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This follows up on last week's Unova Celebration as Niantic counts down to the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto with region-specific events This Sinnoh Celebration brings with it the release of Shiny Buizel and the return of Heatran to raids Let's take a look at everything this event is bringing to Pokémon GO. Sinnoh promo image in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Shiny Buizel can currently be encountered through all of the following in Pokémon GO: In the wild: Buizel is part of the events boosted spawns and will be popping up as a map encounter Personally, I'm going to throw on a few Incense every day while playing in order to boost my encounters[...]

Is that a chill in the air, or is it just the balloon ghost floating over your head? Niantic is bringing Halloween to January 2021 tomorrow with Drifloon Spotlight Hour Let's take a look at the details for this one-hour event, find out if Drifloon can be Shiny during the hour, and reveal the weekly[...]

Niantic has begun incorporating NPC battles into Pokémon GO with their Team GO Rocket battles in 2019 This started with Grunt battles and has since expanded to encounters with Team GO Rocket leaders, the Team GO Rocket boss Giovanni, and, most recently, the iconic Rocket duo Jessie and James made famous by their encounters with Ash[...]

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 Heatran's return to raids tomorrow, let's take a deep dive into this species' lore. Heatran official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 485, Heatran is[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's the breakdown from Niantic on what Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players can expect: The Brilliant Foundables featured during this event can be found in the following locations: Viktor Krum – Wizarding Challenges Barty Crouch Senior – Tasks Fleur Delacour – Brilliant Portkey Brilliant Goblet of Fire – Encounter Brilliant Mad-Eye Moody's Eye – Encounter The Portkeys for this event will be 1.5km[...]

Credit: Niantic According to PVPoke, a platform that plugs in the stats of each species to determine the top meta of each league and cup has the top twenty Great League choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Azumarill powered up with XL Candy: Bubble, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump Galarian Stunfisk: Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Azumarill: Bubble, Ice Beam,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Heatran Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Heatran counters as such: Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earthquake Landorus: Mud Shot, Earth Power, Rhyperior: Mud-Slap, Earthquake Groudon: Mud Shot, Earthquake Shadow Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake Shadow Flygon: Mud Shot, Earth Power Excadrill: Mud-Slap, Drill Run Rhydon: Mud-Slap, Earthquake Golurk: Mud-Slap, Earth Power Krookodile: Mud-Slap, Earthquake It is recommended to[...]

Credit: Niantic The missing Pokémon are… Kecleon: The oldest missing species is from Generation Three, and has been such an object of mystery among the fanbase that its absence has become somewhat of a meme This Hoenn-based, Normal-type species is the only Generation Three Pokémon that has not yet appeared in-game, which is funny considering that it[...]

We will likely see Kyogre and Groudon in a Mega Raid equivalent where we will earn Mega Energy or a Primal equivalent in order to facilitate a temporary transformation. The Giratina: Or, Niantic will treat these Pokémon like they did the Altered Forme and Origin Forme Giratina While I think this is much less likely due to[...]

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 current Unova Celebration Event in Pokémon GO, let's take a deep dive into Roggenrola's lore. Roggenrola official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

Credit: Niantic Kyogre While it is a huge Pokémon, Kyogre's circle is a bit smaller than you'd expect because of how far away it is from the screen What makes Kyogre's a-hole points shoot up on the Kyurem Scale, however, is the way it slides back and forth on the screen There's no feeling like circle locking[...]

Credit: Niantic Don't miss Part One of our spotlight on unreleased Unova Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO, where we showcased the starters Now, let's get into Part Two. Purrloin: As one of my favorite Pokémon full stop, I do wish that Purrloin had a sightly stronger Shiny This one feels like it has a filter on it[...]

Credit: Niantic Deoxys Deoxys has multiple Formes (that's how the Pokémon universe spells "Forms," and how Niantic spells "A Way To Cash In On Multiple Raid Rotations") and each one feels pretty much the same in how they're caught They don't go down as easy as some other raid bosses in Pokémon GO, and trying to Pinap[...]

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 Snivy's Shiny release during the current Unova Celebration 2021 event, let's take a look at this species' lore. Snivy official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex[...]