Nintendo Direct 2019 news as Switch Pokemon demo revealed ahead of YouTube stream

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Today's Nintendo Direct could have lots of newsToday should see plenty of Nintendo Switch game news announced for fans. The Nintendo Direct streaming event is being hosted on YouTube and will be available to watch at 10pm, GMT. And before the big reveals and announcements get underway, Nintendo has announced something new for their Switch console owners. A new Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu demo is available to download for those who haven't played it yet. The new demo version of the game can be downloaded for free from the Nintendo eShop, ahead of tonight's big Nintendo Direct event.

Pokemon Go: Pokemon Day 2019 Event Now Live, Features Shiny Pidgey And Rattata

The Pokemon series is celebrating its 23rd anniversary on February 27, and Niantic is commemorating the occasion with a special event in Pokemon Go. [Update: The Pokemon Day 2019 event is now live in Pokemon Go, as is the game's new Team Medallion item.] Throughout the event, Pokemon that appear early on in the Gen 1 games will spawn much more frequently in the wild. On top of that, players will have a chance of encountering special versions of Pikachu and Eevee during the Pokemon Day event. The Pokemon Day event runs until 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET on February 28.

Pokemon Go March 2019 Field Research rewards and Dialga Raid battles REVEALED

As it stated in Pokemon Go fans can tackle a Legendary new Raid boss in March, as Dialga joins the game. The Steel and Dragon-type Pokemon comes to Raid battles later today (March 1), before disappearing on March 28. "The Steel- and Dragon-type Temporal Pokemon, Dialga, will join Raid Battles across the world from March 1 at 1pm PST to March 28 at 1pm PDT!" The new Pokemon is able to bend time to its will, whether that's speeding it up, slowing things down or stopping time altogether. As such, if you want to take Dialga down and potentially capture it, you'll need a team of Fighting or Ground Pokemon at your disposal.