Niantic Archives

Is Shiny Celebi coming to Pokémon GO? A new datamine finds an event tying into the upcoming animated film and a promising special research.

Credit: Niantic The datamine started with some Generation Six info, which comes after Pokémon GO began promoting upcoming Kalos-region species on their Twitter. RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_chespin TEXT: Catch a Chespin RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_fennekin TEXT: Catch a Fennekin RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_fletchling TEXT: Catch a Fletchling RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_froakie TEXT: Catch a Froakie RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_litleo TEXT: Catch a Litleo No big surprise here, but it looks like there will[...]

Credit: Niantic First, understanding the Catch Cup in Pokémon GO This Cup has the Great League CP limit with only Pokémon 1500 CP and under allowed in, with an added wild card: only Pokémon caught since the beginning of Season Five are eligible This means that you'll be seeing a lot of Community Day Pokémon like[...]

Niantic switched things up a bit with their Harry Potter: Wizards Unite announcement Instead of laying out the whole month of events as usual, the mobile developed instead announced the details for just the next Brilliant Event, which will kick off a month of in-game holiday celebration Here's the newly announced details of the Hogwarts for the[...]

Niantic has offered an update on their Local Business Recovery Initiative, which seeks to promote small businesses as entrepreneurs struggle with the uncertainties presented by 2020 The mobile developer responsible for the AR games Pokémon GO, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress offers this update ahead of Small Business Saturday which will take place November 28th, 2020,[...]

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 Lake Trio's current stint at Tier Five raid bosses, let's take a deep dive into this Mesprit's lore. Mesprit official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company[...]

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 Lake Trio's current stint at Tier Five raid bosses, let's take a deep dive into this Uxie's lore. Uxie official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company[...]

Niantic has announced the full slate on Spotlight Hours for December 2020, along with the month's Research Breakthrough For the first time since 2019, the Breakthrough will offer two possible Pokémon rather than just one Let's take a look at what we're in for next month, fellow trainers. December 2020 research breakthrough in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has announced the next raid boss in Pokémon GO, and it is the first time in a very long time that we've had a Legendary Pokémon stay for a full month Kyurem, the Boundary Pokémon, will return to Tier Five raids after an absence that feels… well, honestly, non-existent[...]

Credit: Niantic What is Shadow Boost in Pokémon GO? Shadow Boost is a feature added to Shadow Pokémon that boosts their attack and cuts their defense All Shadow Pokémon have this This is a bit of a give-or-take feature with certain species and isn't always viable for PVP[...]

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 Lake Trio's current stint at Tier Five raid bosses, let's take a deep dive into this Azelf's lore. Azelf official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company[...]

The Lake Trio Raid Hour happens tonight in Pokémon GO. Here's how YOU can remotely raid Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit from home.

Credit: Niantic The complete raid rotation for the Lake Legends event in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One: Bronzor – shiny available, boosted rate Chimchar – shiny available, standard rate Klink – shiny available, boosted rate Piplup – shiny available, standard rate Shinx – shiny available, boosted rate Turtwig – shiny available, standard rate If raids are feeling stale to you, trust us… it's not just[...]

Ahead of the monthly Wizarding Weekend which will launch in-game this Friday, there will be two Spotlight Events coming to Wizarding World fans by surprise this week in Niantic's game continuing the story of J K Rowling's iconic novels. Knight Bus in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Credit: Niantic Niantic announced these upcoming events through their Harry Potter: Wizards[...]

Credit: Niantic First, the differences The standard Goldeen, pictured in the top row above, is a coral sort of color It shares that reddish-orange color with its evolved form, Seaking Then, Shiny Goldeen loses the red with a noticeable but not hugely different orange hue Seaking shares that orange color as well Goldeen and Seaking have[...]