Niantic Archives

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of tonight's Raid Hour, let's take a dig deep into Groudon's lore. Groudon in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Dex entry number 382, Groudon is a pure Ground-type species[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of the debut of Ampharos in Mega Raids, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Ampharos official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

Niantic announced this week that they're adding one PokéCoin bundles back into the game. Pokémon GO logo Credit: Niantic Niantic has re-introduced many of the bonuses that were made live in Pokémon GO when the world at large began to go into quarantine in March of 2020 Now, back in the game for an extended period of time[...]

Credit: Niantic For those that didn't know about Mega Raids unlocking Shiny forms in encounters outside of Mega Raids, it is, indeed, true The evolved species that can now be encountered in their Shiny forms in the wild thanks to Mega Raids include: Abomasnow Ampharos Blastoise Charizard Gengar Houndoom Venusaur Now, while these encounters outside of Mega Raids in Pokémon GO are indeed rare, they[...]

Credit: Niantic Also during this Mareep Incense Day, evolving Mareep (or a Flaafy) up to the final stage of Ampharos will give Ampharos the Community Day exclusive Charged Attack of Dragon Pulse This is going to be especially useful now because of the release of Mega Ampharos as a dual Electric/Dragon-type, which will now give Mega[...]

Credit: Niantic The compete Hoenn Celebration Event raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Aron – Shiny capable, full odds Bagon – Shiny capable, full odds Mudkip – Shiny capable, full odds Ralts – Shiny capable, full odds Torchic – Shiny capable, full odds Treecko – Shiny capable, full odds I have to be honest here[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced on the official Pokémon GO blog: Entei will be appearing in five-star raids from Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time Raikou will be appearing in five-star raids from Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 10:00 a.m[...]

Kyogre and Groudon are highly desired Legendaries that Niantic is featuring very sparingly, with only a single day feature throughout the entirety of 2020 With this week-only feature and no indication of when these Hoenn favorites will return, raid hour may indeed be your best shot at getting a Shiny Groudon or Kyogre in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has announced the next Pokémon GO event, continuing the current series of region-specific celebrations counting down to the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto The Johto Celebration Event will introduce a new Shiny, spotlight Generation Two species in the wild and raids, and offer more features. Johto Celebration image in Pokémon GO[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of tonight's Shroomish Spotlight Hour, let's take a look at this Pokémon's lore. Shroomish official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 285, Shroomish is a pure[...]

Niantic did announce Mega Ampharos to Chinese-langauge players but, outside of that, it was a bit of a surprise drop Let's take a look at the top counters to help trainers take down this super-powered Ampharos which takes on a dual Electric/Dragon-type It can be encountered in its Shiny form at the encounter screen, so[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Hoenn Celebration Event Timed Research are: Catch two Kyogre: 10 Kyogre Candies Catch two Groudon: 10 Groudon Candies Catch 30 Pokémon: 30 Poké Balls Rewards: Rayquaza, 3000 XP, 1 Silver Pinap Berry Rayquaza is a Shiny-capable Legendary Pokémon, so some lucky trainers may even encounter that sparkling black serpent as their event[...]

As the Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 1 ends in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic isn't giving us wizards and witches attempting to push back on the Calamity a breather The game is launching directly into the January 2021 Adversaries Event, which continues the month's Goblet of Fire theme that began with Triwizarding Secrets This Adversaries Event,[...]

Shroomish Spotlight Hour is tonight in Pokémon GO! Can this Pokémon be Shiny? What's the bonus? Find out everything you need to know here!

Credit: Niantic The Hoenn Celebration Event in Pokémon GO will include… NO NEW SHINY RELEASE! Womp womp. It will, though, include,… Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Taillow, Loudred, Nosepass, Aron, Meditite, Roselia, Carvanha, Numel, Baltoy, and more will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you might encounter a Shiny Aron! Just a heads up here, sometimes when Pokémon GO specifically[...]