Pokemon GO

This week Niantic and The Pokemon Company announced a collaboration of sorts. The first part of this collaboration will mark the 5 year anniversary of the game Pokemon GO on mobile devices, starting "in late May 2021." Professor Willow "will appear as a Pokemon TCG card in summer 2021" and will be "obtainable" in stores around the world. It's not yet clear how this first (of a series) of cards will be made available to gamers.

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Today we're taking a peek at the event that'll make up for the event that took place last month - the end of the Kanto Tour. This new event will take place starting on March 5th, 2021, and it'll last for a WHOLE MONTH. It's not so much of an "event" as we've gotten used to in Pokemon GO as it is a bit of Event-Exlusive Timed Research, complete with a BUNCH of items you're more than likely going to want to attain.

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Niantic demonstrated a proof-of-concept vision today at Microsoft Ignite, showing what Microsoft Mesh could do with Pokemon GO. Microsoft Mesh is a new platform built on Azure that allows developers to connect users with a wide variety of devices and technologies, including AR and VR, on PCs, smartphones, tablets, and mixed-reality headsets. As Pokemon GO is a quintessential shared gaming experience, it seemed only natural to see Niantic appear when Microsoft made their first push for Mesh.

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We're running down the known list of new Shiny Pokemon appearing in Pokemon GO this month, starting today, March 1, 2021. The first Shiny Pokemon that'll appear in a special event in Pokemon GO is Incarnate Forme Landorus! This Pokemon will appear in five-star raids starting on March 1, 2021 (today), and lasting until Saturday March 6th, 2021.

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Pokemon GO has a collection of updates and releases ready to roll for the month of March, 2021. In this month of chills, users will find a Research Breakthrough connected to Gible. If you're looking to make use of this tiny baby monster, you'll need to start this Research Breakthrough quest and follow through on seven individual days - it's not going to be easy.

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This week the folks at Niantic revealed a special Kanto-themed Raid Day ready for the tail end of February. This next major Raid Day will "celebrate some fan-favorite Pokemon" on the final day of the most long-lasting and epic series of events in Pokemon GO history draws to a close. This event will take place on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

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Research Tasks for Pokemon GO appear at all levels of difficulty, from nearly the beginning of the game. Now that we're several years out from the game's first release, we've got a need for not only the basics, not only mid-tier and difficult research tasks, but insanely difficult-level research tasks and rewards, too. This week we've got the details on the highest requirements for the most monstrous research tasks in the game!

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Niantic revealed a few more details today about their upcoming Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto event that'll start at 9AM on Saturday, February 20, 2021. This event will last until 9PM that same day - local times for both start and finish. This event will feature all 150 original Pokemon, including the long-awaited SHINY DITTO. And a Shiny Mew, but who cares, right?

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If you're looking to fight Team GO Rocket in Pokemon GO here in February of 2021, you're going to need to defeat Arlo. This member of the Team Rocket crew works with Shadow Pokemon in full force. This could be terrible, if you do not have the specific set of Pokemon needed to take on Arlo's monsters of darkness - but it COULD also mean that you've got the very small team needed to do the deed.

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To beat Team Rocket, or GO Rocket in Pokemon GO this month, you'll need to battle Sierra and Cliff and Arlo, too! If you're looking for the best way to make your experience victorious, you'll want to make sure you're battling with the Pokemon that take advantage of your opponents' weaknesses. In any case, you'll likely be fighting both of these bosses more than once. Today we're taking a closer look at Sierra, against whom you'll need a variety of odd Pokemon, for sure.

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A Lunar New Year 2021 event was revealed for release in Pokemon GO this week. In the mix we'll see Mega Gyarados, Mega Ampharos, and Mega Pidgeot, all ready to roll starting on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, and the'll stick around until February 20, 2021. This event will also bring Latios and Latias to 5-star raids.

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Today we're taking a peek at a big bunch of Shiny Pokemon released in a very short time. These new Pokemon were revealed in part in early leaks, in part in a surprise dousing of fun overnight! Not only regular Pokemon are appearing in Shiny form, there are Shiny Shadow Pokemon today, too!

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