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Tonight is Slowpoke Spotlight Hour in Pokémon GO, offering a chance to those who missed catching this Shiny Pokémon in the last event.

Credit: Niantic First, I have to say… when I saw this graphic and witnessed how many comments were inquiring if Meloetta would be released in its Shiny form, I was beyond skeptical People had noticed sparkles on the graphic, which I thought could easily be a coincidence However, upon a closer look… the sparkles are the[...]

Credit: Niantic According to the official Pokémon GO blog, here's the details on what is to come today and beyond: The Ultra League and its Premier Cup will run from Monday, June 14, 2021, at 1:00 p.m to Monday, June 28, 2021, at 1:00 p.m PDT (GMT −7). The limitations on these are that the Ultra League permits[...]

Niantic, Hasbro, and TOMY Company collectively announced this morning their new AR mobile title, Transformers: Heavy Metal This particular AR game brings the characters you know and love (specifically Optimus Prime and Bumblebee) to life in the real world through the Niantic Lightship platform If you're not familiar with the setup, Lightship is Niantic's planet-scale[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details of this Adversaries Event were posted to the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite blog: From June 14 at 11 a.m PT – June 17 at 11 a.m PT, keep an eye out for the following: Increased Adversary sightings of Ancient Norwegian Ridgeback and Baby Norweigan Ridgeback foundable. Guaranteed Hagrid's Hut from all Forest Chambers[...]

We probably have a long, long time to wait until Niantic adds Shiny Galarian Slowpoke, Slowbro, and Slowking to Pokémon GO However, that doesn't mean that we can't take a peek In face, some of you may actually be able to see Shiny Galarian Slowpoke, Slowbro, and Slowking in your actual app[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event The bonuses: XL Candy and Candy bonuses are a fine idea for Special Raid Weekend However, this bonus is unfortunately overshadowed by the rest of the event. What didn't work in this Pokémon GO event The focus: Frankly, I think this is the perfect example of how not to do a Raid[...]

Credit: Niantic What worked in this Pokémon GO event Galarian Slowpoke: This was a nice, solid focus for the first event of the new Season We have seen these Seasons up until this point start slow and then get hype toward the end, with the Season of Celebration culminating in Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto and the Season of Legends[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic took to their official Pokémon GO blog with the announcement of Shadow Ho-Oh's arrival They updated their blog entry listing June 2021's events, adding the following passage: 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[...]

We are about a month out from GO Fest 2021 in Pokémon GO, and Niantic is beginning to up the ante on the marketing side of things This week, two teasers came out: one focused on Pop Star Pikachu who is dressed in something similar to what Prince wore in the Charlie Murphy skit from Chappelle's[...]

So… whatever happened to that collaboration between Niantic's Pokémon GO and the TCG? There was supposed to be an announcement last month regarding a card featuring the game's character, Professor Willow… and then, nothing Let's take a look back at what was said, and what could happen from here. Pokémon GO & TCG announcement graphic[...]

Credit: Niantic According to the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum, today's June 2021 Community Day will feature the following bonuses live in-game: This Community Day, you can look forward to the following: Introducing: The new Baby Beasts Registry Page! This was teased in May 2021's Brilliant Event, which showcased the Brilliant versions of some of these Foundables[...]

Slaking is in raids in Pokémon GO. With these top counters and tips, you and your Pokémon can defeat this raid as a solo trainer.

Fans of GO Battle League, both the platform and running competition that Niantic uses for PVP battles in Pokémon GO, expressed discontent with the changes made to rewards given out from PVP victories The amount of Stardust, a source that Pokémon GO players use to power-up Pokémon both for PVP as well as raid battles, had been[...]

Slowking is in raids in Pokémon GO. Now that Slowbro can be encountered in its Shiny form through raids... can Slowking? Find out now!

Using these top Psychic-type Pokémon, you can take on Toxicroak as a solo trainer in Pokémon GO. Don't miss this Tier Three raid guide!

Catching one in the wild was the Mount Everest of Pokémon GO. Then, instead of giving it a Community Day, Niantic released its Shiny, kept it incredibly rare while releasing more Pseudo-Legendaries, used it as a cash cow in Raids and Eggs during multiple events all through 2020 and 2021… and then finally gave it its Community[...]

Hoping to catch Shiny Snorlax in Pokémon GO? Using these top Pokémon counters, solo trainers can raid against Snorlax successfully.

Credit: Niantic Here's how to evolve your newly captured Galarian Slowpoke into Galarian Slowbro in Pokémon GO: Make Galarian Slowpoke your Buddy in Pokémon GO. Catch 30 Poison-type Pokémon. Return to your Pokémon storage, click your Galarian Slowpoke, and you will see that you can now press the "evolve" button. Now, this isn't the only evolution that Galarian Slowpoke is going[...]

Credit: Niantic First, you can rest easy You haven't missed any new Team GO Rocket Research Shadow Zapdos is back after Shadow Moltres, but this current feature is actually a delayed extension of April 2021's Team GO Rocket rotation rather than something new I'll explain. Pokémon GO was set to feature the three Legendary Birds of Kanto as[...]

Credit: Niantic The full A Very Slow Discovery raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Alolan Grimer – Shiny available, standard unboosted rate Galarian Slowpoke Shellder – Shiny available, standard unboosted rate Shinx – Shiny available, permaboost rate Timburr – Shiny available, permaboost rate Galarian Slowpoke is the new addition here, and I'd say it's worth raiding lightly[...]

Credit: Niantic Shiny hunt: If you need Shiny Registeel, your best bet at accomplishing that is to take advantage of this Raid Hour Like I said last week with Regirock 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[...]

Credit: Niantic Some of these Baby Beasts are entirely new Foundables, while others debuted as Brilliant-only Foundabes during the two-part Creature Discomforts Brilliant Event last month With the debut of this page, these Foundables can now be collected in their standard, non-Brilliant Form Some players of the game confirmed early on that these Foundables (some, but[...]

Credit: Niantic Abra Spotlight Hour will take place from 6 PM to 7 PM today, Junen8th, and will see the game flooded with Abra spawns Even spawn points that aren't usually active on your map in Pokémon GO will pop with Abra encounters This Psychic-type Pokémon is Shiny-capable, as it Shiny was released during its 2020[...]

Now, sometimes, things like this take Niantic a long time to respond to, if a response is ever offered at all This time, they too acted with efficiency Here's what Niantic had to say about this Pokémon GO problem. Deerling in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic On their official Twitter page, Niantic acknowledged the issue in Pokémon GO and offered[...]

Niantic has announced the full details for GO Battle League Season 8, which will bring changes to Pokémon GO's PVP platform Encounters this time around will include the new Pokémon Mienfoo, Gible, Deino, Legendaries, and more. Pokémon GO promotional image Credit: Niantic Here are the full details of the rewards coming to Pokémon GO through GO Battle League[...]

Niantic has announced the Mega Raids happening in Pokémon GO during the month of June 2021, which will see the release of a brand new Mega Evolution However, that's not all A change is being made to the structure of Mega Raids that will impact the future of this feature. Mega Energy in Pokémon GO[...]

Here's how you can earn an encounter. Mienfoo enters the Battle League, courtesy of Niantic. Mienfoo will be obtainable as a guaranteed encounter when you hit Rank 5 The next encounter you unlock, you better put your guard up fellow Pokémon GO trainers, because it's going to be that wild punchy rodent, Mienfoo. Niantic announced the full scope[...]

Niantic has announced the June 2021 Research Breakthrough and Spotlight Hours in Pokémon GO… but this time, we're also getting something fun and free Here's what's happening. Breakthrough Box in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Clamperl will be the official Research Breakthrough for June 2021 in Pokémon GO starting at 1 PM Pacific. Remember when Research Breakthrough announcements caused controversy[...]

Today, Niantic announced the three Legendaries that will take over as the raid bosses for the first half of June: Regice, Registeel, and Regirock The Legendary Titans of Hoenn will have a two-and-a-half-week stay before they are replaced by a mystery Legendary Who could it be? Regice, Registeel, & Regirock in Pokémon GO[...]