Mega Evolution (Shuffle)

Mega Evolution in Pokémon Shuffle has two pre-requisites: only a Pokémon whose Mega Stone has been acquired can Mega Evolve, and only if it has been selected as the player's first . The Mega Stone can be seen in a small box off to the upper right of the Pokémon in that first slot, though no Mega Stone will be displayed if the player has not obtained the stone or if the Pokémon in that slot cannot Mega Evolve.
, Shiny Charizard, , and Shiny Mewtwo have two Mega Evolutions, each using a different Mega Stone. These Pokémon have two icons in menus, with one icon corresponding to each Mega Evolution. The player can select one of the two icons as a Support Pokémon. The icons are mutually exclusive, in that attempting to put the other icon for the same Pokémon on the team replaces the first icon.
Mega Stones are given out throughout the game, typically awarded when players defeat the corresponding Mega-Evolved Pokémon used by a , through Mission Card rewards, or as prizes on special stages.
==Activating Mega Evolution==
A Pokémon's Mega Evolution is activated by filling the Mega Gauge, located to the left of the puzzle area (above on Mobile). The Mega Gauge is filled by matching icons of the first Support Pokémon. Pokémon icons that are trapped under a will not increase the Mega Gauge. It can also be filled by triggering the (, ) Skill of a Pokémon with the same type as the first Support Pokémon. 
* Mega Charizard X, Shiny Mega Charizard X, and both non-Shiny and Shiny Mega Mewtwo X change their type when they Mega Evolve. Mega Boost Skills activate when the Pokémon with the skill has the same type as the type of the Pokémon before Mega Evolving. For these Pokémon, the type that needs to be matched is for Mega Charizard X, for Shiny Mega Charizard X, and for both Mega Mewtwo X.
Once the Mega Gauge is full, the player's Support Pokémon will Mega Evolve, and all of its icons will change to match. It retains its Mega form until the end of the stage.
The Mega Start item can be used directly before a stage, causing the Support Pokémon to Mega Evolve immediately at the start of the stage.
A Mega Speedup is an Enhancement that is used in the Pokémon List on a Mega-Evolving Pokémon. Each Mega Speedup used lowers the number of icons needed to completely fill the Mega Gauge by one, in essence reducing the "size" of the Mega Gauge. Each Pokémon has a limit for the number of Mega Speedups it can receive. The default and minimum size of each Pokémon's Mega Gauge is .
==Effects of Mega Evolution==
While Mega Evolved, a Pokémon's regular Skill is replaced by a Mega Effect that activates whenever the Pokémon is matched. Each Mega Effect can either erase or replace Pokémon icons and disruptions in the puzzle area. The kinds of tiles targeted differ depending on the effect.
If the Mega Effect erases icons, each icon erased boosts the amount of damage inflicted by the match. This damage boost is affected by , status conditions such as , and skills that affect combo damage such as .
* If the effect targets only unbreakable-blocks (not breakable-rocks or coins) or only barrier-covered icons, then each of those icons erased adds +100 damage.
* If the effect targets unbreakable-blocks, breakable-rocks, and coins, then each of those icons erased adds +50 damage.
* Otherwise, each icon erased adds (attack power of the Mega Pokémon) × 0.2 damage. This is additionally affected by the .
If a match of Mega Pokémon is made simultaneously to a match(es) of non-Mega Pokémon and with equal priority, the Mega match will activate last.
In time-limited stages, the clock pauses while the Mega Evolution transformation occurs. In move-based stages, if the first match of a turn triggers the Mega Evolution, any disruptions or related effects (like the sleep timer) are delayed one turn.
When a Mega Pokémon match is made, that Pokémon will not spawn from falling icons until 60 non-matched icons have fallen, or until the combo ends - whichever happens first.
==Acquiring Mega Stones==
Most Pokémon cannot evolve until their Mega Stone has been obtained; in 's case, the Meteorite must be obtained.
35 Mega Stones (or Meteorite) can be obtained at any time:
* 24 from s
* 8 from Mission Cards
* 3 from rewards (not counting Charizardite Y and Lucarionite twice)
The remaining 13 are restricted to special stages (competitive stages and escalation battles) that are available on a rotating basis.
* Of the 12 competitive stages running in the rotating schedule, 10 of them have exclusive Mega Stones (since Charizardite X and Gardevoirite are also available through Trainer rank rewards)
* The 3 escalation battle stones are exclusive to that format.
The player's Mega Stones are visible in the Pokémon List, in a small box off to the upper right of any Pokémon that can Mega Evolve. This box will be empty if the relevant Mega Stone has not been obtained yet. It is visible for Pokémon that can Mega Evolve but have not been caught, adding those Pokémon to the player's Pokémon List in the process. However, their icon is faded and their type, attack power, and are all not shown.
Since the shutdown of the Nintendo 3DS version's servers on March 31, 2023, competitive stages can no longer be played on the 3DS version, meaning the 10 Mega Stones that were exclusive to this format can no longer be obtained. This affects: Alakazite, Banettite, Beedrillite, Cameruptite, Garchompite, Gyaradosite, Houndoominite, Manectite, Pinsirite, and Steelixite.
Mega Stone 	Location(s) 	Location(s) 	Location(s)
Mega Stone 	Permanent 	Rotating 	Former
Venusaurite 	 	- 	Competitive stage
Charizardite X	26 	Competitive stage (week 23) 	Competitive stage
Charizardite Y	, 7 	- 	Competitive stage
Blastoisinite 	 	- 	Competitive stage
Pidgeotite 	12 	- 	Competitive stage
Audinite 	Stage 10 (Puerto Blanco) 	- 	-
Absolite 	 	- 	Competitive stage
Ampharosite 	Stage 105 (Silbern Museum)	- 	-
Altarianite 	Stage 75 (Galerie Rouge) 	- 	-
Heracronite 	Stage 210 (Pedra Valley) 	- 	-
Lopunnite 	Stage 60 (Rainbow Park) 	- 	-
Kangaskhanite 	Stage 20 (Sandy Bazaar) 	- 	-
Sablenite 	Stage 30 (Night Festival) 	- 	-
Lucarionite 	, 4 	- 	Competitive stage
Slowbronite 	Stage 45 (Isla Asul) 	- 	-
Sceptilite 	 	- 	Competitive stage
Blazikenite 	 	- 	Competitive stage
Swampertite 	 	- 	Competitive stage
Mawilite 	Stage 90 (Sweet Strasse) 	- 	-
Gengarite 	Stage 135 (Castle Noapte) 	- 	-
Glalitite 	Stage 120 (Mt. Vinter) 	- 	-
Scizorite 	Stage 400 (Violeta Palace)	- 	-
Aerodactylite 	Stage 180 (Wacky Workshop)	- 	-
Mewtwonite X 	Stage 350 (Desert Umbra) 	- 	Competitive stage
Mewtwonite Y 	Stage 150 (Jungle Verde) 	- 	-
Meteorite 	Stage 300 (Roseus Center) 	- 	Competitive stage
Steelixite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 5) 	Competitive stage
Salamencite 	Stage 530 (Nacht Carnival)	- 	Competitive stage
Tyranitarite 	Stage 420 (Blau Salon) 	- 	Competitive stage
Banettite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 1) 	Competitive stage
Sharpedonite 	Stage 600 (Prasino Woods) 	- 	Competitive stage
Pinsirite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 13) 	-
Manectite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 7) 	Competitive stage
Garchompite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 3) 	Competitive stage
Gardevoirite 	20 	Competitive stage (week 21) 	Competitive stage
Galladite 	Stage 580 (Prasino Woods) 	- 	-
Diancite 	- 	Escalation battle (week 10-11)	Escalation battle
Medichamite 	Stage 240 (Albens Town) 	- 	-
Latiasite 	- 	Escalation battle (week 8-9) 	Escalation battle
Latiosite 	- 	Escalation battle (week 4-5) 	Escalation battle
Cameruptite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 15) 	Competitive stage
Abomasite 	Stage 620 (Zaffiro Coast) 	- 	Competitive stage
Aggronite 	Stage 550 (Nacht Carnival)	- 	-
Beedrillite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 17) 	Competitive stage
Gyaradosite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 9) 	Competitive stage
Alakazite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 11) 	Competitive stage
Houndoominite 	- 	Competitive stage (week 19) 	Competitive stage
Metagrossite 	Stage 500 (Graucus Hall) 	- 	-
==List of Mega-Evolved Pokémon==
The table below details each Mega-Evolved Pokémon. The description and notes cover its Mega Effect.
* Gauge is the size of its Mega Gauge, with "Default" indicating the initial size and "Maxed" indicating the size after the maximum amount of Mega Speedups have been used.
* "Max MSU" is the number of Mega Speedups that can be used on it.
List #	Pokémon	Pokémon 	Type 	Description/Notes	Gauge 	Gauge	Max MSU
List #	Pokémon	Pokémon 	Type 	Description/Notes	Default	Maxed	Max MSU
003 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right. 	 	9 	3 	
006 	 	Mega X 	Erases all Pokémon in an X-shaped pattern.
* Charizard begins as a -type before Mega Evolving.	16 	3 	 	
006 	 	Shiny Mega X	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
* Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)
* Shiny Charizard begins as a -type before Mega Evolving.	20 	5 	15 	
006 	 	Mega Y 	Erases all Pokémon in a Y-shaped pattern. 	 	10 	3 	
006 	 	Shiny Mega Y	Erases a jagged line of Pokémon vertically.
* Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)	11 	6 	5 	
009 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon within two spaces of the match.
* If more icons of this Pokémon are adjacent to the match, then for each additional icon, one more Pokémon is erased in that direction.	 	8 	4 	
012 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon in a horizontal V-shaped pattern.
* Erases Pokémon in a > shape (maximum 12 icons erased).	18 	6 	12 	
032 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon within one space of the match.
* If more icons of this Pokémon are adjacent to the match, then for each additional icon, one more Pokémon is erased in that direction.	12 	9 	3 	
032 	 	Winking Mega 	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Audino (max 10).
* Won't clear other Mega Audino.	22 	7 	15 	
033 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper right to lower left. 	18 	10 	 	
038 	 	Mega 	A random lightning strike erases a jagged line of Pokémon.
* Actually erases two random jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines may cross.	 	9 	 	
044 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon within two spaces of the match.
* If more icons of this Pokémon are adjacent to the match, then for each additional icon, one more Pokémon is erased in that direction.	 	6 	 	
047 	 	Mega 	Adds one more Mega Heracross to the left of the match.
* Actually converts the tiles directly to the left of all other Mega Heracross into a Mega Heracross. This effect can replace any disruption in the tile to the left and counts as erasing the content of the tile for damage, but does not affect black-cloud disruptions. Does nothing if the left tile is empty.	 	8 	 	
055 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below. 	 	3 	8 	
057 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right. 	 	3 	8 	
074 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in an O-shaped pattern. 	 	6 	 	
074 	 	 	Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Sableye.
* Converts three tiles containing a single Ghost type into Mega Sableye.	14 	7 	7 	
078 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below. 	14 	10 	4 	
082 	 	Mega 	Adds one more Mega Slowbro above the match.
* Actually converts the tiles directly above all other Mega Slowbro into a Mega Slowbro. This effect can replace any disruption in the tile above and counts as erasing the content of the tile for damage, but does not affect black-cloud disruptions. Does nothing if the above tile is empty.	 	10 	 	
091 	 	Mega 	Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Sceptile.
* Converts three tiles containing a single Grass type into Mega Sceptile.	12 	6 	 	
094 	 	Mega 	Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Blaziken.
* Converts three tiles containing a single Fire type into Mega Blaziken.	12 	6 	 	
097 	 	Mega 	Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Swampert.
* Converts three tiles containing a single Water type into Mega Swampert.	12 	6 	 	
111 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper right to lower left.
* Formerly, the description was "Erases diagonal Pokémon from upper-right to lower-left corner." prior to Version 1.2.0 (3DS)/unknown (Mobile).	 	10 	 	
114 	 	Mega 	Erases all Mega Gengar in the puzzle area. 	11 	10 	1 	
114 	 	 	Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Gengar.
* Converts three tiles containing a single Poison type into Mega Gengar.	14 	7 	7 	
114 	 	Shiny Mega 	Erases a group of Pokémon in the middle at once. 	11 	8 	3 	
125 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in a V-shaped pattern. 	 	10 	6 	
125 	 	Winking Mega 	Erases unbreakable-block disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
* Does +100 damage per block erased.	29 	9 	20 	
139 	 	Mega 	Erases a jagged line of Pokémon horizontally.
* Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon horizontally. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)	18 	6 	 	
148 	 	Mega 	Erases unbreakable-block and rock disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
* Also erases coins. Does +50 damage per thing erased.	23 	9 	 	
158 	 	Mega X 	Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Mewtwo X.
* Converts three tiles containing a single Fighting type into Mega Mewtwo X.
* Mewtwo begins as a -type before Mega Evolving.	15 	6 	 	
158 	 	Shiny Mega X	Erases all Mega Mewtwo X in the puzzle area.
* Shiny Mewtwo begins as a -type before Mega Evolving.	12 	9 	3 	
158 	 	Mega Y 	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Mewtwo Y (max 10).
* Won't clear other Mega Mewtwo Y.	23 	9 	 	
158 	 	Shiny Mega Y	Erases all Pokémon in a Y-shaped pattern. 	17 	7 	10 	
162 	 	Mega 	Erases one kind of Pokémon of a different type from Mega Rayquaza (max 10).	33 	13 	20 	
162 	 	Shiny Mega 	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
* Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)	24 	9 	15 	
181 	 	Mega 	Erases unbreakable-block disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
* Does +100 damage per block erased.	21 	10 	 	
195 	 	Mega 	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Salamence (max 10).
* Won't clear other Mega Salamence	22 	12 	10 	
210 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around three spots you tap.
* Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 3. (maximum 15 icons erased)
* (The disruption countdown formerly did not decrease if this effect was triggered by the first match of the combo, but this was corrected in Version 1.3.28 (3DS)/1.9.1 (Mobile).)	30 	15 	15 	
210 	 	Shiny Mega 	Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
* Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.	12 	8 	4 	
212 	 	Mega 	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Banette (max 10).
* Won't remove other Mega Banette.	27 	12 	 	
228 	 	Mega 	Adds one more Mega Sharpedo above the match.
* Actually converts the tiles directly above all other Mega Sharpedo into a Mega Sharpedo. This effect can replace any disruption in the tile above and counts as erasing the content of the tile for damage, but does not affect black-cloud disruptions. Does nothing if the above tile is empty.	22 	9 	 	
233 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
* Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)	26 	6 	20 	
252 	 	Mega 	A vertical lightning strike erases a jagged line of Pokémon.
* Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)	20 	6 	 	
281 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper left to lower right. 	24 	10 	 	
298 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right.
* (maximum 30 icons erased)	15 	6 	 	
298 	 	Shiny Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in an O-shaped pattern. 	10 	6 	4 	
299 	 	Mega 	Erases a jagged line of Pokémon vertically.
* Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)	16 	6 	10 	
307 	 	Mega 	Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
* Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.
* Formerly, the description was "Erases Pokémon that are covered by a barrier (max 10)." and did not deal extra damage until Version 1.3.28 (3DS)/1.9.1 (Mobile).	19 	9 	10 	
307 	 	Shiny Mega 	Erases unbreakable-block and rock disruptions (max 10), and damages the foe.
* Also erases coins. Does +50 damage per thing erased.	14 	9 	5 	
314 	 	Mega 	Erases a group of Pokémon in the middle at once. 	21 	9 	 	
315 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon on a random jagged line horizontally.
* Actually erases two random jagged lines of Pokémon horizontally. These lines may cross.	22 	9 	 	
316 	 	Mega 	Erases a jagged line of Pokémon horizontally.
* Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon horizontally. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)	19 	6 	 	
375 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
* Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)	18 	11 	7 	
382 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below. 	13 	6 	 	
393 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around three spots you tap.
* Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 3. (maximum 15 icons erased)	18 	13 	5 	
425 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon and disruptions around a spot you tap.
* Erases nine tiles in a 3×3 square shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can choose not to erase any. (maximum 9 icons erased)
* (The disruption countdown formerly did not decrease if this effect was triggered by the first match of the combo, but this was corrected in Version 1.3.28 (3DS)/1.9.1 (Mobile).)	15 	3 	12 	
478 	 	Mega 	Erases Pokémon on a random jagged line vertically.
* Actually erases two random jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines may cross.	18 	6 	 	
478 	 	Shiny Mega 	Erases all Mega Gyarados in the puzzle area. 	19 	9 	10 	
486 	 	Mega 	Erases unbreakable-block and rock disruptions (max 10), and damages the foe.
* Also erases coins. Does +50 damage per thing erased.	18 	9 	 	
490 	 	Mega 	Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
* Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.	16 	9 	7 	
641 	 	Mega 	Erases all Pokémon in an X-shaped pattern. 	17 	9 	8 	
641 	 	Shiny Mega 	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Metagross (max 10).
* Won't remove other Mega Metagross.	24 	6 	18 	
==Erasure patterns==
Certain Mega Evolved Pokémon will erase icons in specific patterns:
* With the exception of tappers, all patterns erase at most 12 icons.
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==Version history==
Over time, updates have changed the traits of some Pokémon, including: decreasing their default gauge size, and/or increasing the amount of Mega Speedups they can use. Some updates have also fixed bugs or changed descriptions.
Version 	Release date 	Changes
1.2.0 (3DS) 	May 26, 2015 	Updates Mawile's description.
1.3.16 (3DS)1.7.4 (Mobile)	July 26, 2016 	Increases the amount of Mega Speedups usable by certain Pokémon:
* Ampharos: 7 -> 9
* Altaria: 6 -> 10
* Heracross: 6 -> 8
* Sableye: 8 -> 10
* Slowbro: 2 -> 4
* Mawile: 7 -> 8
* Banette: 8 -> 12
1.3.28 (3DS)1.9.1 (Mobile)	November 15, 2016 	
* Fixes a bug that caused disruption counters to stop counting down after Beedrill, Camerupt and Tyranitar Mega Evolve. 
* Mega Diancie now deals +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased. Its description has been updated to mention the additional damage.
1.4.6 (3DS)1.10.0 (Mobile)	April 4, 2017 (3DS)April 5, 2017 (Mobile)	Decreases the amount of icons needed to Mega Evolve certain Pokémon:
* Venusaur: 15 -> 12
* Charizard Y: 16 -> 13
* Blastoise: 19 -> 12
* Ampharos: 24 -> 18
* Altaria: 22 -> 16
* Heracross: 21 -> 16
* Lopunny: 16 -> 11
* Kangaskhan: 16 - 11
* Sableye: 22 -> 16
* Slowbro: 18 -> 16
* Mawile: 21 -> 18
* Glalie: 19 -> 16
Increases the amount of Mega Speedups usable by certain Pokémon:
* Charizard X: 5 -> 13
* Absol: 3 -> 8
* Slowbro: 4 -> 6
* Sceptile: 3 -> 6
* Blaziken: 3 -> 6
* Swampert: 3 -> 6
* Scizor: 8 -> 12
* Aerodactyl: 7 -> 14
* Mewtwo X: 5 -> 9
* Mewtwo Y: 5 -> 14
* Steelix: 7 -> 11
* Banette: 12 -> 15
* Sharpedo: 10 -> 13
* Manectric: 7 -> 14
* Garchomp: 10 -> 14
* Gardevoir: 5 -> 9
* Medicham: 6 - 12
* Latias: 12 - 13
* Latios: 5 -> 13
* Abomasnow: 3 -> 7
* Gyarados: 6 -> 12
* Alakazam: 3 -> 9
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