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Shiny Meltan Available in Pokemon Go for a Limited Time

Published Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:40:04 -0600

Pokemon Go players will be able to hunt down special shiny versions of legendary pokemon Meltan for a limited time. Niantic made the announcement on the Pokemon Go blog this week that, now through March 4th, Myster Box items may come with a special encounter featuring the shiny version of the pokemon.

The event is running for a month which gives players enough time to get a bunch of Mystery Boxes.

The full details read:

A Mythical Pokémon, the mysterious and rare Meltan only appears when a Mystery Box is opened. If you're lucky, you may encounter Shiny Meltan when you open the Mystery Box from February 5 at 1 p.m. PST until March 4 at 11:59 p.m. PST. During this special event, the time that you have to wait before you can open the Mystery Box again will be reduced to three days. Be careful, Trainer! If you open the Mystery Box before this event starts, you will have to wait the usual time period before you can open it again.

Date & Time

Feb. 5, 2019, at 1 p.m. PST (GMT -8) to Mar. 4, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. PST (GMT -8)

Features

When you open the Mystery Box, you may encounter the Shiny version of the Mythical Pokémon Meltan!

The time you have to wait before you can open the Mystery Box again will be reduced.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to bring Shiny Meltan into your GO Park or evolve it into Shiny Melmetal! Best of luck in discovering a rare form of this recently discovered Mythical Pokémon.

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