Pokemon GO adds Meltan avatar items
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New avatar items have arrived in Pokemon GO. Starting today, players will find designs based around Meltan in the Style Shop. Niantic is doing this to promote Shiny Meltan, which will be live until March 4.
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Pokemon GO to celebrate Pokemon Day 2019
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Niantic has announced a new event for Pokemon GO in celebration of Pokemon Day 2019. Between February 26 and February 26, Pokemon originally discovered in the Kanto region will be featured more prominently.
Below are the full details:
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Pokemon GO Community Day to feature Treecko in March 2019
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Niantic has confirmed that Treecko will be the next Pokemon featured for Pokemon GO Community Day next month. The fun will take place on March 23.
Per usual, Treecko will have an unspecified exclusive move for the event. Players can also look forward to 1/4 Egg hatch distance and 3-hour Lures as bonuses.
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Niantic officially announces Pokemon GO’s Team Medallion, an item to change teams
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Earlier this week, we heard about a new Team Medallion that had been datamined for Pokemon GO. Niantic has now made it official.
Just as was leaked, the Team Medallion lets players change teams. It can be purchased once every 365 days for 1,000 PokeCoins. Niantic will officially introduce the item on February 26 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.
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Pokemon GO Snapshot now live on Android
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The GO Snapshot that was revealed alst week by Niantic is now available for Android users in Pokemon GO.
However, at this time, only trainers that are over the level of 5 will have access to the feature. This is part of the gradual rollout that the developers intend to do in order to fine tune the addition.
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Latias to appear in Pokemon GO Raid Battles this weekend
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Niantic has announced a Special Raid Weekend for Pokemon GO. Starting on Friday at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET, the Legendary Pokemon Latias will be available in Raid Battles. You may also encounter Shiny Latias if you’re lucky enough.
The event ends on February 25 at the same time.
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Niantic on the future of Pokemon GO
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Polygon recently spoke with Niantic product manager Matt Slemon about all things Pokemon GO. Slemon talked about the mobile game’s past, present, and future.
As for what lies ahead, Slemon said that Pokemon GO is almost at “the point where our original launch trailer promise has been delivered”. While there will be “small iterations to our existing features”, the team is now going to concentrate a bit less on traditional Pokemon features and focus on “features that are more about really showing what it means to be an AR real-world game”.
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Pokemon GO “Team Medallion” item datamined – change teams, can be bought once per 365 days
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Pokemon GO appears to be preparing for a new item that will allow players to change teams. “Team Medallion” seems to be coming in the next update based on what has been datamined by Chrales, which lets players transfer to another team. You’ll need to pay for the item, but it can only be purchased from the shop once every 365 days.
Note that there is no confirmed pricing for Team Medallion at this time. Niantic will presumably have more to say about this very soon.
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Niantic planning stat boosts for Pokemon GO
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Niantic has announced that stat boosts are planned for Pokemon GO. Beginning on Saturday during Swinub Community Day, certain Charge Attacks will have a chance to trigger stat boosts in Trainer Battles. Stat boosts will be applied until the Pokemon faints or is switched out of battle.
Here’s the lineup of first moves that will be impacted:
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Pokemon GO kicks off 2019 Valentine’s Day Celebration
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A new event has started in Pokemon GO in celebration of Valentine’s Day. While active, Pokemon such as Clefairy, Hoppip, and Luvdisc will appear more frequently in the wild. Certain pink Pokemon will also hatch more frequently from 7 km Eggs, and Pink Pokemon such as Chansey and Porygon will appear more frequently in Raid Battles.
A few bonuses are planned as well. Lure Modules will last six hours for the duration of the event and there will be twice the amount of Catch Candy.
The 2019 Valentine’s Day Celebration in Pokemon GO will be live until February 21.
