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Here's what's happening for the Dazzling Dream event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Saturday, January 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m to Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 8:00 p.m local time
New Shiny Pokémon: Cutiefly will be released in its Shiny form in Pokémon GO for the first time.
Wild Spawns: Clefairy (can be Shiny), Jigglypuff (can be[...]
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This follows one of Niantic's most notable slip-ups when they mistakenly released White Kyurem and Black Kyurem to Pokémon GO Trainers as a GO Battle League encounter Neither White Kyurem nor Black Kyurem are expected to be available tonight during Kyurem Raid Hour, which is actually leading to some public animosity in the community, as[...]
Niantic has announced the arrival of Cetoddle in Pokémon GO, just in time for the Winter Holiday Event 2023 Let's get into the details.
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Here's what's happening for the Winter Holiday Part 1 event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Monday, December 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m[...]
With the "Adventures Abound" season wrapping up in Pokémon GO, Niantic has announced the next season: Timeless Travels Along with it, they have broken down what is coming to the game in December 2023.
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These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this December 2023:
December 1st[...]
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Here are some tips for Cobalion Raid Hour in Pokémon GO:
The top species to Mega Evolve in order to do damage against Cobalion are Primal Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades; Mega Blaziken: Counter, Blast Burn; Mega Charizard Y: Fire Spin, Blast Burn; and Mega Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power.
The top Shadow Pokémon to use against[...]
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Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:
Mewtwo VSTAR Rainbow Rare 079/078: $30.05
Dragonite VSTAR Rainbow Rare 081/078: $20.86
Mewtwo V Alternate Art 072/078: $16.63
Mewtwo VSTAR Gold Secret Rare 086/078: $14.48
Melmetal VMAX Rainbow Rare 080/078: $11.82
Professor's Research Trainer Supporter Rainbow Rare 084/078:[...]
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Here's what's happening for the Harvest Festival event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time
Pokémon debut: Smoliv, a new Paldean species, will arrive in the game, continuing the Paldean generational rollout that began with the new Adventures Abound season[...]
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Top Guzzlord Counters
Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Guzzlord counters as such:
Mega Gardevoir: Charm, Dazzling Gleam
Shadow Gardevoir: Charm, Dazzling Gleam
Shadow Granbull: Charm, Play Rough
Mega Diancie: Tackle, Dazzling Gleam
Xerneas: Geomancy, Moonblast
Mega Rayquaza: Dragon Tail, Outrage
Mega Alakazam: Counter, Dazzling Gleam
Gardevoir: Charm, Dazzling Gleam
Togekiss: Charm, Dazzling Gleam
Shadow Donphan: Charm,[...]
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Here's what's happening for the Azurill Hatch Day event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Saturday, September 30, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time
Focus Pokémon: Azurill will feature in 2 KM Eggs It will have increased Shiny odds, which is interesting considering it already uses the boosted Egg-only Shiny rate.
Event bonus:
You'll have[...]
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Here is what's happening today in Grubbin Community Day in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time
Featured Pokémon: Grubbin will be featured with a Shiny release.
Evolving Grubbin or Charjabug all the way up to Vikavolt will unlock the special Electric-type Fast Attack of Volt Switch:
Trainer Battles:[...]
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Niantic posted the following update to Routes on the Pokémon GO blog:
We hope that Trainers are enjoying Routes and exploring their surroundings in brand new ways! We've continued to make improvements to this feature since its launch Here are some of the updates Trainers can enjoy right now!
Increased Route availability across the globe.
A lower level[...]
Niantic has announced the details for the annual Psychic Spectacular event, beginning next week in Pokémon GO Let's see what this new Shiny Solosis and Mega Energy-themed event will bring to the game.
Psychic Spectacular 2023 Event graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic
Here's what's happening for the Psychic Spectacular 2023 event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Wednesday,[...]
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Top Bombirdier Counters
Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Bombirdier counters as such:
Mega Diancie: Rock Throw, Dazzling Gleam
Mega Gardevoir: Charm, Dazzling Gleam
Shadow Electrivire: Thunder Shock, Wild Charge
Shadow Raikou: Thunder Shock, Wild Charge
Mega Manectric: Thunder Fang, Wild Charge
Mega Tyranitar: Smack Down, Stone Edge
Xurkitree: Thunder Shock, Discharge
Shadow Zapdos: Thunder Shock,[...]
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Here's what's happening for the new Ultra Unlock: Paldea event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Friday, September 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time
New Pokémon: Nymble, Lokix, Pawmi, Pawmo, Pawmot, Bombirdier (can be Shiny), Frigibax, Arctibax, Baxcalibur
Ultra Unlock bonuses continuing from the Paldean Adventure event:
Unown will[...]
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These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this September 2023:
September 1st – September 8th: Kartana in the Northern Hemisphere and Celesteela in the Southern Hemisphere
September 8th – September 16th: Kartana in the Southern Hemisphere and Celesteela in the Northern Hemisphere
September 16th – September 23rd: Burn Drive Genesect[...]
Niantic has announced not only one but rather two Paldea events coming to Pokémon GO Ultra Unlock bonuses will transform this regional drop into a massive two-part event, so let's take a look at all of the upcoming events to see how this all will work together to kick off the new Season titled Adventures Abound.
Paldean[...]
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Top Mega Manectric Counters
Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Mega Manectric counters as such:
Primal Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades
Shadow Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power
Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades
Shadow Mamoswine: Mud-Slap, High Horsepower
Mega Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake
Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power
Therian Forme Landorus: Mud Shot, Earthquake
Shadow Golem:[...]
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Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Community Day Classic event for today, September 2nd, 2023, which will feature Charmander:
Date and time: Saturday, September 2, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time
Featured Pokémon: Charmander is getting yet another Community Day as it completes the Kanto Starter cycle of Community Day Classics[...]
With the game-shifting Pokémon GO Fest 2023: Global event wrapped, Niantic is beginning to prepare Pokémon GO players for the next Season of gameplay The current Season, the Season of Hidden Gems, which was designed to build toward GO Fest 2023, will conclude Thursday, August 31st Let's take a look at what we currently know about the[...]
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Here's what's happening for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships Celebration event in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Friday, August 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time
Pokémon debut: The Alolan species Passimian, known as the "Teamwork Pokémon," makes its debut It will be in Tier Three Raids and[...]
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Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Community Day event for August 2023, which will feature Froakie:
Date and time: Sunday, August 13, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time
Featured Pokémon: Froakie! This long-awaited Community Day completes the cycle of Kalos Starters, leaving the only Starters that have been released in the[...]
Over the weekend, Niantic announced all of the new content coming to Pokémon GO in August 2023 In addition to this update on the upcoming events and raid rotations, we can now confirm special bonuses that will run through August 2023, the final month of the Season of Hidden Gems, in Pokémon GO[...]
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Here's what's still left for the 7th Anniversary Party event ending in Pokémon GO:
Date and time: Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, July 2, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time
New Costumed Pokémon: You will be able to evolve Party Hat Squirtle into Party Hat Wartortle and Party Hat Blastoise, both of[...]
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First up, Rufflet can indeed be Shiny Its standard form is purple with a white fluffy face with a red "crown" design Shiny Rufflet's purple is replaced with a gold-tinged brown, making it quite easy to tell the difference Formerly a GO Battle League exclusive encounter, Rufflet's Shiny form came out in late 2020,[...]
Niantic has announced all the Spotlight Hours for July 2023 in Pokémon GO Here are tips for these upcoming hour-long events happening each Tuesday
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These are the Spotlight Hours and bonuses coming to Pokémon GO in July 2023:
July 4th, 2023: Rufflet with double Stardust for catching, can be Shiny
This is the[...]
Troubling news coming out of Niantic today as the company has laid off 230 staffers and has shuttered a few projects, with a focus on Pokémon GO moving forward Founder John Hanke released an internal email, which was later posted as a lengthy explanation on the company's website, explaining that the major issue at hand[...]
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Top Heatran Counters
Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Heatran counters as such:
Primal Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades
Shadow Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power
Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades
Mega Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake
Shadow Mamoswine: Mud-Slap, High Horsepower
Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power
Therian Forme Landorus: Mud Shot, Earthquake
Incarnate Forme Landorus: Mud[...]
Niantic has announced the content coming to the game in July 2023 This includes the release of Mega Sableye and Mega Tyranitar in Mega Raids and more We will also get Tier Five Raid features for Regieleki and Regidrago, marking the first time that these Galarian Legendaries will be accessible during Remote Raids Let's get[...]
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These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this July 2023:
June 29th – July 6th: Heatran
July 6th – July 13th: The Legendary Birds of Kanto:
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
July 13th – July 25th: Regieleki making its debut in Legendary Raids after a stint in Elite Raids
July 25th – August 4th: Regidrago making[...]
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Can Doduo be Shiny? Yes, indeed it can Doduo is much rarer now than it used to be, as many species have been released since the initial Kanto drop Doduo is brown in its normal form and lime green in its Shiny form, making this particular Shiny quite easy to spot.
Tonight's Spotlight Hour bonus[...]