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Pokemon GO Halloween will be in full effect later this week, so it's time now to prepare! First we've got to get our heads wrapped around the details. The most important part of this event will be the appearance of Darkrai in tier five raids, if you're looking for the most powerful Pokemon available in the month of October. If you're looking for Halloween-themed Pokemon that might never appear in the game again after this event, you'll want to watch the streets!

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Today we're getting in to the Halloween spirit with Pokemon GO in the 2019 edition of Niantic's big October event. This event will be stacked with Ghost Pokemon and Dark Pokemon aplenty, and there'll be bonuses and candy galore - what better way to get Halloween started off right? This all begins on October 17, 2019 - so get your walking boots ready.

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Location-based AR games like Ingress, Pokemon GO, and the more recent Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are, by nature, dependent on, well, locations. The way Niantic has implemented these games require an abundant supply of location points that will make players want to go to that place. Unlike in a purely virtual world where expansion is nearly infinite, there are only a few physical places on earth that might prove interesting. That is why Niantic is launching its Wayfarer program to practically crowdsource those spots from Pokemon GO players.

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It's all about that loot. Today we're looking at the first pre-release version of Minecraft Earth that's been made available to the crafty few. By that I mean it's out there, if you can find it, and it doesn't seem to be restricted to certain regions in this semi-public beta at this time. The little we've seen of Minecraft Earth shows us one thing is clear: This isn't Pokemon GO - it has the potential to be far, far better.

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Today we're taking a peek at what's next for Pokemon GO. This game's been one of the biggest and most important games to be released in the last half-decade - largely because of the longstanding wishes of gamers playing the games that'd been released in previous years. Now that the game it thoroughly established in the real world - where people can actually capture (digital) Pokemon - it's time to cross back over to the original game series.

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Shiny Oddish was revealed by Niantic this week as the newest Shiny Pokemon in the game Pokemon GO. When a new Pokemon such as Oddish is revealed as appearing with a Shiny edition in the game, that means that the rest of its evolved iterations go Shiny, too - and usually that's only good news. Today we're expanding on our exploration of the Shiny Oddish and the questions it raises in Pokemon GO, with special attention on Vileplume vs Bellossom - a Sophie's Choice!

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As of October 2, 2019, there's a brand new Shiny Oddish in Pokemon GO. This means a whole lot for trainers seeking out the entire collection of Shiny Pokemon in the Pokemon GO Universe, as it'll be the entire Oddish family that'll be available in Shiny form.

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Research Rewards and Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO for this World Tourism Day event are on point. Today we're rolling in lucky - aiming for some of the strangest-looking alternate versions of Zangoose and Seviper - along with the very first appearance of the most un-evolved version of Mr. Mime in the Pokemon called Mime Jr! Three Tasks are at hand, and a set of tasty rewards are waiting for your approval.

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Today we're taking a peek at a pair of new Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO as well as the first release of Mime Jr., finally! The original version of Mr. Mime was a regional Pokemon, meaning it only appeared in certain parts of our physical world. Because of this, releasing a Mime Jr. wouldn't work in Pokemon Eggs the way Pokemon Eggs were handled - not unless those eggs were also region-specific. That's all about to change!

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This week we're headed into Pokemon GO with an eye on the Raid Boss Scooby Doo would love best - Giratina, in all its Ghost and Dragon form spooky glory! This monster will come in more than one form, and the reward you'll get for defeating this monster this time around might well be Shiny! The form we're talking about today is "Altered Forme Giratina", the sort that looks like the monster you see below.

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Today we're taking a peek at the most recent round of Pokemon in Pokemon GO with SHINY iterations in the game. The difference between a very recently-released Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon GO and a Shiny Pokemon that's been released weeks or months ago is rarity. When a new Shiny Pokemon is released into the game, it's far more common than it'll be several weeks after its first appearance.

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It's that time of year again in Pokemon GO! It's time to look at what Niantic's got in the works for their most spooky holiday celebration in October. Much like previous years, this Halloween won't necessarily be called "Halloween" in the game - but it'll be no less dark because of it. This year we've got word that Halloween will release one of Pokemon GO's most disturbingly dark monsters of all.

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