{"id":312,"date":"2025-08-27T23:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_zarude_distribution_announced_for_several_countries_outside_japan"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:01:53","slug":"pokemon-sword-and-shield-zarude-distribution-announced-for-several-countries-outside-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-zarude-distribution-announced-for-several-countries-outside-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Zarude Distribution Announced For Several Countries Outside Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Zarude Sword and Shield\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/318bcc97b413c\/zarude-sword-and-shield.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-zarude-distribution-announced-for-several-countries-outside-japan.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Zarude Sword and Shield\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Zarude, a Mythical Pok\u00e9mon released in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a>, will soon be available to players outside of Japan for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon was first distributed to Japanese players this August who preordered tickets to the upcoming movie. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/a_second_zarude_form_will_soon_be_distributed_to_pokemon_sword_and_shield_fans_in_japan\">second Zarude distribution, featuring a new form<\/a> of the Pok\u00e9mon, has also been announced for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Now, though, a new event has been announced for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (thanks, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/index2.shtml\">Serebii<\/a>). This distribution ties in with the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/the_next_pokemon_trading_card_expansion_vivid_voltage_has_been_revealed\">Vivid Voltage<\/a>, a new Trading Card Game expansion which stars the Pok\u00e9mon, and offers players a serial code to obtain it.<\/p>\n<p>The event will reportedly run from 13th November to 13th December. No other distributions have been announced for other countries just yet, but we&#8217;d expect to see other regions follow suit as Zarude slowly makes its way to players around the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_zarude_distribution_announced_for_several_countries_outside_japan\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zarude, a Mythical Pok\u00e9mon released in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield, will soon be available to players outside of Japan for the first time. The Pok\u00e9mon was first distributed to Japanese players this August who preordered tickets to the upcoming movie. A second Zarude distribution, featuring a new form of the Pok\u00e9mon, has also been announced for the country. Now, though, a new event has been announced for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (thanks, Serebii). This distribution ties in with the launch of Vivid Voltage, a new Trading Card Game expansion which stars the Pok\u00e9mon, and offers players a serial code to obtain it. The event will reportedly run from 13th November to 13th December. No other distributions have been announced for other countries just yet, but&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-sword-and-shield-zarude-distribution-announced-for-several-countries-outside-japan\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-life"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Zarude Distribution Announced For Several Countries Outside Japan | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zarude, a Mythical Pok\u00e9mon released in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield, will soon be available to players outside of Japan for the first time. 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