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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 Gible's current feature in raids, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Gible official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 443, Gible is[...]

Credit: Niantic Don't miss Parts One and Two of our spotlight on unreleased Unova Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO Now, let's get into Part Four. Venipede, Whirlipede, Scolipede: This line starts pretty basic and then becomes stunning Venipede itself is a darker, sort of more washed out version of its original red color palette[...]

The Sword & Shield set introduced the Pokémon V mechanic to the Pokémon TCG. Let's take a look at this new era of cards starting with Celebi.

Credit: Niantic No It's not For the first time, it isn't. Kind of. Allow me to break it down. There are essentially three options you have for this Community Day rather than the normal "to buy or not to buy." Here is each option as with our commentary: DON'T BUY THE MACHOP COMMUNITY DAY TICKET: It's just $1 USD but[...]

With Machop Community Day set to take place in Pokémon GO this weekend, Niantic is looking ahead They have announced Roselia Community Day for February 2021, which marks the first time there will be two Community Day moves in one day for one species Here are the full details. Roselia Community Day graphic[...]

Credit: Niantic The Hoenn Celebration event in Pokémon GO will run from Tuesday, January 19th, 2021, at 10AM through Sunday, January 24th, 2021, at 8 PM local time and will feature: Shiny release: Unfortunately, nothing This is the first thing many will look for in these announcements, so here we go, ripping the bandaid off[...]

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 this week's release of Shiny Buizel, let's take a deep dive into this little guy's lore. Buizel official image Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 418,[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete raid rotation for the Sinnoh Celebration event in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Buizel – Shiny capable, too early to determine a rate but likely the standard, unboosted rate that wild spawns tend to have Chimchar – Shiny capable, standard odds Gible – Shiny capable, boosted odds Piplup – Shiny capable, standard odds Shinx – Shiny capable, boosted odds Turtwig[...]

Credit: Niantic Our Heatran Raid Hour tips for Pokémon GO players include: Ground-types: These are your best bet against Heatran due to the fact that it has a double weakness to Ground-types as a dual Fire/Steel-type Exploiting this weakness is why Heatran is able to be taken down with fewer trainers[...]

Credit: Niantic Don't miss Parts One and Two of our spotlight on unreleased Unova Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO Now, let's get into Part Three. Audino: Well, this is just a nice Shiny, isn't it? The standard Audino, a rare spawn that offers extra Stardust when caught, is pink with blue eyes[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Triwizarding Secrets Brilliant Event Part 1 Special Assignment in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite includes: Page One Collect 2 Ingredients or Portmanteaus: 2 Erumpent Horn Brew Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Times: 2 Powdered Dragon Claw Return 12 Brilliant Mad-Eye Moody's Eye: 2 Invigoration Draught Bonus Rewards: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2[...]

Credit: Niantic First, here is what Egg transparency almost surely isn't We're not going to be able to acquire an Egg and get a notification that there's a Shiny Gible hiding in there Niantic is absolutely invested in the idea that Eggs offer trainers a fun surprise, even if that fun is sometimes also… you know, pretty[...]

This follows up on last week's Unova Celebration as Niantic counts down to the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto with region-specific events This Sinnoh Celebration brings with it the release of Shiny Buizel and the return of Heatran to raids Let's take a look at everything this event is bringing to Pokémon GO. Sinnoh promo image in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic Shiny Buizel can currently be encountered through all of the following in Pokémon GO: In the wild: Buizel is part of the events boosted spawns and will be popping up as a map encounter Personally, I'm going to throw on a few Incense every day while playing in order to boost my encounters[...]

Is that a chill in the air, or is it just the balloon ghost floating over your head? Niantic is bringing Halloween to January 2021 tomorrow with Drifloon Spotlight Hour Let's take a look at the details for this one-hour event, find out if Drifloon can be Shiny during the hour, and reveal the weekly[...]

Niantic has begun incorporating NPC battles into Pokémon GO with their Team GO Rocket battles in 2019 This started with Grunt battles and has since expanded to encounters with Team GO Rocket leaders, the Team GO Rocket boss Giovanni, and, most recently, the iconic Rocket duo Jessie and James made famous by their encounters with Ash[...]

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 Heatran's return to raids tomorrow, let's take a deep dive into this species' lore. Heatran official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 485, Heatran is[...]

Credit: Niantic Here's the breakdown from Niantic on what Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players can expect: The Brilliant Foundables featured during this event can be found in the following locations: Viktor Krum – Wizarding Challenges Barty Crouch Senior – Tasks Fleur Delacour – Brilliant Portkey Brilliant Goblet of Fire – Encounter Brilliant Mad-Eye Moody's Eye – Encounter The Portkeys for this event will be 1.5km[...]

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 Great League choices in Pokémon GO listed as: Azumarill powered up with XL Candy: Bubble, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump Galarian Stunfisk: Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Earthquake Azumarill: Bubble, Ice Beam,[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Heatran Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Heatran counters as such: Garchomp: Mud Shot, Earthquake Landorus: Mud Shot, Earth Power, Rhyperior: Mud-Slap, Earthquake Groudon: Mud Shot, Earthquake Shadow Swampert: Mud Shot, Earthquake Shadow Flygon: Mud Shot, Earth Power Excadrill: Mud-Slap, Drill Run Rhydon: Mud-Slap, Earthquake Golurk: Mud-Slap, Earth Power Krookodile: Mud-Slap, Earthquake It is recommended to[...]

Credit: Niantic The missing Pokémon are… Kecleon: The oldest missing species is from Generation Three, and has been such an object of mystery among the fanbase that its absence has become somewhat of a meme This Hoenn-based, Normal-type species is the only Generation Three Pokémon that has not yet appeared in-game, which is funny considering that it[...]

We will likely see Kyogre and Groudon in a Mega Raid equivalent where we will earn Mega Energy or a Primal equivalent in order to facilitate a temporary transformation. The Giratina: Or, Niantic will treat these Pokémon like they did the Altered Forme and Origin Forme Giratina While I think this is much less likely due to[...]

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 current Unova Celebration Event in Pokémon GO, let's take a deep dive into Roggenrola's lore. Roggenrola official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

Credit: Niantic Kyogre While it is a huge Pokémon, Kyogre's circle is a bit smaller than you'd expect because of how far away it is from the screen What makes Kyogre's a-hole points shoot up on the Kyurem Scale, however, is the way it slides back and forth on the screen There's no feeling like circle locking[...]

Credit: Niantic Don't miss Part One of our spotlight on unreleased Unova Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO, where we showcased the starters Now, let's get into Part Two. Purrloin: As one of my favorite Pokémon full stop, I do wish that Purrloin had a sightly stronger Shiny This one feels like it has a filter on it[...]

Credit: Niantic Deoxys Deoxys has multiple Formes (that's how the Pokémon universe spells "Forms," and how Niantic spells "A Way To Cash In On Multiple Raid Rotations") and each one feels pretty much the same in how they're caught They don't go down as easy as some other raid bosses in Pokémon GO, and trying to Pinap[...]

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 Snivy's Shiny release during the current Unova Celebration 2021 event, let's take a look at this species' lore. Snivy official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex[...]

This seems to be the structure Niantic plans to use for the next series of events leading up to the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto, so let's take a look at what worked and what didn't work. Unova Celebration promo image for Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked For This Pokémon GO Event The spawns[...]

Find out right here if your timezone will be impacted by this event, which has quite a few nice bonuses from Niantic. Regular and Shiny Snover comparison in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the make-up event for Snover Spotlight Hour in Pokémon GO on the game's official blog: UPDATE 01/07/2021: Due to an issue that occurred during Snover[...]

The stats are not yet known for this new Mega Pokémon, nor the amount of Mega Energy that will be needed to unlock this new, super-powered form. This Chinese-language announcement follows through on something that Niantic's official January 2021 blog post alluded to: On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, a certain Mega-Evolved Pokémon will make its Pokémon GO[...]