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Credit: Niantic Theory #1: The Lake Trio Well, we know that Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit are on their way to Pokémon GO A recent Datamine showed that they'd be returning to the game with an event called "Lake Legends" that was found in the code The only thing that keeps us from being 100% sure they will be[...]

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 today's Electabuzz Community Day, let's take a deep dive into the lore of its evolution, Electivire. Official Electivire artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

Credit: Pokémon Company International and Niantic The Eevee Nickname Trick Be careful, because this only works once in Pokémon GO Giving Eevee a nickname and evolving it while it still has that nickname will, again, one time and one time only, make it evolve into the species assigned to that nickname[...]

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 today's Electabuzz Community Day, let's take a deep dive into the Electric Pokémon's lore. Official Electabuzz artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 125, Electabuzz[...]

Credit: Niantic The Electric for Electabuzz Special Research in Pokémon GO will include: Page One of Four Power Up Pokémon 10 times: 10 PokéBalls Catch 15 Electabuzz: 20 Electabuzz Candy Make 5 Nice Throws: Electabuzz encounter REWARDS: 2000 Stardust, 10 Pinap Berries, Electabuzz encounter Page Two of Four Catch 15 Electabuzz: 50 Electabuzz Candy Transfer 10 Pokémon: 500 Stardust Use 15 Pinap Berries to help catch[...]

After a highly controversial October Community Day with prohibitively difficult tasks in the Special Assignment, was Niantic able to improve this monthly event? Let's dive in. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite November 2020 Community Day promo artwork Credit: Niantic The Good: Wow, the Special Assignment for a Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Community Day was… actually doable! While it's not something[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced on their Pokémon GO blog: As a limited-time test, from Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 2:30 p.m until Monday, November 16, 2020, at 10:00 a.m PST (GMT −8), trade range will be increased! Depending on information gathered from this test, we may include increased trade range as a part of future events It's[...]

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 tomorrow Electabuzz Community Day which sees Elekid return to 2KM Eggs for the event, let's take a deep dive into this Electric Pokémon's lore. Elekid official[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are all of the features of tomorrow's Electabuzz Community Day in Pokémon GO, along with our tips: Electabuzz will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you may encounter a Shiny one! Generally, the most common desire here is to enough of the Community Day Shinies to keep at least one of each[...]

Credit: Niantic The current raids available in Pokémon GO include: Tier One Alolan Geodude – Shiny capable, full odds Carvanha – Shiny capable, full odds Electrike – Shiny capable, full odds Nosepass Roggenrola – Shiny capable, full odds Shinx – Shiny capable, boosted odds Sneasel – Shiny capable, boosted odds With the exception of Shinx and Sneasel, none of these have a boosted Shiny rate, so[...]

Credit: Niantic The full questline for the Dumbledore's Army Brilliant Event Part 2 in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite includes: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients or Portmanteaus: 2 Snowdrop Use Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Time: 2 Re'em Blood Return 10 Brilliant Dueling Dummy: 2 Strong Exstimulo Potions REWARDS: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Restricted Section Books, 10 Spell[...]

Earlier this year, Niantic made promises to change Mega Evolution in Pokémon GO following negative responses to the Mega Raid system Trainers felt that this system was prohibitive and financially driven, and disliked the idea of raiding and rare tasks being the only way to accrue Mega Energy in the game Soon after the initial rollout,[...]

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 newly established connectivity between Pokémon GO and Pokémon HOME, let's do a deep dive into Meltan's mythology. Meltan in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic & the Pokémon Company International Your best bet against Bronzor is going to be Ground-type Pokémon and Dark-type Pokémon According to PVPoke, which compares all of the base stats of Pokémon and calculates the top competitors in each league, these are the best Ground-types and Dark-types to take into the Little Cup. Deino (Dragon Breath,[...]

With fans theorizing what will happen next and Niantic improving these events, it's quite an interesting time to be a Harry Potter: Wizards Unite player Let's dive into the details of this Brilliant Event. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Dumbledore's Army Event Part 2 promo image Credit: Niantic Niantic announced on the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum the following Brilliant[...]