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Niantic has announced that the second day of GO Fest 2021 will focus on raids… with "every" Legendary Pokémon returning to Pokémon GO for an epic throwdown Not the quotation marks, though Let's get into the details. GO Fest 2021 promo image for Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced the details for GO[...]

Niantic has announced the end of the Pokémon GO pandemic bonuses and the game's community has reacted Let's take a look at a few of those reactions and see if Niantic will make any further changes. Pokémon GO logo Credit: Niantic FleeceKing, known as possibly the first player to hit Level 50 and an active voice in the[...]

Credit: Niantic Many will say that Pokémon GO is all about battling While raiding and PVP elements are certainly prominent in the game, we're not members of Team GO Rocket here There are many varied reasons to power up Pokémon Here are some reasons why I power up certain Pokémon in the game. Favorite: Let's start with the[...]

Along with this week's news that Niantic is finally removing many of the extended pandemic bonuses from Pokémon GO, the mobile game developer announced new "exploration bonuses" meant to encourage players to get out in the world I've written here before that the key for Niantic is to strike a balance between the old ways of[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are my tips for Regigigas Raid Hour in Pokémon GO: Prepare for tough battles: Regigigas hits very, very hard Even the absolute best counters will be one-shotted by its Charged Attack in many cases Don't let this discourage you Fighting-type Pokémon are the way to deal Regigigas the most damage[...]

Niantic has announced a new tie-in to the Pokémon Company's Air Adventures initiative that, like their rollback of pandemic bonuses and the introduction of Exploration Bonuses, is meant to get players back to the original "explore the world" mode of Pokémon GO This initiative has introduced the release of Shiny Corsola, which will be only spawning[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, yes, Swinub can be Shiny Shiny Swinub has been in Pokémon GO since Swinub Community Day in February 2019 It is a minty green Shiny that sort of looks like a watermelon with a pig's nose So get out there and look for those watermelons! It's summer now, after all. As a tip, you[...]

Credit: Niantic The bonuses leaving Pokémon GO Niantic announced that the following bonuses will be removed or changed in Pokémon GO: Over the past year, Incense effectiveness was increased to attract Pokémon to you more frequently, even if you weren't able to leave home After the change, this effectiveness will be set at the standard level when you're stationary and[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Brilliant Event Special Assignment now active in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are as follows: Page One of Four Collect 3 Ingredients or Portmanteaus: 2 Re'em Blood Brew 3 Potions: 2 Granian Hair Return 12 Brilliant Three-Headed Dog: 1 Wit-Sharpening Potion Rewards: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Defense Against the Dark[...]

Niantic, perhaps to cushion the blow of their other announcement regarding cutting the pandemic bonuses in Pokémon GO, have announced July 2021's Community Day choice: Tepig Let's get into the newly released details of Tepig Community Day. Tepig Community Day graphic from Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Niantic announced Tepig Community Day on the official Pokémon GO blog, writing: Date[...]

Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced: The Pokémon Company has launched Pokémon Air Adventures, an initiative started in Japan that helps create wonderful travel memories. [Shiny Corsola will be] appearing in Pokémon GO for the first time starting July 22! Corsola can be encountered only in certain regions[...]

Credit: Niantic If you raid frequently, meaning multiple times per day or even just someone who goes wild during Raid Hour, you're going to end the week with potentially dozens more Legendaries than you began with Even though Niantic has increased the storage cap multiple times, there is a limit to what you're going to want[...]

Credit: Niantic Over on the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum, Niantic announced the details of today's new Unforgivable Truth Brilliant Event Part 2 They wrote: Hermione's secret mission to uncover the identity of The Unforgivable's mole continues Will she root out the corruption? Or will The Unforgivable be one step ahead again? Return Brilliant Foundables from the[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Regigigas: This one is debatable The Shiny release of Regigigas in Pokémon GO — and, really, the first major Tier Five release of this former Research and EX Raid-exclusive boss — is one of the most exciting raid features in recent memory[...]

Credit: Niantic Giovanni's June 2021 line-up consists of: Slot One: Persian Slot Two: Golem, Machamp, or Cloyster Slot Three: Ho-Oh Here are some top suggested counters for each of the boss's possible Pokémon: Persian: Lucario (Counter, Power-up Punch), Machamp (Counter, Cross Chop), or any other Fighting-type with a quick Charged Attack Cloyster: Lucario (Counter, Power-up Punch), Machamp (Counter, Cross Chop), or any[...]

Credit: Niantic While we now know what they look like, we don't know much about these costumed Pokémon yet outside of what Niantic initially wrote in the GO Fest 2021 announcement The full costumed Pokémon announcement Pokémon GO posted is as follows: Pikachu Rock Star or Pikachu Pop Star—your choice will determine the in-game music that will[...]

This often happens when Niantic is making dramatic updates to the game Shortly after these glitches became noticeable, Niantic indeed posted confirmation to their blog that changes are on the way Let's get into it. New Pokémon GO promo image Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced: Notice anything different about our homepage? It's got[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are the tasks and rewards for the new Team GO Rocket Special Research in Pokémon GO, A Seven-Colored Shadow: Page One of Six Catch 10 Pokémon: Teddiursa encounter Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms: 1 Sun Stone Purify 1 Shadow Pokémon: 15 Poké Balls REWARDS: 1500 XP, 500 Stardust, Gloom encounter Page Two of Six Defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts:[...]

Credit: Niantic Here is the full breakdown of what raids are available in which hemisphere in Pokémon GO during the Solstice Event 2021: Tier One for the Southern Hemisphere Klink – Shiny available, boosted rate Lunatone – Shiny available, standard rate Solrock – Shiny available, standard rate Snorunt – Shiny available, normally the standard rate, unknown for the current event Snover –[...]

Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic specific that Ho-Oh will be available for a three-month run They wrote: Save Shadow Ho-Oh from Giovanni! We're hearing reports that Giovanni will have Shadow Ho-Oh in his grasp from Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 12:00 a.m to Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at 12:00 a.m local time[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Gyarados Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Gyarados counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Shadow Hariyama (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Electivire (Thunder[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the following details over at the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite blog: Witches and Wizards, Celebrate Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's second anniversary with us on June 19 at 12 a.m – June 20 11:59 p.m local time. Special Assignments with rewards including Potions, Spell Books, Ingredients and DADA Books. Plus, look out for recap from Harry and[...]

Niantic hit Pokémon GO players with a barrage of announcements this week We went from not even knowing what the next event, Legendary raid boss, and Shadow Pokémon were to getting treated to multiple blog entries with major news in just a couple of days The short of it all is: Shadow Ho-Oh is the next[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's everything happening in this event, according to the official Pokémon GO blog: Date + Time: Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, June 20, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time Features Regigigas is coming to five-star raids! From Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, July 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local[...]

After a long run as the (currently) final EX Raid Boss before Niantic put a hold on the feature, this marks Regigigas's first time as a widely available raid boss With this Raid Guide, you can prepare a team to take on this Legendary Pokémon, perfect your catching strategy, and understand Regigigas's 100% IVs. Regigigas in[...]

Niantic has decided to lean into the meme with an upcoming Pokémon GO event which will see Bidoof get seated with unusually strong moves… and also finally get its Shiny release. Bidoof in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic The Bidoof Breakout event in Pokémon GO will feature the following: Date + Time: Friday, June 25th, 2021 at 10:00 AM[...]

Niantic came through and announced that this is indeed happening, and it all begins with this week's Solstice Event 2021. Regigigas in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Pokémon GO announced the following features for the Solstice Event this year: Date and time: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 10:00 AM through Sunday, June 20th, 2021 at 8:00 PM local time. Regigigas[...]

Credit: Niantic Shiny hunt: If you need Shiny Regice, this may be the last chance to get it for some time Like I said last week with Registeel Raid Hour, most raid rotations with multiple Legendaries make them all available for all Raid Hours during their run, but that is not the case for the current[...]

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 Cresselia: Psycho Cut, Grass Knot, Moonblast Galarian Stunfisk powered up with Candy XL: Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Shadow Abomasnow powered up with Candy XL: Powder Snow, Ice-type Weather Ball, Energy[...]

Credit: Niantic The current top 20 species and moves to use in Pokémon GO's Ultra League Premier Cup are: Galarian Stunfisk powered up with Candy XL: Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Shadow Abomasnow powered up with Candy XL: Powder Snow, Ice-type Weather Ball, Energy Ball Swampert: Mud Shot, Hydro Cannon, Earthquake Shadow Swampert: Mud Shot, Hydro Cannon, Earthquake Shadow Nidoqueen powered[...]