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Niantic has debuted the first wave of Kalos region Pokémon in-game today along with a Kalos-themed event Here is everything trainers need to know in order to maximize on this event and catch all of the Kalos Pokémon currently available. Kalos region promotional image in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic Starting today at 10 AM local time and[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and research for the Kalos Launch Event Timed Research in Pokémon GO are: Page One of Six Transfer 5 Pokémon: 10 Pokéballs Catch a Fletchling: 600 XP Give your buddy 3 treats: 600 Stardust REWARD: 15 Mega Charizard Energy, 500 Stardust, 800 XP Page Two of Six Power up Pokémon 5 times: 10 Pokéballs Catch a Litleo: 5 Hyper Potions Use[...]

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 Seel Spotlight Hour, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Seel official art Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 086, Seel is[...]

Credit: Niantic The Legacy 40 Timed Research in Pokémon GO includes: Page One of Four Power up a Pokémon 10 times: 1000 Stardust Catch 15 Pokémon: 3 Star Pieces Make 5 Nice Throws: 1000 XP REWARDS:  1000 XP, 1000 Stardust, Rufflet encounter Page Two of Four Catch 15 different species of Pokémon: 1000 Stardust Transfer 10 Pokémon: Unova Stone Use 15 Pinap Berries to help catch[...]

Credit: Niantic The details for the Season of Celebration spawns (so far) include: Northern Hemisphere Spawns: Deerling (debut of Winter forme), Alolan Sandshrew, Alolan Vulpix, Seel, Lapras, Teddiursa, Cryogonal, and more. Southern Hemisphere: Deerling (debut of Summer forme), Darumaka, Burmy, Growlithe, Shuckle, Electrike, Drifloon, Drilbur, and more. Both Hemispheres: Increased spawns of evolved Pokémon Well, that's an interesting bit[...]

Those "mysterious raid eggs" that Niantic was teasing all weekend have hatched, yielding the very first Kalos species introduced in Pokémon GO… Espurr Here's everything you need to know about Espurr and why this adorable, blank-eyed Psychic-type Pokémon is worth the hype. Espurr in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic & Pokémon Company International Espurr is a pure Psychic-type Pokémon[...]

Credit: Niantic Tonight, from 6 PM – 7 PM local time in Pokémon GO, a legion of Seel will flood the game Almost every spawn point in-game will yield a Seel, allowing savvy trainers to either catch or Shiny check hundreds of Seel in a single hour Now, to answer the most-asked question: yes, Seel is available in[...]

Niantic has announced their full slate of December 2020 events for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite They will soon kick off their first of two Holiday-themed Brilliant Events, but that is just the beginning There will also be a Community Day and a special week-long (and then some) Holiday Event. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite upcoming events[...]

Niantic has released the details for December 2020 Community Day in Pokémon GO As expected, this will be a two-day event recapping previously Community Days… with a catch Here's what's going on and what you need to know. Pokémon GO Community Day graphic Credit: Niantic Niantic took to their Pokémon GO blog to announce: December Community Day: As we[...]

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 tomorrow's release of Mega Abomasnow raids, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Mega Abomasnow official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 460,[...]

The level cap has been raised to 50 in Pokémon GO, with Niantic introducing Levels 41 – 50 in-game this afternoon Here's everything trainers need to know about Level 41 and how to get there. Level 41 Requirements in Pokémon GO Credit: Niantic When you click on your profile page, you will now see that a Research icon[...]

Mega Charizard Y, Blastoise, Houndoom, and Pidgeot are out. Mega Abomasnow is in. With this Raid Guide, earn Mega Energy in Pokémon GO.

Credit: Niantic Top Kyurem Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Kyurem counters as such: Shadow Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Metagross (Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash) Lucario (Counter, Aura Sphere) Shadow Machamp (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Conkeldurr (Counter, Dynamic Punch) Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Shadow Gardevoir (Charm, Dazzling Gleam) Dialga (Dragon Breath, Draco Meteor) Rhyperior (Smack Down,[...]

Credit: Niantic The first hint wasn't a hint at all, but major information about what this Raid Egg may be It was announced alongside of the full Kalos region announcement on their Pokémon GO blog They wrote, after revealing that Pokémon from Kalos would begin appearing on Wednesday, December 2nd: There seems to be a mysterious Pokémon preparing[...]

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 Psyduck's current feature in the Lake Legends event, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Psyduck official art Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number[...]

The Lake Legends event is wrapping up in Pokémon GO tomorrow as Niantic prepares for the biggest launch since the start of the game: Pokémon GO Beyond, their first branded update, which will add Season, Generation Six, and Levels 41 – 50 to the game Before all of that kicks off, though, let's take a look back[...]

Credit: Niantic Articuno Now, Articuno does something in Pokémon GO that could normally tip the Kyurem scale It travels around the screen However, its travels are up and down exclusively, and it doesn't go as oddly, unreachable high as, for instance, a Lugia Articuno, at its distance and considering its behavior, is toward the low end of the[...]

Now, it's understandable that Niantic has somewhat slowed down in the release of certain species and Shinies They want to prolong Pokémon GO, making it a "forever franchise." Now, with Limited Research Days, they've increased the frequency but no longer release new Shinies with them Does it make these events less special for hardcore players? It[...]

Credit: Niantic First up, let's make no mistake This was the best Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Wizarding Weekend in recent memory It was, however, not without its issues. Now… Niantic was back on their B.S in some ways with the Special Assignment Personally, I think the amount of high-threat-level Foundables we were tasked with returning was a bit much,[...]

It seems Niantic has rededicated themselves to making Pokémon GO playable from home during the quarantine. Nidoran Limited Research day runs tomorrow, Saturday, November 28th from 8 AM until 10 PM in Pokémon GO Ahead of the event launching, we have the full questline including the tasks and the rewards for this new Timed Research 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 today's Nidoran Limited Research, let's take a deep dive into this female Nidoran's lore. Nidoran F official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 29,[...]

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 today's Nidoran Limited Research, let's take a deep dive into this male Nidoran's lore. Nidoran M official artwork Credit: The Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 32,[...]

Credit: Niantic First, let's break down each cup added to Pokémon GO for GO Battle League Season Five: Little Cup: 9/10 This was the most fun GO Battle League has been since its inception By limiting the CP to 500 per Pokémon, this made for challenging and, let's be honest, adorable battles[...]

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 Lake Legends event releasing Shiny Goldeen, let's take a deep dive into this Pokémon's lore. Goldeen official artwork Credit: Pokémon Company International Dex entry number 118,[...]

Credit: Niantic The full tasks and rewards for the Hogwarts for the Holidays Brilliant Event Part 1 includes: Page One of Four Collect 2 Ingredients of Portmanteaus: 2 Spell Energy Gifts Brew Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Times: 2 Powered Dragon Claw Return 12 Helga Hufflepuff Portrait: 2 Invigoration Draught REWARDS: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Restricted Section Books,[...]

Along with the announcement of their December events, Niantic announced the departure of Mega Blastoise and the arrival of mega Abomasnow in Raids for December 1st However, a new update to this post has revealed that the slate of Mega Raids is getting wiped clean in a way more major than initially imagined Here is[...]

This week, Niantic tried out something new in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Two Spotlight Events, similar to those in Niantic's other game Pokémon GO's weekly spotlight hours, debuted in-game with a Wednesday event focused on Tonic for Trace Detection and a Thursday event focused on the Knight Bus Should Niantic make these events a permanent and frequent[...]

Is Shiny Celebi coming to Pokémon GO? A new datamine finds an event tying into the upcoming animated film and a promising special research.

Credit: Niantic The datamine started with some Generation Six info, which comes after Pokémon GO began promoting upcoming Kalos-region species on their Twitter. RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_chespin TEXT: Catch a Chespin RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_fennekin TEXT: Catch a Fennekin RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_fletchling TEXT: Catch a Fletchling RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_froakie TEXT: Catch a Froakie RESOURCE ID: quest_catch_special_litleo TEXT: Catch a Litleo No big surprise here, but it looks like there will[...]

Credit: Niantic First, understanding the Catch Cup in Pokémon GO This Cup has the Great League CP limit with only Pokémon 1500 CP and under allowed in, with an added wild card: only Pokémon caught since the beginning of Season Five are eligible This means that you'll be seeing a lot of Community Day Pokémon like[...]