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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 Now, after a week of ranking, here are the full results Click on each topic to see the full breakdown of why these[...]

Credit: Niantic The complete announcement of January 2021 in Pokémon GO, along with our commentary about how Bleeding Cool readers can prepare, is as follows. Ho-Oh will be appearing in raids from Friday, January 1, 2021, at 1:00 p.m PST (GMT −8) to Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at 10:00 a.m local time If you're lucky, you might[...]

As the game's narrative ramps up with intriguing twists, did Niantic end a year of compelling Brilliant Events with another strong entry? Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's Hogwarts for the Holidays Part 2 image Credit: Niantic What Worked in this Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Event The Special Assignment: With one exception that you'll note below, the Special Assignments were[...]

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, let's take a look at Delibird's lore. Delibird official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 225, Delibird is a dual[...]

It looks like Niantic is switching things up in Pokémon GO In early January 2021 as part of the Unova Week event, Shiny Snivy will be released This is significant because Snivy will be the first starter Pokémon to ever, in the history of the game, receive its Shiny release outside of a Community Day[...]

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 overall Pokémon of the year Let's go! Animation still Credit: Original Pokémon Animated Series 5[...]

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 Pokémon releases of 2020 Let's go! Galarian Mr Mime 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 Pokémon releases of 2020 Let's go! Kalos promo 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 the Holiday 2020 event, let's take a look at Spheal's lore. Official Spheal artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 363, Sphea is a dual[...]

Credit: Niantic First of all, this applies to all three of these Legendary Titans in Pokémon GO Normally, a Pokémon will have their catch circle situated over their face Sometimes, their chest Oddly, and a little bit questionably if you ask me, all three Regis have their catch circles places over a spot that'd have to[...]

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 raid bosses of 2020 Let's go! Genesect in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic 5 Reshiram & Zekrom It has been[...]

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 Snorunt's current feature in the Holiday 2020 event, let's take a look into this shivering species' lore. Snorunt official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the full details of this event on the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite forum: From Tuesday, December 29 at 11 a.m PT–Thursday, January 7 at 11 a.m PT, keep an eye out for the following: 12 Special Assignments revolving around the 12 Days of Christmas, with rewards including Potions, Gifts, Spell Books, and DADA Books. Increased sightings[...]

Credit: Niantic Niantic announced the full details of this Special Winter Weekend on their official Pokémon GO blog: Features Regice returns to raids! Did you miss out on catching a Regice the last time it was appearing in raids? This is your chance to catch the Iceberg Pokémon! Event-exclusive AR Mapping task rewards: Complete AR Mapping tasks to earn Incense[...]

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[...]