolution now has a number by their Mega Effect which can be boosted. The effects of this are currently unknown.
• You can now see a Pokémon’s details immediately after capture.
• Bonbon Boulevard has now been renamed to Sweet Strasse.

(Source: Serebii and SciresM)

Version 1.2.1

Available via Check In immediately after downloading the patch. Apparently fixes unspecified bugs.

Version 1.2.2

Available via Check In on June 8.

• Gives all players one free Mega Speedup item.
• Adds the Escalation Battle - Giratina Special Stage. Escalation Battle is a new type of stage where the player completes the stage in levels, with the difficulty and the likelihood of catching the Pokémon increasing with each level cleared. The layer is also rewarded after a certain amount of levels are cleared. At Level 5, the player receives 1,000 coins, Level 10 a Disruption Delay, Level 30 a Mega Start and Level 50 a Mega Speedup.
• The second round of Daily Pokémon stages are added again (Pachirisu, Sigilyph, Tropius, Farfetch'd, and Druddigon).
• Rewards all players who participated in the Mega Venusaur challenge.
• Adds 10 new stages to Pedra Valley:
  • Stage 191 - Blitzle
  • Stage 192 - Lickilicky
  • Stage 193 - Pangoro
  • Stage 194 - Garbodor
  • Stage 195 - Doublade
  • Stage 196 - Cofagrigus
  • Stage 197 - Reuniclus
  • Stage 198 - Conkeldurr
  • Stage 199 - Tangrowth
  • Stage 200 - Tyranitar
• Adds three Expert Stages: Chesnaught, Delphox, and Greninja.
• Adds a listing for Zebstrika, which was not obtainable at the time.

Version 1.2.3

Available via Check In on June 15.

• The Mega Blastoise Challenge returns, and runs until June 22. This time, the challenge is turn-based rather than time-based. Players that make the rankings who already received the Blastoisinite will receive two Jewels instead. The required rankings are the same as before.
• Adds the Great Challenge - Dialga Special Stage. This stage would be available to play until June 29.

Version 1.2.4

Available via Check In on June 22.

• Adds the 4.5 Million Celebration - Manaphy Special Stage. The stage would be available to play until July 6.
• The Pokémon Safari returns with a second wave, featuring Electrike, Manectric, Darumaka, Darmanitan, and Stantler. The stage would be available to play until July 6.
• Distributes rewards for the Mega Blastoise Challenge.

Version 1.2.5

Available via Check In on June 29. Adds the Mega Manectric Challenge stage. The challenge is mostly the same as previous challenges, but in addition, players that rank in the top 10,000 in Europe, 20,000 in US or 50,000 in Japan will receive a Mega Start and those who rank in the top 3,000 in Europe, 6,000 in the US or 15,000 in Japan will also receive a Mega Speedup. All other players receive a Jewel as normal. The stage would be available to play until July 5.

Version 1.2.6

Another big update made available via Check In on July 6.

• Rewards players who participated in the Mega Manectric Challenge.
• Adds the fourth wave of Daily Pokémon stages, which would be available for two weeks: Wynaut, Torkoal, Zangoose, Luvdisc, and Seviper.
• Adds a daily Jirachi stage, which would be available until July 10.
• Adds a daily Tepig stage, which would be available until July 20.
• Adds 10 new stages to Pedra Valley:
  • Stage 201: Hippowdon
  • Stage 202: Weavile
  • Stage 203: Avalugg
  • Stage 204: Braviary
  • Stage 205: Excadrill
  • Stage 206: Volcarona
  • Stage 207: Aegislash
  • Stage 208: Zebstrika
  • Stage 209: Salamence
  • Stage 210: Mega Heracross
  • Adds listings for Phione, Snivy, Servine, Serperior, Pignite, Emboar, Oshawott, Dewott, Samurott, and Wobbufett, which were not available at the time. Arceus was also added ahead of time for a Special Stage featuring the Pokémon made available to play from July 10 to July 24.

Version 1.2.7

Available via Check In on July 13. Adds the Mega Lucario Challenge...again. The third iteration of the competition would be available until July 20.