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Did this event appease those who have been upset (vocally) on social media about the rarity of these encounters, or will Niantic have to prepare for trouble and make it double? Jessie and James in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked For This Pokémon GO Event Jessie and James themselves! After playing this full event and making sure I was[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking about the best events of 2020 Let's go! GO Fest 2020 promo image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5[...]

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 Vanillite for the very first time in Pokémon GO, let's take a look at this sentient ice cream cone's lore. Vanillite official artwork[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Regice Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Regice counters as such: Mega Charizard Y (Fire Spin, Blast Burn) Shadow Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Shadow Moltres (Fire Spin, Overheat) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Entei (Fire Fang, Overheat) Reshiram (Fire Fang, Overheat) Mega Charizard X (Fire Spin, Blast Burn)* Shadow Charizard (Fire[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the full details of this Christmas Day attack in Pokémon GO on their official blog: Jessie and James's Meowth balloon will be appearing more frequently on December 25! Date + Time Friday, December 25, 2020, from 8:00 a.m to 10:00 p.m local time Features Jessie and James's Meowth balloon will be appearing more frequently! Be sure[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking about the worst raid bosses of 2020 Let's go! Darkrai in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5 Forces of Nature trio Personally, I[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking about the worst events of 2020 Let's go! Dragon Week in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5 Dragon Week Dragon Week had the[...]

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 Jynx's current feature in raids during the Holiday 2020 event, let's take a look at this Pokémon's lore. Jynx in Pokémon GO[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking about the best new features of 2020 Let's go! Remote Raid Pass in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5[...]

Credit: Niantic On the official Pokémon GO blog, Niantic posted: Mega Charizard Y, Mega Blastoise, and Mega Abomasnow will be appearing in Mega Raids, with Mega Charizard Y becoming even more powerful from Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at 10:00 a.m through Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:00am local time Mega Blastoise is also a prime pick to use[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic debuted the full details of the upcoming Unova Celebration on the official Pokémon GO blog The event will run from Tuesday, January 5th, 2021, at 10 AM through Sunday, January 10th, 2021, at 8 PM local time It will feature: Shiny release: Shivy Wild spawns: Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Lillipup, Herdier, Blitzle, Roggenrola, Drilbur, Scraggy, Tympole, Venipede,[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking about the worst new features of 2020 Let's go! Mega Evolution promo image in Pokémon GO[...]

After an excruciatingly long month of Kyurem raids in Pokémon GO, Niantic is bringing some spice to Legendary Raids this January with a series of… take a deep breath… week-long raid bosses. That is what we call a comeback Let's dive into the details. Kyogre in Pokémon GO[...]

The 2020 Slowpoke and 2021 Slowbro that we told you about last week are set to arrive in Pokémon GO! Let's take a look at Niantic's New Year's event which will see the debut and return of certain costume Pokémon. New Year Event promo image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic From Thursday, December 31st, 2020, at 10[...]

For those hoping for the return of Legendary Pokémon in the weekly Research Breakthrough in Pokémon GO with the start of 2021, it seems that Niantic has different plans indeed In their announcement for the upcoming January events for Pokémon GO, they've named Chansey as the Breakthrough reward while also spelling out the details for the month's Spotlight Hours[...]

Credit: Niantic The full raid rotation for the Holiday 2020 Event in Pokémon GO includes: Tier One Alolan Sandshrew- Shiny capable, boosted rate Cubchoo with the bow – Shiny capable, rate unknown but likely the standard wild spawn rate Espurr Klink – Shiny capable, boosted rate Sneasel – Shiny capable, boosted rate Swinub – Shiny capable, standard rate Vanillite Notably, Sneasel doesn't seem to be spawning[...]

Credit: Niantic Kyurem Raid Hour is tonight, Wednesday, December 23rd from 6 PM through 7 PM During the hour, most gyms will be taken over by Tier Five raids which will all hatch the Ice/Dragon-type Pokémon This is happening while a very special bonus is active in Pokémon GO: double raid XP. Here are all of the bonuses that[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking about the best Shiny releases of 2020 Let's go! Shinies in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5 Wooper With the release of Shiny[...]

For those wondering whatever happened to the unreleased Unova species that Niantic had seemed to move on from when they kicked off the first wave of Generation Six, an answer comes with today's Holiday 2020 event in the form of an ice cream cone Vanillite debuts in Pokémon GO today, December 22nd, at 8 AM[...]

Credit: Niantic The Holiday 2020 Event will run in Pokémon GO from Tuesday, December 22nd at 8 AM local time through Thursday, December 31st at 10 PM local time Here's what players can expect: NEW SHINY: Well, kind of Jynx will now be Shiny-capable through encounters Previously, one needed to hatch and evolve a Shiny Smoochum to obtain[...]

In quite the bold move, Niantic debuted a new mechanic and a new event to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite all in one week Adversaries adds a new kind of encounter to the game, which will task wizards and witches with battling a chain of foes that will lead to a boss battle Adversaries Events, which will[...]

Credit: Niantic The newly Shiny-capable Pokémon in Pokémon GO are: Jynx: Now, Jynx isn't entirely new as a Shiny Pokémon Previously, if you hatched a Shiny Smoochum, you'd be able to obtain Shiny Jynx by evolving it Now, however, Jynx itself is encounterable in its Shiny form However, it may not be very easy to obtain or even[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, Snorunt will indeed be available in its Shiny form, and has been for some time in Pokémon GO Shiny Snorunt is one of the best in the game, with its normal tan swapping out for an icy blue that works beautifully with its shivering animation Our major tip here is that parking[...]

Now, let's take a look back at what has been a defining year for Niantic's worldwide mega-hit game and determine the Best and Worst of 2020 in every aspect of Pokémon GO This time… we're talking the worst Shiny releases of 2020 Let's go! Shinies in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5 Ferroseed Overall, Ferroseed's Shiny release wasn't so much[...]

Credit: Niantic Dialga & Palkia: Both of these have been a long time coming in Pokémon GO and their lack of release after such a long time in the game has created massive hype… which means these shouldn't be expected until Summer 2021, because Niantic knows they'll be a major draw While these two are likely a[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event Part 2 Special Assignment in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite includes: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients of Portmanteaus: 2 Gifts Use Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Times: 2 Re'em Blood Return 12 Rowena Ravenclaw Portrait: 2 Strong Exstimulo Potions Rewards: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family[...]

Let's take a look at this unusual event and see if we think this is something Niantic should do again. Explorer Pikachu promo in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked for this Pokémon GO Event Explorer Pikachu itself Now, this is a hotly debated topic in the Pokémon GO community… or so it seems[...]

Credit: Niantic The full details for Machop Community Day in Pokémon GO, which will take place on Saturday, January 16th, 2021 from 11 AM to 5 PM local time, include: Shiny Machop will be available, of course, as it has been released in its Shiny form for a very long time When evolved to the final stage of[...]

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 46 Here are the following tasks needed to get to Level 46 and a breakdown of how[...]

Mime Event, called by some the "Chill Tunes" event due to the interesting wording in Niantic's initial blog post, is wrapping up in Pokémon GO Let's take a look back at this rather controversial event and examine what worked and what didn't. Galarian Mr Mime promo in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic What Worked for this Pokémon GO Event Incense![...]