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Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Community Day Classic event for today, September 2nd, 2023, which will feature Charmander: Date and time: Saturday, September 2, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time Featured Pokémon: Charmander is getting yet another Community Day as it completes the Kanto Starter cycle of Community Day Classics[...]

With the game-shifting Pokémon GO Fest 2023: Global event wrapped, Niantic is beginning to prepare Pokémon GO players for the next Season of gameplay The current Season, the Season of Hidden Gems, which was designed to build toward GO Fest 2023, will conclude Thursday, August 31st Let's take a look at what we currently know about the[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships Celebration event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Friday, August 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time Pokémon debut: The Alolan species Passimian, known as the "Teamwork Pokémon," makes its debut It will be in Tier Three Raids and[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Community Day event for August 2023, which will feature Froakie: Date and time: Sunday, August 13, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time Featured Pokémon: Froakie! This long-awaited Community Day completes the cycle of Kalos Starters, leaving the only Starters that have been released in the[...]

Over the weekend, Niantic announced all of the new content coming to Pokémon GO in August 2023 In addition to this update on the upcoming events and raid rotations, we can now confirm special bonuses that will run through August 2023, the final month of the Season of Hidden Gems, in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what's still left for the 7th Anniversary Party event ending in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, July 2, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time New Costumed Pokémon: You will be able to evolve Party Hat Squirtle into Party Hat Wartortle and Party Hat Blastoise, both of[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, Rufflet can indeed be Shiny Its standard form is purple with a white fluffy face with a red "crown" design Shiny Rufflet's purple is replaced with a gold-tinged brown, making it quite easy to tell the difference Formerly a GO Battle League exclusive encounter, Rufflet's Shiny form came out in late 2020,[...]

Niantic has announced all the Spotlight Hours for July 2023 in Pokémon GO Here are tips for these upcoming hour-long events happening each Tuesday Hidden Gems logo for Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic These are the Spotlight Hours and bonuses coming to Pokémon GO in July 2023: July 4th, 2023: Rufflet with double Stardust for catching, can be Shiny This is the[...]

Troubling news coming out of Niantic today as the company has laid off 230 staffers and has shuttered a few projects, with a focus on Pokémon GO moving forward Founder John Hanke released an internal email, which was later posted as a lengthy explanation on the company's website, explaining that the major issue at hand[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Heatran Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Heatran counters as such: Primal Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades Shadow Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades Mega Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake Shadow Mamoswine: Mud-Slap, High Horsepower Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power Therian Forme Landorus: Mud Shot, Earthquake Incarnate Forme Landorus: Mud[...]

Niantic has announced the content coming to the game in July 2023 This includes the release of Mega Sableye and Mega Tyranitar in Mega Raids and more We will also get Tier Five Raid features for Regieleki and Regidrago, marking the first time that these Galarian Legendaries will be accessible during Remote Raids Let's get[...]

Credit: Niantic These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this July 2023: June 29th – July 6th: Heatran July 6th – July 13th: The Legendary Birds of Kanto: Articuno Zapdos Moltres July 13th – July 25th: Regieleki making its debut in Legendary Raids after a stint in Elite Raids July 25th – August 4th: Regidrago making[...]

Credit: Niantic Can Doduo be Shiny? Yes, indeed it can Doduo is much rarer now than it used to be, as many species have been released since the initial Kanto drop Doduo is brown in its normal form and lime green in its Shiny form, making this particular Shiny quite easy to spot. Tonight's Spotlight Hour bonus[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the Dark Flames event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, July 2, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time Pokémon debut and simultaneous Shiny release: We have a new Alolan Pokémon! Turtonator will debut as a Tier Three Raid Boss in Pokémon GO with[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's how Mega Rayquaza will be released in Pokémon GO: In-person debut: Mega Rayquaza will make its debut at in-person Pokémon GO Fest 2023 events Trainers will be able to encounter Mega Rayquaza first at the previously announced GO Fest 2023 events in London, Osaka, and New York City, which I will be attending to report[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the Solstice Horizons: Team GO Rocket Takeover event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 12:00 a.m to Sunday, June 25, 2023, at 11:59 p.m local time New Shiny Pokémon: Shiny Pancham will be released for the first time in Pokémon GO, and it will only be available by[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are tips for Nihilego Raid Hour in Pokémon GO: Build your team of Ground-types in advance: As a dual Rock/Poison-type, Nihilego has a double weakness to Ground-types With the proper teams chosen, you will be able to take down this Ultra Beast with just two Trainers Prepare teams of counter Pokémon in advance so you[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, Sunkern can indeed be Shiny I remember playing its first Spotlight Hour all that time ago and getting lucky enough to catch my first-ever Shiny Sunkern Maybe we'll get lucky tonight and get some more Shiny Sunkern for ourselves The Shiny Sunkern is very similar to the standard The normal form of Sunkern,[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details for the Pokémon GO Community Day Classic event for June 2023, which will feature Squirtle: Date and time: Sunday, July 9, 2023, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m local time. Featured Pokémon: In honor of the 7th Anniversary of Pokémon GO, the feature for this month's Community Day Classic will be Pokémon No[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the Solstice Horizons event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Friday, June 16, 2023, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, June 25, 2023, at 8:00 p.m local time Shiny debut: Fomantis will be released in its Shiny form for the first time in Pokémon GO. It can be found in the wild during the[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Nihilego Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Nihilego counters as such: Primal Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades Shadow Mamoswine: Mud-Slap, High Horsepower Groudon: Mud Shot, Precipice Blades Excadrill: Mud-Slap, Drill Run Shadow Golurk: Mud-Slap, Earth Power Mega Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake Mamoswine: Mud-Slap, High Horsepower Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earth Power Shadow Golem: Mud-Slap, Earthquake Rhyperior: Mud-Slap,[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's where you can find Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie: Uxie in Asia-Pacific region, can be Shiny Mesprit in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, can be Shiny Azelf in the Americas and Greenland, can be Shiny Again, be sure to keep in mind that you are limited to five Remote Raid Passes per day[...]

Credit: Niantic Binacle can be Shiny in Pokémon GO, so Shiny hunters will want to get out there This species has been available to encounter in its Shiny form since the Water Festival 2022, but I find it to be a rare feature, making tonight's Spotlight Hour well worth playing In its standard form, Binacle has off-white[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Shadow Articuno Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Shadow Articuno counters as such: Shadow Tyranitar: Smack Down, Stone Edge Mega Aerodactyl: Rock Throw, Rock Slide Rampardos: Smack Down, Rock Slide Shadow Aggron: Smack Down, Meteor Beam Rhyperior: Smack Down, Rock Wrecker Terrakion: Smack Down, Rock Slide Shadow Omastar: Rock Throw, Rock Slide Gigalith:[...]

We have a brand new update from Niantic on the details that buffs one of the event's special bonuses Let's get into the details for this event, which will make the highly coveted Shiny Axew, which debuted as the crown jewel of Pokémon GO Fest 2022, an easy catch for all Trainers Let's get into it. Axew[...]

Credit: Niantic These are the Pokémon that will appear in Tier Five raids in Pokémon GO this June 2023: June 1st – June 15th: The Lake Trio will feature in their regions: Uxie in Asia-Pacific region Mesprit in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India Azelf in the Americas and Greenland June 15th – 29th: Nihilego with a Shiny release June 29th –[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Swampert Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top ten Mega Swampert counters as such: Mega Sceptile: Bullet Seed, Frenzy Plant Kartana: Razor Leaf, Leaf Blade Shadow Tangrowth: Vine Whip, Power Whip Mega Venusaur: Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant Sky Forme Shaymin: Grass-type Hidden Power, Grass Knot Zarude: Vine Whip, Power Whip Shadow Torterra: Razor[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is where you can find the Lake Trio for in-person raids: Uxie in Asia-Pacific region, can be Shiny Mesprit in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, can be Shiny Azelf in the Americas and Greenland, can be Shiny Battle them with our raid guides here: Azelf Raid Guide Mesprit Raid Guide Uxie Raid Guide These are the Pokémon that will[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's what's happening for the Water Festival: Beach Week event in Pokémon GO: Date and time: Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at 10:00 AM to Monday, June 12, 2023, at 8:00 PM local time Pokémon release: Sandygast makes its Pokémon GO debut Sandygast will be able to evolve into Palossand with 50 Sandygast Candy[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic has announced the following new details for Pokémon GO Fest 2023: Pokémon GO Fest is taking over beautiful Randall's Island Park! Explore this expansive waterfront oasis and enjoy real-world habitats, photo opportunities, exclusive merchandise, and more alongside thousands of fellow Trainers. Attendees will enjoy glittering gameplay, beautiful bonuses, and hidden surprises This is a clear tie to[...]