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title: "CoroCoro – Name-A-Move Contest Pokemon Sword & Shield"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/corocoro-name-a-move-contest-pokemon-sword-shield/"
description: "The first details of this month’s Corocoro issue have started to come out, one of which is a special contest for fans to name a new move for Pokemon Sword & Shield!"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2019-04-18 16:46:53"
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CoroCoro - Name-A-Move Contest Pokemon Sword & Shield | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![CoroCoro – Name-A-Move Contest Pokemon Sword & Shield](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/corocoro-reveals-a-name-a-move-contest-for-pokemon-sword-shield_5caf63eee6b5f.jpeg "CoroCoro – Name-A-Move Contest Pokemon Sword & Shield")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/corocoro-reveals-a-name-a-move-contest-for-pokemon-sword-shield_5caf63eee6b5f.jpeg)The first details of this month’s Corocoro issue have started to come out, one of which is a special contest for fans to name a new move for Pokemon Sword & Shield!

Although clear scans from the magazine itself still haven’t surfaced online, the preliminary translations have revealed the following details:

## [](#details-contents)Details contents

- The contest is open to all Japanese residents.
- Fans have until May 10th to submit their suggestions.
- Names can be written in Katakana, Hiragana or English, but must be no longer than 8 characters in length.
- The move to be named has the following properties:
    - Type: Steel
        Category: Special
        Damage: 140
        Effect: Does major damage but reduces user’s Hit Points by 50%
- The winner of the contest will receive one copy of both Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield.
- 20 of the runner-ups will get just one copy of either of the two games.

### [](#corcoro-update)Corcoro update

Corocoro’s official website has been updated and provides the following new details about the contest:

- To enter, participants must fill out a special postcard from this month’s issue of Corocoro, due out officially on April 15th.
- The selected name cannot have been used before in previous games in the franchise.
- The winning entry will be decided by the developers.
- If the winning entry was submitted by multiple people, the “overall winner” will be decided via random lottery.

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