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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 it's first-ever feature in raids during the Hoenn Celebration Event, let's take a look at Spinda's lore. Spinda official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

Credit: Niantic Cresselia As a Defense-heavy Pokémon, Cresselia is going to take more trainers than one may expect to take it down However, this tanky Pokémon is a sweetheart once you get to the catch screen This species has less in common with Kyurem than most, as it has a big ol' catch circle and is easily[...]

Credit: Niantic Mareep Incense Day will run Community Day style in its hours, lasting from 11 AM through 5 PM local time in Pokémon GO today, January 24th, 2021 The full details include: During this event, Incense will attract more Mareep, and you could even encounter a Shiny Mareep if you're lucky! Evolve Flaaffy (the evolved form of[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in this Pokémon GO Event The Raids: For the first time in a long time, the entire raid rotation was terrific We had the ideal bosses of Kyogre and Groudon, the addition of Ampharos to Mega Raids, and Spinda as a spicy, albeit rare, Tier Three raid boss[...]

Credit: Niantic Joltik, Galvantula: Joltik looks like when you run a highlighter over ink that's still a little wet and, after that, the highlighter color is never really the same again Galvantula, quite the useful little hitter in PVP, is the better Shiny of this line by a hair (yuck) with its light purple elements replaced[...]

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 its current feature in the Hoenn Celebration event, let's take a look at Taillow's lore. Taillow official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 276, Taillow[...]

Currently, after Niantic didn't offer this move during their normal December Recap Community Day in 2020, Meteor Mash is finally available during the current Hoenn Celebration Event in Pokémon GO. Metagross in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Don't miss your chance to get a Meteor Mash Metagross If you can evolve a Beldum or Metang all the way[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's January Community Day include: Extended time! Originally announced to run on January 23rd from 12:01 AM through 11:59 PM, it will now continue through January 24th at 12:00 PM This continues alterations made to this week's Harry Potter: Wizards Unite gameplay that saw Niantic abruptly cut the length of[...]

There was something missing from Niantic's annual December Recap Community Day in Pokémon GO last month Something major One of the aspects that trainers look forward to most is the chance to give all previous Community Day Pokémon their exclusive moves during this two-day event Historically, Niantic has made these moves available during those days[...]

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 tonight's Raid Hour, let's take a deep dive, no pun intended, into Kyogre's lore. Kyogre in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Dex entry number 382, Kyogre is a[...]

Credit: Niantic Scraggy, Scrafty: This is an interesting line Shiny Scraggy looks almost identical to its standard form, while Scrafty's color palette totally changes, pulling what I call a "Terrakion." Pulling a Terrakion means when a Shiny seems as if its color palette is chosen by throwing three darts at a color wheel and boom… you've got[...]

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 tonight's Raid Hour, let's take a dig deep into Groudon's lore. Groudon in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Dex entry number 382, Groudon is a pure Ground-type species[...]

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 the debut of Ampharos in Mega Raids, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Ampharos official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

Niantic announced this week that they're adding one PokéCoin bundles back into the game. Pokémon GO logo Credit: Niantic Niantic has re-introduced many of the bonuses that were made live in Pokémon GO when the world at large began to go into quarantine in March of 2020 Now, back in the game for an extended period of time[...]

Credit: Niantic For those that didn't know about Mega Raids unlocking Shiny forms in encounters outside of Mega Raids, it is, indeed, true The evolved species that can now be encountered in their Shiny forms in the wild thanks to Mega Raids include: Abomasnow Ampharos Blastoise Charizard Gengar Houndoom Venusaur Now, while these encounters outside of Mega Raids in Pokémon GO are indeed rare, they[...]

Credit: Niantic Also during this Mareep Incense Day, evolving Mareep (or a Flaafy) up to the final stage of Ampharos will give Ampharos the Community Day exclusive Charged Attack of Dragon Pulse This is going to be especially useful now because of the release of Mega Ampharos as a dual Electric/Dragon-type, which will now give Mega[...]

Credit: Niantic The compete Hoenn Celebration Event raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Aron – Shiny capable, full odds Bagon – Shiny capable, full odds Mudkip – Shiny capable, full odds Ralts – Shiny capable, full odds Torchic – Shiny capable, full odds Treecko – Shiny capable, full odds I have to be honest here[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced on the official Pokémon GO blog: Entei will be appearing in five-star raids from Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time Raikou will be appearing in five-star raids from Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 10:00 a.m to Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 10:00 a.m[...]

Kyogre and Groudon are highly desired Legendaries that Niantic is featuring very sparingly, with only a single day feature throughout the entirety of 2020 With this week-only feature and no indication of when these Hoenn favorites will return, raid hour may indeed be your best shot at getting a Shiny Groudon or Kyogre in Pokémon GO[...]

Niantic has announced the next Pokémon GO event, continuing the current series of region-specific celebrations counting down to the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto The Johto Celebration Event will introduce a new Shiny, spotlight Generation Two species in the wild and raids, and offer more features. Johto Celebration image in Pokémon GO[...]

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 tonight's Shroomish Spotlight Hour, let's take a look at this Pokémon's lore. Shroomish official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 285, Shroomish is a pure[...]

Niantic did announce Mega Ampharos to Chinese-langauge players but, outside of that, it was a bit of a surprise drop Let's take a look at the top counters to help trainers take down this super-powered Ampharos which takes on a dual Electric/Dragon-type It can be encountered in its Shiny form at the encounter screen, so[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Hoenn Celebration Event Timed Research are: Catch two Kyogre: 10 Kyogre Candies Catch two Groudon: 10 Groudon Candies Catch 30 Pokémon: 30 Poké Balls Rewards: Rayquaza, 3000 XP, 1 Silver Pinap Berry Rayquaza is a Shiny-capable Legendary Pokémon, so some lucky trainers may even encounter that sparkling black serpent as their event[...]

As the Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 1 ends in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic isn't giving us wizards and witches attempting to push back on the Calamity a breather The game is launching directly into the January 2021 Adversaries Event, which continues the month's Goblet of Fire theme that began with Triwizarding Secrets This Adversaries Event,[...]

Shroomish Spotlight Hour is tonight in Pokémon GO! Can this Pokémon be Shiny? What's the bonus? Find out everything you need to know here!

Credit: Niantic The Hoenn Celebration Event in Pokémon GO will include… NO NEW SHINY RELEASE! Womp womp. It will, though, include,… Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Taillow, Loudred, Nosepass, Aron, Meditite, Roselia, Carvanha, Numel, Baltoy, and more will be appearing more frequently in the wild If you're lucky, you might encounter a Shiny Aron! Just a heads up here, sometimes when Pokémon GO specifically[...]

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 Aron's upcoming feature in tomorrow's Hoenn Celebration, let's take a look at this species' lore. Aron official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 304,[...]

Credit: Niantic What Worked in This Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event The Special Assignment: Overall, this aspect is what Niantic struggles to balance most in Wizards Unite events, but they did a great job here Not too simple while also not prohibitive, this was a challenging but fun set of tasks. The focus: The Triwizarding Tournament, one of the[...]

Credit: Niantic Kyogre and Groudon will appear in raids for a full week, running from tomorrow, Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 10 AM until Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 at 10 AM This will be during the Hoenn Celebration event, which will also feature Spinda in raids for the first time, so be prepared for what is[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Kyogre Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Kyogre counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Shadow Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Zapdos (Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt) Mega Ampharos (Volt Switch, Zap Cannon)* Shadow Mewtwo (Confusion,[...]