Niantic Archives

Credit: Niantic The best way to determine what will be included in the Electric for Electabuzz ticket in Pokémon GO is to look at last month's Community Day Ticket These have all been very consistent, so if you think the research questline and its rewards for October's Charmander Community Day were worth the dollar, then you will likely feel[...]

Credit: Niantic The Pokéminers of Silph Road found the following in a recent Pokémon GO datamine: group_seasonal Holiday This matches the coding for the avatar clothing items added for the Halloween 2020 event, but this is no big news There will be, as there always is, new clothing items for the Holiday 2020 event. What is news, however, is the code[...]

Metagross is a must-have for Pokémon GO trainers in both raids and PVP, but what is the best moveset to optimize the top Steel-type attacker?

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 Riolu currently hatching from 7KM Eggs for the Animation Week 2020 event, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Riolu in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic When GO/HOME connectivity rolled out, it was only available to Level 40 trainers Now, as of this writing, Niantic has made it available to trainers Level 37 and above Generally, these rollouts happen rather quickly, so it would make sense to expect this for lower-level trainers sooner rather than later. For Pokémon GO trainers that don't know[...]

Niantic has announced a new way to get out in the world and… social distance? A new event is coming to Pokémon GO in select cities that will offer both free and paid experiences for trainers as they explore their hometowns or nearby cities City Spotlight will function as a treasure hunt, tasking trainers to take[...]

Did this event do Pokémon Journeys: The Series, the iteration of the anime that it was paying homage to, justice or was this a big disappointment from Niantic? Let's dive in. Animation Week 2020 promotional image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO Event Spawns & Shiny release If we just look at the spawns, this was far and[...]

Initially intended for release in March in a Lugia Raid Weeknd, Niantic canceled the event and delayed this special move's release due to quarantine Months, and a whole lot of hype-building, later… Lugia stormed into raids with Aeroblast last Thursday With it leaving raids on Monday, replaced by the Swords of Justice trio, this raid[...]

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 Scyther's current GO Snapshot Photobomb encounters, let's take a deep dive into the Mantis Pokémon's lore. Scyther is currently in photobomb encounters in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Conkeldurr's available Fast Attacks in Pokémon GO include: Counter (Fighting-type) Poison Jab (Poison-type) Good news here Conkeldurr doesn't have any legacy moves, so no need to worry about an Elite TM Same goes for its Charged Attacks. Conkeldurr's available Charged Attacks include: Dynamic Punch (Fighting-type) Focus Blast (Fighting-type) Stone Edge (Rock-type) Now, our recommendation. This is is a clean sweep here, with Conkeldurr's best[...]

Credit: Niantic Details released in the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite November 2020 Community Day announcement include: A Special Assignment that will focus on the Chess Chamber Registry page This will include Potions, Spell Books, Ingredients, and DADA Books. Sightings on the map of Legends of Hogwarts Foundables from the Chess Chamber Registry page, including Young Hermione Granger, Young[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, a website that calculates the top-ranked PVP Pokémon based on their stats and movesets in Pokémon GO, lists these as the top Little Cup choices: Bronzor (Confusion, Psyshock, Heavy Slam) Wynaut (Counter, Mirror Coat) Cottonee (Charm, Grass Knot, Seed Bomb) Deino (Dragon Breath, Body Slam, Crunch) Shelmet (Infestation, Body Slam, Bug Buzz) Wooper (Mud Shot, Body Slam, Mud Bomb) Shadow[...]

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 Jigglypuff Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Ballon Pokémon's lore. Jigglypuff is tonight's Spotlight Hour choice in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Is Jigglypuff available to encounter in its Shiny form in Pokémon GO? Yes! In the past, you needed to hatch a Shiny Igglybuff and evolve it in order to have a Shiny Jigglypuff However, that is no longer the case Shiny Jigglypuff can now be encountered in the wild and will be available during this Spotlight[...]

Credit: Niantic The verification that Shiny Ferroseed was live in Pokémon GO came ahead of the sponsored events in the United States from trainers posting on social media It's no surprise that this Shiny release wasn't limited to the event, as past events, such as Safari Zone, saw the simultaneous worldwide release of certain Shinies[...]