Tuesday: Pokémon GO - Buddy Adventure & Shiny Gible
17-12-2019 07:07 GMT / 02:07 EST by Serebii
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Last Update: 22:04 GMT
Edit @ 21:00: Raid Battles
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
A while back, Niantic announced a new variant of Buddy Pokémon which utilise interactions in a similar manner to Pokémon Amie, Pokémon Refresh and Pokémon Camp in the main games, and a video was released showing this. Today, Pokémon GO Taiwan posted a video promoting this upcoming feature. At present it isn't clear when this feature will go live but we will cover it in full when it is.
Edit @ 09:05: Niantic have taken the video down. We'll post as soon as it is reuploaded
Edit @ 14:01: The video has returned
Edit @ 14:02: Some new details have been revealed for the upcoming buddy system:
First you increase your friendship with your buddy by petting, feeding, snapshots, battling and walking with them. With this, each Pokémon has got certain milestones you can do each day including the above and even visiting a new Poké Stop while it is your buddy. When you do this, your Pokémon has the excited mood and you'll earn candy twice as fast while walking with it, hearts will be doubled per action and trainers can earn bonus hearts
There are different levels of Buddy:
Good Buddy - It joins you on the map
Great Buddy - It appears in encounters to give you help, and will bring you items
Ultra Buddy - It'll bring you souvenirs from nearby places that are then found on your profile page
Best Buddy - It'll have a special ribbon and will have a CP boost when assigned as your buddy.
This feature is set to roll out by 2020. There will also be a feature in a Shared AR experience with other player's Buddy Pokémon coming in 2020
Edit @ 14:43: Uploaded a new video of in-game footage of this feature provided by Niantic
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Raid Battles have started to shift in Pokémon GO. From now until January 7th 2020 at 21:00 UTC, Virizion will be a Level 5 Raid. As such, Raid Bosses will have changed in conjunction with it
Edit @ 22:04: The Raid Bosses have shifted and we're currently compiling them in our Raid Battles section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
During the recent egg shuffle that happened last night, it has been confirmed by Niantic that Gible is now available as a shiny Pokémon when found in the wild or hatched in eggs.
