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This made many wonder if this was a full Shiny release for Spheal, because the last time a Pokémon had a Shiny release in this manner, it was Blitzle and Niantic specifically clarified in their announcement that it would appear Shiny out of costume after its debut event They did no such thing with Spheal[...]

Niantic launched the annual December Community Day Recap Weekend Event in Pokémon GO this past weekend… but something was amiss Let's get into it. 2021 Community Day graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event It is what it is: If you missed any Community Days this year, this is a great catch-up event[...]

After a cycle of Great League and Great League Remix, Niantic's PVP platform has switched over to their Ultra League offerings Let's take a look at the meta of the Ultra League Remix, which has a CP limit of 2,500 per Pokémon Prepare to take your buddies into battle with this guide, breaking down the[...]

Following the announcement that Niantic and WB Games are discontinuing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the game's schedule has been thrown into disarray Influencers who have helped Niantic promote the game for years now were given an event schedule that was never confirmed on the forum Niantic later contradicted that schedule with a short forum post detailing[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Ultra League are: Registeel powered up with Candy XL: Lock On, Focus Blast, Flash Cannon Trevenant powered up with Candy XL: Shadow Claw, Seed Bomb, Shadow Ball Talonflame powered up with Candy XL: Incinerate, Brave Bird, Flame Charge Galarian Stunfisk powered up with Candy XL: Mud[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Holiday Stantler Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Stantler counters as such: Shadow Machamp – Counter, Dynamic Punch Lucario – Counter, Aura Sphere Shadow Hariyama – Counter, Dynamic Punch Conkeldurr – Counter, Dynamic Punch Machamp – Counter, Dynamic Punch Shadow Mewtwo – Confusion, Psystrike Mega Lopunny – Low Kick, Focus Blast Breloom –[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Holiday Glaceon Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Glaceon counters as such: Shadow Metagross – Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Mega Charizard Y – Fire Spin, Blast Burn Shadow Entei – Fire Spin, Overheat Mega Houndoom – Fire Fang, Flamethrower Metagross – Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash Shadow Moltres – Fire Spin, Overheat Mega[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Holiday Delibird Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Delibird counters as such: Rampardos – Smack Down, Rock Slide Shadow Tyranitar – Smack Down, Stone Edge Shadow Aerodactyl – Rock Throw, Rock Slide Terrakion – Smack Down, Rock Slide Rhyperior – Smack Down, Rock Wrecker Shadow Omastar – Rock Throw, Rock Slide Tyranitar[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Cloyster Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Cloyster counters as such: Shadow Raikou – Volt Switch, Wild Charge Shadow Machamp – Counter, Dynamic Punch Mega Manectric – Thunder Fang, Wild Charge Shadow Electivire – Thunder Shock, Wild Charge Shadow Magnezone – Spark, Wild Charge Terrakion – Smack Down, Sacred Sword Lucario –[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's everything you need to know about this weekend's festivities in Pokémon GO: Date & time: Saturday, December 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m local time and Sunday, December 19, 2021, from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m local time. Wild Community Day spawns: All of the 2021 Community Day Pokémon will be featured here with[...]

Niantic and WB Games' Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has been officially removed from the App Store Here is what players of this game need to know as the game enters its final month. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite graphic Credit: Niantic Niantic posted the following letter to the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite community: Witches and Wizards, We've enjoyed adventuring out[...]

Right now, both Ultra League and Ultra League Remix are available but Niantic is offering PVP fans a special gift for the holidays Today, an additional option arrives in GO Battle League with the Holiday Cup which has a CP limit of 1,500 per Pokémon What separates this cup from that standard Great League is[...]

Niantic has now announced the details of their first in-person Pokémon GO events in 2022 The event will take place on February 27th, 2022 following the remote mega-event Pokémon GO Tour: Johto and will focus on the Kanto region Let's take a look at the three locations at which this live celebration of Generation One will be[...]

Niantic has revealed the date and details for the second Pikmin Bloom Community Day This newly launched game based on Nintendo's popular Pikmin franchise debuted in October 2021 and featured its first Community Day in November 2021 Let's take a look at what will be going on in-game for December 2021 Community Day in Pikmin Bloom. Pikmin Bloom promo[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the full details from the Pokémon GO blog which now contains more details than previously announced: Date & time: Thursday, December 16 at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, December 23 at 10:00 a.m local time New feature: Trainers will have the ability to send and save Postcards in the new Postcard Book to "share their[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Kyurem Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Kyurem counters as such: Shadow Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Terrakion (Smack Down, Sacred Sword) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Shadow Hariyama (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Dialga (Dragon Breath,[...]

Credit: Niantic Even if you have the Shiny, play!: Zekrom and Reshiram are powerhouse Pokémon This is going to be a rare chance to farm Candy and Candy XL for these Dragons I recommend playing these Raid Hours hard while we have a rare Dragon-type feature in Pokémon GO, as we all know how Niantic likes[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the rest of the GO Battle League Season 10 schedule in Pokémon GO: December 16th Holiday Cup: This special cup will take place along with Ultra League and Ultra League Remix. December 27th – January 10th Master League Master League Classic Holiday Cup (ends December 31st) Triple Stardust will be rewarded from rewards throughout this period[...]

Credit: Niantic Magmar, as most trainers will know due to its Community Day giving us quite a few of them, can indeed be encountered in its Shiny form If you missed out and are hoping to get that Shiny, tonight will be a great chance Stock up on Poké Balls and be sure to use Razz[...]

Credit: Niantic The new Shinies arriving with Pokémon GO Tour: Johto, provided that some aren't released between now and the event, are as follows: Hoppip Skiploom: Acquired by evolving Hoppip Jumpluff: Acquired by evolving Skiploom Hoothoot Noctowl: Acquired by evolving Hoothoot Girafarig Remoraid Octillery: Acquired by evolving Hoppip Tyrogue: Oddly, Tyrogue was not announced as appearing in 2 KM Eggs but Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Togepi[...]

This week, Niantic kicked off the first major event of the Season of Celebration with the Dragonspiral Descent event in Pokémon GO Dragon-themed events are far and few between in this game and often offer some of the rarest and most sought-after content Did this live up to that expectation? Let's get into it. Druddigon in[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Electabuzz Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Electabuzz counters as such: Therian Forme Landorus (Mud Shot, Earthquake) Shadow Mamoswine (Mud-Slap, Bulldoze) Excadrill (Mud-Slap, Drill Run) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Psystrike) Groudon (Mud Shot, Earthquake) Garchomp (Mud Shot, Earthquake) Rhyperior (Mud-Slap, Earthquake) Incarnate Forme Landorus (Mud Shot, Earth Power) Shadow Swampert (Mud Shot, Earthquake) Shadow Flygon[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Magmar Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Magmar counters as such: Shadow Swampert (Mud Shot, Hydro Cannon) Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Mega Gyarados (Waterfall, Hydro Pump) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Gyarados (Waterfall, Hydro Pump) Kyogre (Waterfall, Surf) Rhyperior (Mud-Slap, Rock Wrecker) Kingler (Bubble, Crabhammer) Shadow[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Lapras Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Lapras counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Mega Manectric (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Terrakion (Smack Down, Sacred Sword) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Shadow[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Dragonite Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Dragonite counters as such: Shadow Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Shadow Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Galarian Darmanitan (Ice Fang, Avalanche) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Ice Beam) Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Glaceon (Frost Breath, Avalanche) Shadow Articuno (Frost Breath, Ice Beam) Shadow Porygon (Ice-type Hidden[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Druddigon Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Druddigon counters as such: Shadow Salamence (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Shadow Dragonite (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Shadow Mamoswine (Powder Snow, Avalanche) Rayquaza (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Shadow Gardevoir (Charm, Dazzling Gleam) Shadow Weavile (Ice Shard, Avalanche) Salamence (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Palkia (Dragon Tail, Draco Meteor) Garchomp (Dragon Tail, Outrage) Dragonite (Dragon[...]

Niantic has now announced an updated schedule, including a Bellatrix Lestrange Lethal Adversaries event that is live right now followed by a Voldemort Lethal Adversaries event, likely the last Adversaries event ever, starting tomorrow Let's get into the details of this event as well as the rest of the game's December 2021 schedule. Harry Potter: Wizards[...]

The details were given to us in advance (thanks Niantic!) but sometimes, the blog posts end up having more information than the actual PR that Bleeding Cool readers may find relevant We can now confirm a few further details about this year's Holiday Event including the release of Shiny Galarian Darumaka. Shiny Galarian Darumaka & Shiny[...]

Niantic has announced the 2021 Holiday Events in Pokémon GO This year, the event will be a two-parter and will feature Galarian Darumaka, Costumed Glaceon, Holiday Pikachu, a new postcard feature, & more Let's get into the details. Pokémon GO 2021 Holiday Event graphic Credit: Niantic Both parts of the Holiday Events in Pokémon GO will share these[...]

Credit: Niantic The following information about the update as well as the game's impending doom was posted to the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum: Greetings SOS Task Force Members, The 2.20 update is rolling out. COMING SOON Niantic Social – a new feature that will allow you to communicate with your friends in-app. GENERAL Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will close on[...]