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This popular Generation Six Ghost/Grass-type Pokémon is featured on the current loading screen, which may not be Niantic confirming its release in writing, but it's close enough What this upcoming release has many wondering, though, is what about Pumpkaboo? Pumpkaboo is another Kalos-region Ghost/Grass-type Pokémon which is seen as a pair with Phantump[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete Secrets of the Jungle Event 2021 raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Explorer Pikachu – Shiny capable, rate likely the standard, unboosted Shiny rate Foongus Larvitar – Shiny capable, standard rate Roggenrola – Shiny capable, standard rate Rufflet – Shiny capable, rate unconfirmed Rufflet is the star here[...]

Credit: Niantic These are the tasks and rewards for the Search for Zarude Special Research questline in Pokémon GO: Page One of Five Catch 7 different species of Pokémon: 1 Sun Stone Catch 7 Pokémon: Diglett encounter Take 3 snapshots of wild Ground-type Pokémon: 15 Poké Balls REWARDS: 250 Stardust, 10 Nanab Berries, Drilbur encounter Page Two of Five Make 5 Great Throws in[...]

Niantic has announced its October 2021 schedule for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Let's dive into the details. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite graphic Credit: Niantic Over on the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum, Niantic laid out the following details for the October 2021 offerings: Severe and Dark Arts Spotlight Event: 30 September 11:00 a.m PT – 4 October[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's a breakdown of what's happening in Pokémon GO this October, with details on the specifics of the Halloween event still not confirmed: Tier Five raids: Douse Drive Genesect from today, October 1, 2021 at 10 AM until Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 10 AM local time Debut appearance, no Shiny. Altered Forme Giratina from Tuesday, October 12,[...]

The Secrets of the Jungle event goes live today in Pokémon GO, bringing with it the release of the new Galarian Mythical Pokémon, Zarude.

Niantic has announced the launch of the Severe and Dark Arts Spotlight Event which will kick off their October 2021 festivities The Halloween season is generally when Niantic goes all out in their games, with Pokémon GO's October event seen by many as the game's best and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's October content focusing heavily on[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the details for these new raids over at the official Pokémon GO blog: The Mythical Pokémon Genesect holding a Douse Drive will be appearing in five-star raids from Friday, October 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time This will be this particular Genesect's Pokémon GO debut![...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Little Jungle Cup are: Cottonee: Charm, Grass Knot, Seed Bomb Galarian Stunfisk: Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Altaria: Dragon Breath, Sky Attack, Moonblast Shelmet: Infestation, Body Slam, Bug Buzz Skarmory: Air Slash, Brave Bird, Sky Attack Wigglytuff: Charm, Ice Beam, Play Rough Chansey: Pound, Psychic, Hyper Beam Scrafty: Counter, Foul[...]

Niantic has noted that, unfortunately, Douse Drive Genesect will not be encounterable in its Shiny form. Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Top Douse Drive Genesect Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Douse Drive Genesect counters as such: Mega Charizard Y (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Shadow Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Shadow Entei[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked for this Pokémon GO event Costumed Pokémon: Say what you will It's almost a meme to hate on Costumed Pokémon Fact is, most players love 'em I love 'em Costumed Pokémon give hardcore players something new to hunt for in a game that increasingly offers little new content[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Master League Classic are: Groudon: Mud Shot, Earthquake, Fire Punch Melmetal: Thunder Shock, Superpower, Rock Slide Yveltal: Snarl, Dark Pulse, Focus Blast Lugia: Dragon Tail, Sky Attack, Aeroblast Garchomp: Mud Shot, Outrage, Earth Power Dialga: Dragon Breath, Iron Head, Draco Meteor Ho-Oh: Incinerate, Brave Bird, Earthquake Zekrom: Dragon Breath, Crunch,[...]

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 Ho-Oh powered up with Candy XL: Incinerate, Brave Bird,[...]

Short of Community Day odds, which are way boosted, this is about as close to a guarantee as you can get unless Niantic secretly nerfs Alolan Meowth in Pokémon GO, but they've never done that for its previous appearances. Now, to increase the number of encounters you can experience during Spotlight Hour, you may want to utilize the[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the schedule for the current run of Master League and associated cups in Pokémon GO: September 27 until October 11: Master League Master League Classic Little Jungle Cup All three of these will offer triple Stardust from win rewards This does not include the end of set rewards The restrictions for Master League are simple[...]

Other persistent problems include Niantic's poor communication and an issue that I've pointed out in these reviews, which can be briefly summarized by saying "It seems as if Niantic is completely unaware that they are designing these events to be annoyingly difficult in consistent ways." So far, Niantic has not given the Harry Potter: Wizards[...]

Credit: Niantic The details of the Hungarian Horntail Oddities Event were posted to the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum: From 27 September 11 a.m PT – 30 September 11 a.m PT, look to the skies for the following. Increased sightings of Ancient Hungarian Horntail Adversaries. Increased sightings of Peruvian Vipertooth, Chinese Fireball, Welsh Green and Antipodean Opaleye Oddities. Increased sightings[...]

Niantic has announced its Mega Raid slate for October 2021 in Pokémon GO This announcement includes the arrival of Mega Absol, which is the first new Mega Pokémon added to the game since Mega Slowbro's arrival in June 2021 Let's get into the details. Mega Absol design Credit: Pokémon Company Niantic posted the following details to the[...]

Niantic has shared details for their slate of October 2021 content in Pokémon GO This includes the monthly Research Breakthrough encounter as well as the schedule for the weekly Spotlight Hour. Let's get into the details. October 2021 graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Over on the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced the following details: October Research Breakthrough[...]

Niantic has announced details for this year's offerings along with the rest of their October 2021 schedule Let's get into the details. Halloween 2020 graphic in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Niantic announced their October 2021 schedule over on the official Pokémon GO blog: Movie tie-in event: From ​​Friday, October 1, 2021 to Sunday, October 10, 2021, the latest Pokémon[...]

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

Unlike last year, there is no question over whether or not it will be Shiny: Shiny Costumed Kirlia has been confirmed by Niantic and observed to be active by the Silph Road With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this fashionable Pokémon and defeat it as a solo trainer[...]

Speculation is running high as to what this may mean, with one theory suggesting that Niantic may now make it so Team GO Rocket Grunts can award Shiny Shadow encounters However, this is something we've seen before, and comparing this new data to a previous occurrence of this can give us a better idea of what's[...]

Credit: Niantic The "Change Form" button is much like the "Evolve" button in Pokémon GO It will cost you Stardust and 25 Furfrou Candy The major difference is that the Form-Changed Furfrou will not have the increased CP and stats that an evolved Pokémon would It's essentially shelling out that Dust and Candy to take your[...]

Credit: Niantic These are the full tasks and rewards for the Fashion Week 2021 Timed Research questline in Pokémon GO: Fashion Week 2021 Timed Research Page One of Five Take a snapshot of Shinx, Blitzle, or Furfrou in the wild: Kricketot encounter Make 5 Nice Throws: Skitty encounter Battle a Fashion Challenger: 1000 XP REWARDS: Costumed Blitzle encounter, 1000 XP, 10[...]

Note that the Meloetta encounter will only offer Candy to trainers who did already encounter and catch Meloetta at GO Fest 2021: Finding Your Voice Page 1 of 6 Take a snapshot of your buddy: 1000 XP Catch 30 Normal-type Pokémon: Glameow encounter Evolve 15 Pokémon: 30 Poké Balls REWARDS: Eevee encounter, 1000 XP, 1000 Stardust Finding Your Voice Page 2[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the full Fashion Week 2021 raid rotation in Pokémon GO: Tier One Costumed Croagunk – Shiny available, odds unknown Costumed Shinx – Shiny available, odds unknown Costumed Sneasel – Shiny available, odds unknown Furfrou Scraggy Personally, I find all of the costumed Pokémon worth raiding I know that there is a vocal portion of the fanbase online that hates[...]

Credit: Niantic Ever since the launch of the Lake Trio in Pokémon GO, I've seen a ton of Metagross in these raids If we have a bunch of trainers, it's not a bad situation However, if we are trying to three-man a Uxie? Disaster Niantic is recommending Pokémon like Metagross because they are good defenders against the Lake[...]

Credit: Niantic Date & Time: Friday, October 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, October 10, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time Mythical release: Zarude will be released as a tie-in to the film, in which this Mythical Pokémon is heavily featured This Special Research will be obtainable only during the Secrets of the Jungle event but[...]

Credit: Niantic New Shiny-capable costumed species in Pokémon GO include and can be found at the following locations: Shiny Costumed Butterfree: Butterfree will appear in the wild as well as three-star raids. Shiny Costumed Sneasel: Sneasel will appear in one-star raids. Shiny Costumed Blitzle: Blitzle will appear in the wild. Returning Shiny-capable costumed species in Pokémon GO include and can be[...]