>>48524309They've been locking Pokemon and in-game events behind 'limited time offers' for ages, unfortunately. I remember being pissed when B/W was coming out because I read that I couldn't get a Zoroark unless I had a shiny Suicune, Entei or Raikou that they distributed at the premieres for the Zoroark movie.
They did eventually do Gamestop and EB Games distribution events for them, but even then I still thought that hyping up a new shillmon only to lock it behind a limited time IRL event was idiotic.