Unless you’ve been living under a rock for several months, you might be aware that 2016 has been declared the “Year of Pokémon” by Nintendo in honour of the franchise’s 20th Anniversary. Nintendo are definitely the kind to celebrate in style, with plenty of Pokémon-themed treats announced for the year, such as a Tekken-Pokémon Cross co-developed by Namco Bandai themselves (Pokkén Tournament); and new 2DS and “New 3DS XL” Designs with the original Pokémon Red and Blue built in – but what could be sweeter than to get some free Pokémon for your games?

Following the Announcement that download codes for Mew are being made available and can be picked up from any GAME store in the UK until the end of February, Nintendo have now announced that for the rest of 2016, there will be another Legendary Pokémon given away every month for the first four weeks of the month. Some of the Pokémon will be made available in-game for download via Mystery Gift; others will be in-store promotions with Nintendo’s retail partners.

Which retailers? Our sources reliably inform us that American distribution of the Pokémon we’ve marked as “Retailer” below will take place at most GameStop stores. And for the UK? Well, Nintendo typically partner with GAME for promotions such as these; and with Mew already available there until the end of the month, it’s a pretty safe bet we’ll see the others hit there too.

So here it is – the full list of Pokémon being given away, when and where:

• Celebi: March 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)
• Jirachi: April 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)
• Darkrai: May 1 – 24 (Retailer)
• Manaphy: June 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)
• Shaymin: July 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)
• Arceus: August 1 – 24 (Retailer)
• Victini: September 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)
• Keldeo: October 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)
• Genesect: November 1 – 24 (Retailer)
• Meloetta: December 1 – 24 (Nintendo Network)

With every generation having a legendary represented, never has there been a better time to catch them all!