Pokemon Go News

Niantic has announced that starting today (31st August) trainers worldwide will be able to find Johto Region’s legendary Pokemon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune in Raid Battles! From 31st August until 30th September, players from different parts of the world will find one of the three legendary Pokemon: Raikou will appear throughout Americas Entei will appear throughout Europe and Africa Suicine will appear throughout the Asia-Pacific Region. On 30th September, the legendary Pokemon will move to a different region for a month, and on 31st October, they will make their final stop. Niantic has announced that Raikou, Entei, and Suicune will be available only in this limited time! so for all the aspiring Pokemon Masters, be sure to not to miss this chance!

The legendary Mewtwo first arrived in Pokémon Go this morning at the game's special Yokohama, Japan event. Now, we know how Mewtwo will be released everywhere else in the world - and it's a huge change from normal. Mewtwo will be the first Pokémon available from new invite-only Exclusive Raid Battles, which will require players to have recently defeated a raid boss at the Exclusive Raid location to take part. So, say you complete several raids over the course of a week across your area at various gyms. The following week you may then get an Exclusive Raid invitation for Mewtwo at one of those locations. Invites will "include advance warning of when the Exclusive Raid will take place", developer Niantic has said. It's not clear how long this will be - or how soon beforehand you will need to have defeated a raid boss to be included. There's no word of what other Pokémon might feature in Exclusive Raids. The other legendary featured in the game's...

Legendary raids are supposed to be Pokemon GO 's toughest battles, with promotional materials often showing large groups of people fighting a single monster. Turns out, it's possible to down a legendary with just two people. You'll note that the whole thing was done with fan-favourite counter-pick Golem, with levels in the 30s, CP in the high 2000s, and likely with high IVs to boot. In this case, Golem's rock/ground-type resists Moltres' primary attacks, something that certainly helps when trying to duo a mighty monster. The players have to go through a small army of Golem to defeat Moltres, and by the end, there are only seconds left on the timer. Boushinshi just baaaaarely pulls it off. Fans predicted this would be possible a while back, but seeing it in action is something else. To think throwing rocks at legendaries over and over again would be this effective!

The Pokemon GO Fest may have been a disaster, but if there was one bright spot to be found in the weekend's events, it was the unlocking of a couple of Legendary Pokemon for folks to catch. Over the next couple of weeks, there'll be two more. Niantic has announced that Moltres will be available between July 31-August 7, and Zapdos will be available between August 8-14. Articuno, meanwhile, will disappear on July 31. (Note: these dates are US time.) As a reminder, here's what you need to do in order to catch a Legendary: As Trainers around the world go out and explore their neighbourhoods in search of Pokemon and Raid Battles, they can keep an eye out for unique Legendary Eggs appearing at Gyms. If Trainers and their team are able to successfully defeat a Legendary Raid Boss, they will have the opportunity to catch a Legendary Pokemon of their own! While Legendary Pokemon will help them take on the toughest Raid Bosses and Gym Battles, they're not willing to le...