See our Gen 2 Pokemon GO 1st-wave list and release date timing

By Chris Burns/Feb. 16, 2017 11:04 am EST

Our analysis of the clues presented in the code for Pokemon GO's latest update are in, and it's time to see what's coming! Niantic suggested this week that they'd be releasing "more than 80" new Pokemon to the game soon – but there are 100 new Pokemon in the entirety of "Gen 2" – AKA Pokemon Silver and Gold. As such, we've combed through the clues and have spun up a list of Pokemon that'll most likely be released with the first wave.

It's been suggested to us by our anonymous source with information on the subject that the first 80 release could come as early as this weekend. If by some miracle Niantic finds itself prepared to release the lot before then, they'll consider it. On the other hand, if something goes wrong between now and then with implementing the berries and other accessory additions to the game, we could be waiting longer.

That said, it does appear that all the new berries and the original Razz Berry are in the code looking rather similar to one-another at this point. If users don't see new berries today, they'll certainly see them soon. Have a peek at our APK teardown of Pokemon GO 0.57 to see more on the specifics of these berries.

Next we're having a run-down look at all the Pokemon that'll be released in Gen 2, eventually. That list begins at Pokedex entry 152, Chokorita, and runs through 251, Celebi. Much like the original list of 151, not all Pokemon will be released at one time. The Pokemon we've marked in the list below are amongst those most likely to be absent from this first wave.

152 CHIKORITA

153 BAYLEEF

154 MEGANIUM

155 CYNDAQUIL

156 QUILAVA

157 TYPHLOSION

158 TOTODILE

159 CROCONAW

160 FERALIGATR

161 SENTRET

162 FURRET

163 HOOTHOOT

164 NOCTOWL

165 LEDYBA

166 LEDIAN

167 SPINARAK

168 ARIADOS

169 CROBAT

170 CHINCHOU

171 LANTURN

172 PICHU

173 CLEFFA

174 IGGLYBUFF

175 TOGEPI

176 TOGETIC

177 NATU

178 XATU

179 MAREEP

180 FLAAFFY

181 AMPHAROS

182 BELLOSSOM

183 MARILL

184 AZUMARILL

* 185 SUDOWOODO

186 POLITOED

187 HOPPIP

188 SKIPLOOM

189 JUMPLUFF

190 AIPOM

* 191 SUNKERN* 192 SUNFLORA* 193 YANMA

194 WOOPER

195 QUAGSIRE

196 ESPEON

197 UMBREON

198 MURKROW

199 SLOWKING

200 MISDREAVUS

* 201 UNOWN

202 WOBBUFFET

203 GIRAFARIG

204 PINECO

205 FORRETRESS

206 DUNSPARCE

207 GLIGAR

208 STEELIX

209 SNUBBULL

210 GRANBULL

211 QWILFISH

212 SCIZOR

213 SHUCKLE

214 HERACROSS

215 SNEASEL

* 216 TEDDIURSA* 217 URSARING

218 SLUGMA

219 MAGCARGO

220 SWINUB

221 PILOSWINE

222 CORSOLA

223 REMORAID

224 OCTILLERY

* 225 DELIBIRD

226 MANTINE

227 SKARMORY

228 HOUNDOUR

229 HOUNDOOM

230 KINGDRA

231 PHANPY

232 DONPHAN

233 PORYGON2

* 234 STANTLER

235 SMEARGLE

236 TYROGUE

237 HITMONTOP

238 SMOOCHUM

239 ELEKID

240 MAGBY

* 241 MILTANK

242 BLISSEY

* 243 RAIKOU* 244 ENTEI* 245 SUICUNE

246 LARVITAR

247 PUPITAR

248 TYRANITAR

* 249 LUGIA* 250 HO_OH* 251 CELEBI

Each of the Pokemon marked with a star above is likely to be separate from the first wave for its own reason. Below we have a list of Pokemon that already is or will likely soon be part of the not-yet-released crowd. Each Pokemon on this list has a reason for its entry, starting with Legendary and Mythic rarities.

• Articuno – Legendary

• Zapados – Legendary

• Moltres – Legendary

• Mewtwo – Legendary

• Mew – Mythic

• Raiko – Legendary

• Entei – Legendary

• Suicune – Legendary

• Lugia – Legendary

• Ho-oh – Legendary

• Celebi – Mythic

We also have a couple of oddities here that are so very different from their compatriots that we feel they'll deserve their own event. Ditto had an event-level-release, so Miltank should too. Unown is the first of the "Symbol" type of Pokemon and is generally set aside from the rest of the pack.

• Unown – extremely odd

• Miltank – powers of Ditto, looks like a cow, very strange

There's a big opportunity for a Spring event – possibly around Easter – that might include the following Pokemon. Here we're thinking about plant types, a tree, a bear... If there were any other Pokemon that looked like normal animals that generally hibernated or went dormant during the winter, we'd add them here too.

• Yanma – plant, suitable for Spring event

• Sunkern – plant, "

• Sunflora – plant, "

• Sudowoodo – tree, "

• Teddiursa – bear, "

• Ursaring – bear, "

Finally there's Delibird and Stantler, both of which seem custom fit for the next Winter Break event. Our source suggested that Delibird was – at some point – considered for a Christmas 2016 release, but never made it past the cutting floor, so to speak. Probably for the best.

• Stantler – Holiday 2017

• Delibird – Holiday 2017

For more information on the Pokemon GO update that's begun rolling out this week, head to our first news release in "more than 80 new Pokemon incoming". Stick around as we continue to analyze and bring the details to the users before they're official!