Pokemon: Darkrai Distribution Begins May 1

to enter a special house in Canalave City. After the player goes to sleep in the room, they [...]

By Christian Hoffer

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The Pokemon Company has announced new details on how to obtain the mythical Pokemon Darkrai. Similar to Nintendo's giveaway of Mew back in February, trainers will need to stop by a video game store to pick up a card that contains a code to unlock Darkai in Pokemon X, Pokemon Y, Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire and Pokemon: Omega Ruby. North American trainers can stop by their local GameStop store, while UK trainers can stop by GAME to pick up their Darkrai code. The distribution begins May 1st.

Known as the "Pitch-Black" Pokemon, Darkrai was a mythical Pokemon first introduced as part of the Pokemon's Generation IV games. A Dark type Pokemon, Darkrai has the ability to inhabit dreams and cause eternal nightmares. Originally, players could obtain Darkrai in Pokemon Platinum by using a Member Card (which was only available via a special giveaway) to enter a special house in Canalave City. After the player goes to sleep in the room, they could battle Darkrai in their dreams and capture them in the real world. Darkrai was last available to trainers back in 2012. This Darkrai comes with the moves Dark Void, Ominous Wind, Nightmare and Feint Attack and the "Bad Dreams" ability. Dark Void can put multiple Pokemon asleep and is Darkrai's signature move and works well with Bad Dreams, which eats sleeping Pokemon's HP away every turn.

Darkrai is a popular Pokemon in competitive play due to its high special attack and speed, and is often used by trainers who like to use Nasty Plot to boost Darkrai's special attack stats to insane levels.

Darkrai is the fourth mythical Pokemon to be given away as part of the franchise's 20th anniversary celebrations, following Mew, Celebi and Jirachi. Although Darkrai will be available through May 24th, be sure to stop in early, as there were reports that the Mew cards given out in February ran out far before the promotion's end date.

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