This is Extraordinary Raid Week in Pokemon GO, and there's a whole lot of quantifiable data through which we must sift! Much like our previous guides for special weeks in Pokemon GO, we've got the shiny Pokemon of the week: Bronzor - as well as some new rates on Shiny Pokemon popping up as result of the raids themselves. All five tiers of Pokemon Raid Boss are in the mix too!
Pokemon is one of those almost never-ending franchises that keeps on adding new monsters. That's great news for Niantic Labs because it won't be running out of new content any time soon. They just Gen 4 critters from the Sinnoh region just a while back but now they're adding a few more. But perhaps a bit more interesting for some collectors is the arrival of two new Eeveelutions, including a one-time trick to get them.
In 24 hours from the point at which this article goes live, there'll be no more Detective Pikachu in Pokemon GO. The big Detective Pikachu event in Pokemon GO started on May 7th, 2019, at 1PM Pacific. The event is set to end at 1PM Pacific on Friday, May 17th, 2019. Let's talk about how you can get a Detective Pikachu before your time is up.
Two years ago, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company revealed a mobile game called Pokeland that seemed to borrow heavily from the Pokemon Rumble series. A close alpha launched with that announcement, but after that, The Pokemon Company went radio silent on the game. Fast forward to today and it has resurfaced with a new title and an imminent release.
Today we're in the midst of the Pokemon GO Detective Pikachu movie celebration event. To celebrate this movie, Niantic released an update to Pokemon GO that'll last approximately one week. In this event, we'll see Detective Pikachu movie Pokemon in raid battles, catch XP doubled, and special limited Field Research. We've also got a brand new limited-edition Detective Pikachu to catch, and both Shiny Aipom and Ambipom!
Eevee is one of the wildcards of Pokemon. Starting out as a Normal type that can barely do anything, you can make it become any element you want, if you know how to do it. While that's not much of a problem in the normal Pokemon games, Pokemon GO is a totally different beast. Now thanks to a new leak, we're getting some idea how two of Eevee's evolutions will be possible before the Pokemon even land in the game.
Today we're going to go through just the most essential parts of this big Pokemon GO Detective Pikachu event. We're going to have a chat about what it'll take to get this most elusive and super cute Pokemon, and we're going to have a look at some research, too. There's also some SHINY Pokemon action going on, and based on the interest in the most alternate of colors in Pokemon we've seen recently, that's what most players are ALL about.
This week monkey-loving Pokemon fans should keep their eyes peeled for the likes of Aipom. In addition to the Shiny list coming up soon, the Aipom will be appearing with higher shiny Rates and drop rates right out the gate. This Pokemon can be evolved into Ambipom when enough candy is attained, and will NOT be able to be found in its evolved form whilst shiny - you'll have to evolve the smaller monkey to make that happen.
After months of trailers and talk, Detective Pikachu is finally on the horizon. The movie releases in theaters next week, but before it does, Google has given the titular character and some of his Pokemon friends an augmented reality makeover. Beginning today, you can find Detective Pikachu in the Pixel's Playground mode and add him to your photos and videos.
This morning Niantic revealed the Dortmund Pokemon GO Fest in all its glory. "The City of Dortmund has been an incredible partner in bringing a second Pokémon GO real-world community event to their city," said Anne Beuttenmüller, Head of EMEA Marketing at Niantic. This event will be different from the city's most recent Niantic event, Pokemon GO Safari Zone - this time the tickets are in a raffle, and the raffle prizes include the ability to purchase tickets!
Oftentimes, Nintendo will give run special promotions with retail partners in which it gives away rare or mythical Pokemon. These promotions typically require you to head into a retail store and pick up a code card, which can then be redeemed through Mystery Gift in internet-capable Pokemon games. Nintendo has decided to make the process a little more streamlined by introducing a new app called Pokemon Pass, which is available today for free on both Android and iOS.
If you're like me, you live in an area in the United States wracked by rapidly changing weather conditions this so-called spring. If Niantic wanted a better time to release their Ice and Leaf-type Eevee evolutions in Pokemon GO, they'll never find it. Right now's the best time to flip the switch to on - and plans to do so seem to be in the mix. UPDATE: Our dreams seem to be coming true!