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In Niantic's mobile take on this whimsical world, Nincada evolves into Ninjask, and that's the end of the story Shedinja can only be captured when featured in research However, there is an interesting way that Niantic could implement this mythology-driven evolution. Photobombs are currently active in Pokémon GO. Outside of events, Smeargle will, at random, appear in GO[...]

Credit: Niantic The four-page Special Assignment for the new Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Brilliant Event will entail: Page One of Four Collect 2 ingredients or Portmanteaus: 2 Erumpent Horn Brew Tonic for Trace Detection 2 Times: Collect 10 Brilliant Poacher: 1 Powdered Dragon Claw REWARDS: 550 XP, 50 Brilliant Family XP, 2 Restricted Books, 10 Spell Energy Page Two of Four Earn 7,500 Wizarding[...]

This month is Ghost-themed due to Halloween, and will also feature, as always with Niantic's October events, Dark-type Pokémon Here is a breakdown of the new and returning tasks that can be found from spinning these stops, with information about the Pokémon encounters that can be earned through completing these tasks… including some Shiny Pokémon[...]

However, looking into the roles these Pokémon play in other games, and even the anime, can enrich the experience of raiding these creatures in Niantic's mobile game In honor of the current raid boss Moltres, let's take a deep dive into this Legendary Pokémon's lore before it leaves raids on Friday. Moltres promotional image[...]

Credit: Niantic Take Advantage of Pokémon GO XP Events The generic advice that most players will know is to play the game as much as possible, use Lucky Eggs while playing for double XP, and catch a lot of Pokémon However, if a player is working with a budget and has a limited supply of Lucky Eggs, it[...]

This week has been characterized by players hunting for proof of certain Shinies while Niantic has remained silent First, it was Shiny Houndoom from Mega Raids It seemed to be missing from the game after it was introduced this past Friday, and then, almost a day later, a sighting was confirmed Around the same time,[...]

Dedicated players of Niantic's Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game are currently in the middle of October's Wizarding Weekend, which tasks players with returning Dark Arts Foundables to complete timed Special Assignments With this event wrapping up on Monday, there will be little down time as the month's first Brilliant Event kicks off Here are all of[...]

Niantic will celebrate its fifth "birthday" with a Pokémon GO event taking place Sunday, October 4th from 11 AM to 5 PM local time The six-hour event is set to feature increased Team GO Rocket balloons and some in-game bonuses There is also a Timed Research quest, and reports have come in from earlier timezones on[...]

On Sunday, October 4th from 11 AM – 5 PM local time, the Niantic Birthday Event will celebrate the mobile developer's fifth anniversary Here's a breakdown of everything trainers can expect. Celebrate Niantic's fifth birthday in style! This new event will happen during the current Pokémon GO Fashion Week and will offer bonuses over the event rather than spawns[...]

Credit: Niantic Lead in Tier One: Burmy Trash Cloak – Shiny available, standard rate Cottonee Gothita Shinx with the top hat – Shiny available, rate for current costume raids unknown but definitely boosted above the standard rate Shinx with the top hat is the clear choice here for collectors It seemingly has a highly boosted Shiny rate, perhaps even higher than Shinx's[...]

Fresh off the controversy surrounding Mega Energy and Mega Raids, Niantic announced that they were pulling back on some of the pandemic bonuses, including Incense effectivity and Egg hatch distance This led to an uproar on social media that continues in the replies to all of their posts to this day Shortly after that, Mega[...]

Credit: Niantic Top Moltres Counters Pokebattler, which calculates all possible combinations of Pokémon and moves, lists the top 10 Moltres counters as such: Shadow Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Rhyperior (Smack Down, Rock Wrecker) Terrakion (Smack Down, Rock Slide) Shadow Omastar (Rock Throw, Rock Slide) Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon) Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge) Gigalith (Smack Down, Rock[...]

Credit: Niantic Kricketot will be featured as a wild spawn during the Fashion Week event Sometimes, new Shiny releases are gated behind raids such as Unown during this past summer's Enigma Week, in Research and extremely rare encounters as with Deino in Dragon Week, or in Gift eggs such as Smoochum with the bow in this[...]

Credit: PokeMiners The dataminers known as "PokeMiners" have found the above assets added to Pokémon GO and have created this awesome graphic breaking it all down. All of these Pokémon were announced in Niantic's official update, but this is the first time that we've seen visual confirmation that they can all be Shiny[...]

The Fashion Week Event starts tomorrow in Pokémon GO, but Niantic is already looking ahead Today, the mobile game developer announced a new Autumn-themed event that will celebrate the changing of the seasons by releasing the long-anticipated Shiny Vulpix from Kanto as well as the Unova Pokémon Deerling. Seedot features in the Pokémon GO autumn event promo[...]

Victini Special Research is now live in Pokémon GO. Here is Niantic's full set of tasks and rewards for "The Feeling of Victory" questline.

Niantic has certainly been making waves in the Pokémon GO community recently They were lauded for making the game playing during quarantine thanks to features like the buffed Incense, Remote Raiding, and Remote Raid Invites Much of that goodwill they've earned seems to have been lost in the past couple of months due to various additions[...]

Before the COVID-19 pandemic led Niantic to make temporary changes in Pokémon GO, monthly Team GO Rocket research was given to trainers on the first of every month After completing a series of tasks that included defeating Grunts and Leaders, catching and purifying Shadow Pokémon, and more, trainers would be tasked with finding, battling, and defeating[...]

Credit: Niantic Complete 10 Wizarding Challenges with 3 or more teammates: 1 Powdered Dragon Claw Defeat 25 foes in Wizarding Challenges: 6 Snowdrop Earn 2000 Dark Arts Family XP: 2 Strong Exstimulo Potion Return 25 Portrait of Voldemort: 3 Dark Arts Runestones Return 20 Percival Graves: 10 Spell Energy Return 15 Tom Riddle: 10 Spell Energy REWARDS: 200 Dark Arts Family XP,[...]

Then, Niantic said, "to hell with Generation Four, let's just do Victini." Today, after Victini's GO Fest 2020 debut for ticketed players, Special Research to acquire this Generation Five Mythical Pokémon from the Unova region has gone live for all players It can be found in the Research area in the lower right-hand corner of[...]

Articuno's rotation had a full week but, when Zapdos stormed into raids, the rotation was taken over by the game's current event at the time, the Mega Buddy Challenge, which saw Niantic feature "large Pokémon" in the raids and in the wild Now that the event is over, the final few days of September, and[...]

Credit: Niantic This current raid rotation of the Legendary Birds is special Each of these Pokémon has had their signature moves, which normally cost an Elite Fast TM or an Elite Charged TM to unlock Normally, Niantic will not give a Pokémon its move in a rotation like this that isn't part of a big event,[...]

Yesterday, Niantic announced their full slate for October 2020 events in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite The Halloween-themed month will include two Brilliant Events featuring Dark Wizards and Witches, two Community Days, and a Wizarding Weekend The Wizarding Weekend is scheduled to debut this Friday, October 2nd at 11 AM Pacific time It will run until Monday,[...]

Niantic is certainly bold to announce this so soon after the Mega Evolution controversy Earlier this year, the company made laudable changes to their games Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite to make them playable to players stuck at home in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic As restrictions have eased, Niantic has, for some time[...]

Niantic has announced the full details for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite for the month of October 2020 This Dark Arts-themed month, themed perfectly for Halloween, will feature a Wizarding Weekend, two Community Days, and Two Brilliant Events. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite promo image for October 2020 events Credit: Niantic In their announcement for the upcoming month of Harry[...]

During the Mega Battle Challenge, Niantic tasked players with completing 275 million battles with Mega Evolved Pokémon The prize? Mega Houndoom enters the Mega Raid rotation As of today, Tuesday, September 29th, 2020, Pokémon's hell hound itself blazes into the game Here's how you can take on this Mega Raid beast and potentially catch a[...]

Earlier this year, Niantic featured Meltan prominently in the fourth-anniversary poster for their hit game Pokémon GO. This meant, we speculated, that Shiny Meltan would finally return to the game This has been confirmed today in Niantic's latest announcement which gave an update on their plans to integrate their game with Pokémon HOME[...]

Credit: Niantic PVPoke, which aggregates all of the top Pokémon and best moves for each league, lists the Ultra League rankings as such: Cresselia (Psycho Cut, Future Sight, Moonblast) Giratina Altered Forme (Shadow Claw, Dragon Claw, Shadow Sneak) Registeel (Lock On, Flash Cannon, Focus Blast) Shadow Swampert (Mud Shot, Hydro Cannon, Earthquake) Armored Mewtwo (Confusion, Psystrike, Dynamic Punch) Articuno (Ice Shard, Icy[...]

During this weekly event, mobile game developer Niantic floods Pokémon trainers' games with the spotlighted spawn while offering an in-game bonus Here are all the details needed to know about this Spotlight Hour, including what the weekly bonus is and if the coveted Shiny Skitty will be available. Shiny Skitty and regular Skitty comparison over the[...]

Dragonite used to reign over Tier 4 raids, but those have been removed from Pokémon GO... making it a Tier 3 boss that can be defeated solo.