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If you want to get in on a shiny EternatusPokemon SwordandShieldevent, you’ll have to go to an actual store in the near future.

Following a tease that it would be happening in some regions, information on the distribution event is fully live now on the official Pokemon site.

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Nintendo also provides re-iterated instructions on mystery gift redemption:

To claim your in-game gift, follow these steps:

Overall it’s a pretty simple process:other than going to the store! At least this event is for a shiny legendary, and not a quirky character from the anime.

[Update:EB Games Australia has clarifiedthat the offer will be available in the region, albeit in “early October.”]

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