A limited-time distribution of Shiny Arcanine was announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet during the June 30th livestream of the 2023 Pokémon North American International Championships. This Arcanine is based on the one used by Paul Chua in the Masters division of the 2023 European Video Game Championships. This distribution will remain available only until July 3rd, at 11:59pm (UTC).
This Arcanine has 8 IV in Special Attack and 31 IVs in all other stats, as well as 236 EVs in HP, 116 in Defense, 76 in Attack, 56 in Speed, 16 in Special Defense and 6 in in Special Attack.
Players can receive this gift by selecting Poké Portal from the X menu in Pokémon Scarlet or Violet, and then selecting Mystery Gift, and then Get with Code/Password. Players will then need to enter the code「PAULEU1CW1N」at the prompt after the game has connected to the internet. A paid Nintendo Switch Online membership is not required to receive code distributions.
For players of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live app on PC, iOS, and Android, a limited-time distribution of a Full Art Iono card (SV02 #254) was also announced during the NAIC TCG livestream. This distribution will remain available only until July 10th, at 6:00am (UTC).
Players can receive this gift in the same manner as they would manually redeem a code card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live from a physical Pokémon TCG product, using the code「NAIC23Whosawhatsit」. This card may only be redeemed once per account, and is limited to a maximum of 100,000 redemptions.