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Credit: Niantic Starting today, Pokémon GO fans will be able to play a new event while also checking out an exclusive Ed Sheeran concert through the in-game news First, here are the full details on the event, which boasts the main feature of Sunglasses Squirtle: Date & time: Monday, November 22, 2021, at 11:00 a.m[...]

After a great start, did Niantic continue to bring it with Part Two? BDSP Celebration graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO  event The quality continues: The truth is, the same things that worked for Part One worked well for Part Two As my Part One review said, we had good quality offerings for[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's a quote from the official Pokémon GO event announcement posted to the 7-Eleven Mexico site: Entrenadores con ticket, a partir del 10 de diciembre a las 12:00 y hasta el 12 de diciembre a las 23:59 horas (en tu hora local); recibirán: Investigación Temporal de Campo exclusiva del evento con encuentros con Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Onix,[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the details for this Pokémon GO Community Day: Date and time: November 21, 2021, from 11 AM – 5 PM. Shinx is the featured Pokémon and will be easier to encounter as a Shiny in the wild. Featured attack: Luxray will have the Psychic-type Charged Attack of Psychic Fangs This is this attack's debut in the[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of Cliff's team and possible counters This time, to help our readers build their own teams from a diverse selection of possible Pokémon, I will suggest multiple counters for every possible Pokémon he will throw out These are based not only on type effectivity but also shared weaknesses of other[...]

Niantic will remove it from the app store in December 2021 and fully kill it by the end of January 2022 Let's see if the game is honoring its dedicated fans in its final months. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite graphic Credit: Niantic What worked in this Harry Potter: Wizards Unite event Narrative: Simply put, the narrative in this Brilliant[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of Sierra's team and possible counters This time, to help our readers build their own teams from a diverse selection of possible Pokémon, I will suggest multiple counters for every possible Pokémon she will throw out These are based not only on type effectivity but also shared weaknesses of other[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a breakdown of Arlo's team and possible counters This time, to help our readers build their own teams from a diverse selection of possible Pokémon, I will suggest multiple counters for every possible Pokémon he will throw out These are based not only on type effectivity but also shared weaknesses of other[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the details of the Lucious Malfoy Lethal Adversaries event happening in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite: Date and time: Friday, November 19th, 2021 at 11 AM Pacific until Monday, November 22nd, 2021 at 11 AM Pacific. Increased Adversaries: Lucious Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy Increased Foundables: Three-Headed Dog Wizarding Challenge Bonues: Guaranteed Fragment drop from Forest Chamber IV or above. Extra Wizarding XP. Spell[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is an easy-to-understand breakdown of the full Pokémon GO December 2021 Community Day announcement: Date & time: Saturday, December 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m local time 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[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Event Part Two raid rotation in Pokémon GO is as follows: Tier One Bronzor – Shiny capable, increased rate Drifloon – Shiny capable, standard rate Shieldon – Shiny capable, rate unknown I don't know if this is a shorter list than normal on purpose or if Niantic just failed to list the full[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the fully updated tasks and rewards of the Misunderstood Mischief Special Research in Pokémon GO: Misunderstood Mischief Page One of Sixteen Make 10 Nice Throws: 1 Incense Use an Incense: 10 Poké Balls Take 3 snapshots of wild Psychic-type Pokémon: 10 Nanab Berries REWARDS: Gothita encounter, 1000 XP, 500 Stardust Misunderstood Mischief Page Two of Sixteen [AUTO-CLAIM]: 720 Stardust REWARDS:[...]

Earlier this week, Niantic and pop star Ed Sheeran teased a collaboration in Pokémon GO Early this morning, we learned the full details of this collaboration which will include a special concert and an event Let's get into the details. Ed Sheeran event graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Over on the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced[...]

Yesterday was been a busy day for Niantic in more ways than one Fresh off of the first Pikmin Bloom Community Day this past weekend, Niantic launched the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Event in Pokémon GO and the Constance's Lament Brilliant Event in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite… only for servers to go down on all Niantic games for[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a full breakdown of what's going on in Pokémon GO for the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Part Two: Timing: Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, November 21, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time. Featured Costume Pokémon: Turtwig wearing Dawn's hat Chimchar wearing Dawn's hat Piplup wearing Dawn's hat Spawns: Turtwig wearing Dawn's hat Chimchar wearing[...]

I don't know about you, but I look at Cresselia Raid Hour tonight in Pokémon GO and I think "Finally, an interesting Raid Hour." We've been in a bad cycle with Tier Five raids ever since GO Fest 2021 with Niantic slowing down new releases and filling their most popular raid slot with Pokémon that most[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Lopunny Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Lopunny counters as such: Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike) Shadow Metagross (Zen Headbutt, Psychic) Shadow Moltres (Wing Attack, Sky Attack) Shadow Alakazam (Confusion, Psystrike) Hoopa (Confusion, Psychic) Shadow Ho-Oh (Extrasensory, Brave Bird) Mega Pidgeot (Gust, Brave Bird) Latios (Zen Headbutt, Psychic) Shadow Gardevoir (Confusion,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Cresselia Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Cresselia counters as such: Mega Gengar (Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball) Mega Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play) Shadow Weavile (Snarl, Foul Play) Mega Absol (Snarl, Dark Pulse) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Shadow Ball) Chandelure (Hex, Shadow Ball) Shadow Tyranitar (Bite, Crunch) Shadow Houndoom (Snarl, Foul Play) Darkrai (Snarl, Dark[...]

The new Brilliant Event is now live in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Previously referred to only as the "Year Six" Brilliant Event in Niantic's schedule, we now know that the event is titled "Constance's Lament." The Constance's Lament Brilliant Event Part One will run just four days, which is a recent trend in Harry Potter: Wizards[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, Turtwig will indeed be available as a Shiny Pokémon It was released in its Shiny form during Turtwig Community Day. One thing to note, which will make many Shiny collectors happy, is that the Turtwig spawning during Turtwig Spotlight Hour seemingly will be the Costumed Turtwig featured during the current Brilliant Diamond & Shining[...]

We finally have details on the new Brilliant Event as it goes live in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Previously referred to only as the "Year Six" Brilliant Event in Niantic's posts following their announcement that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will become unplayable by the end of January 2022, we now have an official title for the event: the[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the complete raid rotation of the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Part One in Pokémon GO: Tier One Bronzor – Shiny available, boosted rate Cranidos – Shiny available, rate unknown Drifloon – Shiny available, standard rate Gible – Shiny available, boosted rate This is the best Tier One raid rotation we've gotten in a long, long time[...]

During the Festival of Lights event, Niantic introduced a slate of new Team GO Rocket content to Pokémon GO with an event-within-the-event titled With Light Comes Shadow The event introduced new Shadow Shinies, new Shadow Legendaries, and more Let's see if it lived up to the hype considering this was the first Team GO Rocket update[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is a full breakdown of what's going on in Pokémon GO for the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Celebration Part One: Timing: Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time Part Two will take over when this wraps up. Featured Costume Pokémon: Turtwig wearing Lucas's hat Chimchar wearing Lucas's hat Piplup[...]

Credit: Niantic The dialogue that revealed Constance as a villain in the latest Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game went as such: Harry Potter: I'm not sure why you asked me to go in your stead to the meeting with Grim, but it was good you did It was an ambush I managed to fend the attackers off, but[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked for this Pokémon GO event Dedenne: The main feature of this event was the release of the Electric/Fairy-type Pokémon Dedenna These days, we're getting one-off releases like this rather than full-on generation reveals While I do miss the bigger generation reveals which added a huge dose of excitement to the game, I think this[...]

Niantic has taken to the game's official forum to announce the details of November 2021's schedule well into the month Let's take a look at what's happening. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Lethal Adversaries graphic Credit: Niantic The following event details were posted to the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite community forum: Dolores Umbridge Lethal Adversaries Event: 12 November[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Kanto Cup are: Chansey powered up with Candy XL: Pound, Psychic, Hyper Beam Nidoqueen: Poison Jab, Poison Fang, Earth Power Lickitung powered up with Candy XL: Luck, Body Slam, Power Whip Shadow Nidoqueen: Poison Jab, Poison Fang, Earth Power Lapras: Ice Shard, Surf, Skull Bash Shadow Ninetails: Fire[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Master League are: Lugia powered up with Candy XL: Dragon Tail, Sky Attack, Aeroblast Melmetal powered up with Candy XL: Thunder Shock, Superpower, Rock Slide Dialga powered up with Candy XL: Dragon Breath, Iron Head, Draco Meteor Yveltal powered up with Candy XL: Snarl, Dark Pulse,[...]

Niantic will host the third and final of the 2020 Safari Zone rescheduled events this weekend Originally planned for spring 2020, Safari Zone St Louis will happen in Pokémon GO for ticketed players on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday depending on what the original date was purchased last year This event is not open to new players[...]