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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 tonight's Lillipup Spotlight Hour, let's dive into this Very Good Boy's lore. Lillipup official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 506, Lillipup is a[...]

Credit: Niantic The Details From 6 PM through 7 PM tonight, January 5th, 2021, Lillipup will be boosted in the wild for Spotlight Hour The best bet for those trying to maximize on the amount of Lillipups caught during the hour is to go to one of two places First, a central area dense with Pokéstops is[...]

The road to Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto begins! Niantic will spotlight the various generations of Pokémon that have been released in the game so far, with this week's event focusing on Generation Five's Unova region You can catch all of the details, including the event's Shiny release, here. Unova species 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 the New Year's Event currently running in Pokémon GO where Wobbuffet is wearing a party hat, let's delve into this species' lore. Wobbuffet official artwork[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Mega Blastoise Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Mega Blastoise counters as such: Shadow Raikou (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow Magnezone (Spark, Wild Charge) Shadow c Shadow Ellectivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Mega Venusaur (Vine Whip, Frenzy Plant) Zekrom (Charge Beam, Wild Charge) Shadow Mewtwo (Psycho Cut, Thunderbolt) Electivire (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge) Shadow[...]

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 New Year's Event currently running in Pokémon GO where Raticate is wearing a party hat, let's delve into this species' lore. Raticate official artwork[...]

Credit: Niantic Latias & Latios These two Pokémon are identical in the challenges they pose in Pokémon GO, so let's assess them together Also, note that Rayquaza is not included in this post Before you come for my head, yes, it is a Dragon and yes it is from the Hoenn region — but it's also a member of[...]

Mega Gengar and Charizard X are out and Mega Charizard Y returns to raids in Pokémon GO. Defeat this Mega Pokémon with this counters guide.

These screens started out beautiful and have gotten better and better over the years, helping Niantic set the tone for events, holidays, and entire seasons with artwork featuring Pokémon and everyman/everywoman trainers in various settings Yesterday, as the clock struck 12 and brought in the new year, the loading screen was updated with a new[...]

Niantic's mobile game has become one of the most popular apps in the world, so I know I'm not alone here In fact, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has also confessed to a Pokémon GO addiction with a tweet showcasing his new avatar outfit Take a look at that drip. Rian Johnson and his Pokémon GO[...]

Amid complaints about the stale egg pools in Pokémon GO, Niantic made a major change to 7KM Gift Eggs, which had previously been home to Alolan and Baby Pokémon Starting in February 2020, Niantic seemed to respond to the egg complaints with a move that can only be interpreted as a malicious "Oh word?" In one[...]

Credit: Niantic A bit of backstory first Generally, in order to ensure that Niantic has properly turned on the Shiny capabilities of a Pokémon, trainers will take to social media to verify an encounter The most popular platform for this verification if the Silph Road Reddit As the current New Year's Event kicked off in Pokémon[...]

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 Party Hat Wurmple's current hilarious return in Pokémon GO, let's get to know Wumple a bit better. Official Wurmple art[...]

Did this final event do Niantic's year of incredible change justice? Let's break it down in this review, which will examine what worked and what didn't about 2020's final Pokémon GO event. Holiday 2020 Event promo image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked for this Pokémon GO Event The costumes: Love them or hate them, Costumed Pokémon are[...]

Could there be a new rarest Shiny in Pokémon GO? It seems that Niantic has pulled off a sneaky, unannounced release of one of the most exclusive encounters in the entire game: Pikachu Libre. Regular and Shiny Pikachu Libre in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Leading up to the new year, reports began to trickle in on social media of Pokémon[...]

Don't miss your chance to get a guaranteed Shiny Celebi in Pokémon GO! Niantic has announced the final date that trainers will be allowed to begin the "Distracted By Something Shiny" Special Research in Pokémon GO. Here are the details. Shiny Celebi Research in Pokémon GO[...]

Credit: Niantic The full New Year's Event raid rotation in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One 2020 Glasses Slowpoke – Shiny capable, very likely to be the standard wild spawn odds of what is now understood to be about one in 500 encounters Espurr Klink – Shiny capable, boosted odds Party Hat Wobbuffet – Shiny capable, 2021 odds are unknown but it was[...]

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 Holiday 2020 event, which is wrapping up tonight in Pokémon GO, let's take a look at the lore of this especially strange Pokémon: Cryogonal. Official[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, which calculates the GO Battle League meta in Pokémon GO based on the species stats, levels, and movesets, lists the top choices for Master League Premier Cup in Season Six as: Metagross: Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash, Earthquake Garchomp: Mud Shot, Sand Tomb, Outrage Dragonite: Dragon Breath, Dragon Claw, Hurricane Shadow Gyarados: Dragon Breath, Aqua Tail, Crunch Shadow Snorlax:[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Ho-Oh Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Ho-Oh counters as such: Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Shadow Aerodactyl (Rock Throw, Rock Slide) Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Rhyperior (Smack Down, Rock Wrecker) Terrakion (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Omastar (Rock Throw, Rock Slide) Landorus (Rock Throw, Rock[...]

Credit: Niantic The New Year's 2021 event in Pokémon GO will feature the following Costumed Pokémon: Slowpoke, slow on the come up as ever, will be wearing 2020 glasses It can be evolved into a Slowbro wearing 2021 glasses and will likely, as seen in a datamine, be available in its Shiny form[...]

Ice makes sense to be sure, but the rest? Not really sure what the thoughts are there and Niantic didn't give any information about this and definitely didn't promote it In any case, here is a breakdown of the current top meta of the GO Battle League for the first leg of Season Six. Pokémon GO[...]

This year of uncertainty brought major changes to the game, which saw Niantic continue with planned drops such as Buddy Adventure, GO Battle League, and GO Beyond while also adjusting to the global situation with Remote Raids, Remote Raid Invites, and more While there were some stumbles along the way, I believe that, if Niantic[...]

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 Holiday 2020 event in Pokémon GO, let's take a look at Stantler's lore. Stantler official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 234, Stantler[...]

Tonight, probably not one single Pokémon GO player will play Raid Hour because, after a year of dynamic raid rotations lasting between one and three weeks, Niantic decided to end their year of incredible change in this game with an inexplicable five weeks of Kyurem The final Kyurem Raid Hour and, hopefully, the final pre-Shiny and[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, which calculates the GO Battle League meta in Pokémon GO based on the species stats, levels, and movesets, lists the top choices for Ultra League in Season Six as: Groudon: Mudshot, Earthquake, Fire Punch Melmetal: Thunder Shock, Superpower, Rock Slide Dialga: Dragon Breath, Iron Head, Draco Meteor Origin Forme Giratina: Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball, Ominous Wind Shadow Snorlax:[...]

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 Snover Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Snover official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 459, Snover is[...]

Credit: Niantic Snover Spotlight Hour will run in Pokémon GO from 6 PM – 7 PM local time tonight, Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 Snover was released in its Shiny form in late 2019 and will be available tonight Gender dex collectors, be sure to keep an eye out because Snover's male and female forms have a noticeable[...]

Let's take a look at why some trainers are confused about this and then pose possible ways that Niantic may handle this release. Shiny Ditto in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Currently, Ditto is caught by catching species in which Ditto is posing as on the map For example, a Hoothoot you've just caught may surprise you by[...]

If you look at any tweet from Niantic under the official @PokemonGOApp account, you'll see the replies filled with rage flung their way, complaints of a non-constructive nature, replies to that complaints from people who angrily disagree with the original complaint, accusations ranging from money-grubbing to laziness to spreading COVID It's… a lot However, there[...]