Thursday: Pokémon HOME + Pokémon Masters EX - Hop & Galarian Zapdos
02-03-2023 06:00 GMT / 01:00 EST by Serebii.
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Edit @ 07:13: Pokémon HOME | Edit @ 08:14: Pokémon GO Community Day | Edit @ 14:01: Pokémon UNITE | Edit @ 21:00: Festival of Colors
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO Community Day on March 18th will focus on Slowpoke & Galarian Slowpoke, introducing Shiny Galarian Slowpoke into the game. This event will 3* Catch Experience, 2* Catch Candy and double the chance to get XL Candy as well as 3 hours Incense and Lure Modules.
There will be Timed Research to earn 4 King's Rock and Galarian Slowbro's evolution requirements will change to requiring Psychic-types for the duration of the event
It will also give out the move Surf to Slowbro, Galarian Slowbro, Slowking and Galarian Slowking. You will be able to purchase a ticket to receive Special Research "Field Notes: Slow and Slower".
The Community Day runs at 2pm to 5pm in each local time zone
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This event is the Festival of Colors event and is due to run from March 8th at 10:00 to March 14th at 20:00 local time and introduces Mega Medicham & Bruxish into the game
A colourful surprise will happen by Poké Stops
Lure Modules during the event will last 3 hours and there will be Photobombs during the event for the Pokémon Smeargle, with Shiny Smeargle appearing during the event
A Collection Challenge will run to earn 20,000 XP and a Lure Module
Paras, Krabby, Lickitung, Koffing, Natu, Wobbuffet, Shuckle, Galarian Zigzagoon, Wingull, Burmy, Stunky and Bruxish will spawn in the wild
Espurr, Rockruff, Mareanie and Bruxish will be in 1 Star Raids
Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Cryogonal and Druddigon will be in 3 Star Raids
Ho-Oh will be in 5 Star raids with Mega Medicham in Mega Raids
Alolan Grimer, Castform, Burmy and Oricorio will be in Field Research
A special pose will be available to purchas ein the shop: The Color Throw Pose
We have begun adding details to our Festival of Colors event page. More details will be given as the event begins
In The Games Department
Pokémon HOME - Title
The maintenance for Pokémon HOME is now over and the mobile update is now available. This update adds connectivity to include data for both Online and Friendly Competitions from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and adds the ability to view data of Natures in Battle Data. It also has changed things so you need a Nintendo Account to redeem Mystery Gifts in the app
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Pokémon UNITE
It has been officially confirmed that Goodra will be available soon in Pokémon UNITE as a playable character starting on March 16th 2023. At present, we don't have any further official details about its release timing nor its movepool or stats, so be sure to keep checking back for the information as it comes
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX - Extreme Battle Event
As part of the currently running Fight for the Future Together event, a new Master Fair Scout is now available to get the Sync Pair of Hop & Galarian Zapdos. The scout runs until April 7th
Alongside this, new stages have been added to the Show the Best Team Work Extreme Battle Event. We've added full details of this event in our event section
