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It must be said: Niantic seems to be a company that listens to its players While we have been critical of recent events that seemed to speak to a disconnect between the Pokémon GO developers and those of us who play the game, they have made good on last month's promise to improve Community Day[...]

Credit: Niantic Here are our tips for Latios and Latias Raid Hour Pokémon GO: Latios and Latias are leaving on Saturday Interest in raid dies down quickly outside of Raid Hour due to remote raiding, so Thursday and Friday are likely to be pretty dead days ahead of the massive Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto launching this Saturday[...]

Credit: Niantic Probopass: Okay, it'd obviously be Nosepass that is released in its Shiny form and we would have to evolve it up into Probopass to get this golden and maroon Super Mario looking bad boy The thing is, though, Nosepass isn't a Sinnoh Pokémon, but your boy Probo is, so he gets the spotlight[...]

Credit: Niantic The most important items: Balls: This is going to be primarily a catching event Even if you are playing at an area thick with Stops, you're going to want to start the event with an Item Bag mostly filled with Poké Balls and Ultra Balls Your mileage may vary based on how you're planning on[...]

Credit: Niantic Picture this You're at home, taking care of some household errands while casually running an Incense in Pokémon GO You receive an invite to a raid from a friend who lives in another state. Sure, you think, I'd love to take out some aggression by tapping on a huge Pokémon until it throws back its head in[...]

This event saw Niantic make some alterations to the expected tasks in the Special Assignment, so now let's look back and determine if these changes were for the best or if the events were better as is. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite: An Imperfect Love graphic Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event No "Highest[...]

Credit: Niantic As with any Spotlight Hour where the focus Pokémon is Shiny-capable, this will draw major interest from Shiny hunters who have yet to catch this one There's no way to increase your Shiny luck, but there are ways to increase the amount of Luvdisc you will encounter during the hour Here are our tips: Use[...]

Credit: Niantic Carnivine: Carnivine isn't a Pokémon that all players will be familiar with to compare, because it is a regional species Its standard form is a little greener and a little redder than this yellow-green and orange man-eating plant A good touch here is the brown leaves as arms Altogether, the Shiny form actually looks a[...]

Unsure which version of the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto to pick? Niantic is offering two versions of this event with different experiences These are the Pokémon featured in the Red and Green versions of the event! Pokémon GO logo Credit: Niantic The difference between these two versions comes down to different Pokémon responding to Incense and different[...]

Credit: Niantic Straight from the Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced this week-long event that will run from Sunday, February 21st, 2021 at 10 AM to Saturday, February 27th, 2021 at 8 PM local time Those keeping track of all the festivities may recognize the significance of the 27th… which is Pokémon Day The details include: In the wild:[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic posted the details of this Aragog-themed event to the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite official forum: From Tuesday, February 16 at 11 a.m PT–Thursday, February 18 at 11 p.m PT, keep an eye out for the following: Increased sightings of the Aragog Adversary Increased spawns of Wit-Sharpening Potion ingredients, such as Armadillo Bile, Ginger Root, Ground Scarab Beetles[...]

Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic announced that the event will be divided into themed hours, somewhat like last year's remote GO Fest 2020 These themed hours will correspond with Collection Challenges, of which trainers will be tasked with completing multiple throughout the day The hour blocks will be themed to a location from[...]

Credit: Niantic Stunky, Skuntank: Whoa, these took me off guard I'm familiar with a lot of what these Shinies look like, but for some reason, I didn't know how awesome this species looked in its Shiny form It reminds me of the vibrant red-pink of Shiny Galarian Zigzagoon, one of the most popular new Shinies introduced[...]

Credit: Niantic Let's break this thing down bit by bit Here is what Niantic posted on the Pokémon GO blog: Date + Time: Sunday, February 14, 2021, at 1:00 p.m to Thursday, February 18, 2021, at 8:00 p.m local time All right, well at least that means that we get two days off of events before the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto[...]

Credit: Niantic Cobalion The most docile of the lot, Cobalion has it all It has a big catch circle placed directly over its dorky face It is placed at a perfect distance, allowing players to put some oomph behind their throws but not needing to chuck it to damn Mars, as with Kyurem Cobalion sometimes can pop[...]

Credit: Niantic In October 2020, Bleeding Cool published a piece on the Unova species not yet released in Pokémon GO. To examine the recent pace of the Unova unveiling, which now overlaps with the Kalos rollout, let's revisit that piece and update on the whereabouts of each species: Munna, Musharna (Psychic-type) These two were released today, and thankfully break the[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete raid rotation in Pokémon GO's Valentine's Day event, along with our tips, is as follows: Tier One Espurr Feebas – Shiny capable, boosted odds Illumise – Shiny capable, standard odds Munna Ralts – Shiny capable, standard odds Volbeat – Shiny capable, standard odds Nothing too crazy here If you don't have a Shiny Feebas, it has quite the boosted Shiny[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in this Pokémon GO Event Miltank: Shiny Miltank debuted just two events ago during Johto Celebration, but it was quite a difficult find in the wild During that event, the best chance at catching one was either by searching out a Field Research task or raiding, even though Miltank's Shiny rate didn't seem boosted[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of hunting these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of tomorrow's Valentine's Day event, let's take a deep dive into Munna, the Pokémon that will be released when the festivities kick-off. Munna in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Cherubi, Cherrim: This is a pretty simple change that is effective on most of this line Cherubi's red looks like a t-shirt left out in the sun, which is actually quite nice Overcast Cherrim sees its normally purple leaf become blue-green for the biggest and best change of this line of Pokémon[...]

Niantic uses this phrase a lot when announcing new events, mainly about Shiny Pokémon that are coming out for the first time "If you're lucky, you might encounter Shiny Miltank!" When this line has been used for Pokémon that have already been released as Shinies, some speculate that Niantic plan on increasing that Pokémon's Shiny[...]

Credit: Niantic According to PVPoke, a platform that plugs in the stats of each species to determine the top meta of each league and cup has the top twenty Master League Premier Cup choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Garchomp: Mud Shot, Sand Tomb, Outrage Shadow Gyarados: Dragon Breath, Aqua Tail, Crunch Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash, Earthquake Shadow Snorlax:[...]

Credit: Niantic According to PVPoke, a platform that plugs in the stats of each species to determine the top meta of each league and cup has the top twenty Master League choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Groudon: Mud Shot, Earthquake, Fire Punch Melmetal: Thunder Shock, Superpower, Rock Slide Shadow Snorlax: Lick, Body Slam, Superpower Origin Forme Giratina: Shadow Claw,[...]

Credit: Niantic When you click on your profile page in Pokémon GO, you will now see that a Research icon has been added to the end of a bar showcasing how much XP is needed to get to Level 47 Here are the following tasks needed to get to Level 47 and a breakdown of how[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Level 45 Challenge questline in Pokémon GO are: Page One of Four Power-up Pokémon 45 times: 4500 Stardust Make 450 Nice Throws: 3 Star Pieces Spin 45 PokéStops or Gyms: 4500 XP Rewards: 4500 Stardust, 4500 XP, Cyrogonal Page Two of Four Battle in the GO Battle League 45 times: 4500 Stardust Earn 45 Candies walking[...]

Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic wrote: After completing the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto Special Research, you'll unlock a new kind of research called Masterwork Research, which will take determination and skill to complete Just completing the first page will require that you receive your platinum Kanto medal[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Pidgeot Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Pidgeot counters as such: Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Mega Ampharos[...]

Credit: Niantic Shieldon, Bastiodon: This change in the color palette may seem basic, but I think this is a case where seeing it on your screen once it's added to Pokémon GO will give you a bit of a jolt That's what happens to me sometimes when a change seems subtle but truly isn't[...]

Credit: Niantic Starly, Staravia, Staraptor: In its Shiny form, the Starly evolutionary line is fairly consistent Each form turns a lightly, slightly reddish-brown There may be potential for this line of Shinies to be released as part of an upcoming Community Day In 2020, a series of votes were found in the Pokémon GO code that included[...]

Credit: Niantic Let's dive into the details The full tasks and rewards for the Lunar New Year Timed Research in Pokémon GO are: Page One of Four Transfer 12 Pokémon: 10 PokéBalls Catch 7 Fire-type Pokémon: Charmander Send 1 Gift to friends: Goldeen Rewards: Miltank, 1000 XP, 20 Mega Gyarados Energy Page Two of Four Power up Pokémon 12 Times: 5 Razz Berries Evolve 3[...]