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The Misunderstood Mischief Special Research started on September 1, and ends on December 1. It serves as Hoopa’s official introduction to Pokemon GO, spanning the entirety of its Season of Mischief. After such a long haul, fans are understandably frustrated with the Dusknoirs they’ve received after such a difficult questline. RELATED: Pokemon GO Celebrating Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Launch With Special Event Misunderstood Mischief requires plenty of catching, which is typical of any Research in the game....

Now, Pokemon GO players can catch Galarian Weezing in the game as the Pokemon will be appearing all over the world in 4-star Raid Battles right after November Community Day ends. This is the first time a Galarian Pokemon will be making its way to the mobile-based Pokemon game as a raid boss. Galarian Weezing is one of the new Pokemon introduced in Sword and Shield and looks different from its Kanto form because it has adapted to the different environments in the Galar region....

A recent report from analytics specialists Sensor Tower now suggests that Pokemon GO hasn’t slowed down since its week one success. Randy Nelson, Sensor Tower’s Head of Mobile Insights, estimates that the game has likely garnered over 75 million downloads already while also becoming the fastest game to ever reach 50 million global downloads across both Android and iOS devices. Nelson further explained just how amazing Pokemon GO’s success has been so far:...

On January 20th, from 11 AM to 5 PM local time, you’ll have the opportunity to catch tons of Larvitar in the wild. Plus, if you’re lucky, you may even encounter a Shiny Larvitar. As always, players will be able to use the opportunity to grind Larvitar Candy, shiny encounters, and enjoy other bonuses that will be active throughout the day. Pokemon GO Community Days and Community Day Classics are some of the most popular events in the game and usually draw a big crowd....

With 21 million daily active users, Pokemon GO has dethroned the previous king of mobile games, Candy Crush (which still holds 20 million daily active users). This data does not include all countries, as Pokemon GO continues to roll out to more and more of the world as days go by. While on the topic of daily users worldwide, at its peak, Candy Crush put up numbers of 93 million users....

With the trial now complete, the final verdict on the matter will be delivered on May 11, 2017, meaning that 22-year-old Sokolovsky will be made aware of his fate soon. These charges can have a maximum of seven and a half years of jail time attached to them, but prosecutors have opted to push for a three and a half year sentence. In the meantime, those wondering what it took to face such charges within Russia (while playing Pokemon GO no less) can take a look at his video below....

Fan concern has been on the rise lately with numerous marred events including the Litwik community day being interrupted by Elite Raid spawns, ruining the appearance of 4-Star Lampent raids which special bonuses. Late in October, a bug broke a special Pokemon GO event involving the debut of Zorua, forcing Niantic to disable it completely leaving many fans disappointed and frustrated. With the newest event arriving this weekend, fans are already speaking out....

The classic Pokemon villains began invading certain PokeStops yesterday, where players can engage them in battle. However, due to Team Rocket’s short stay, most players didn’t even notice their disappearance. While the exact reason for their mysterious disappearance is unclear, it appears that bugs and glitches are to blame. RELATED: Old Videos of YouTubers Playing Pokemon GO Near Area 51 Gets New Life Hours after the new addition went live, players encountered errors when attempting to enter a Team Rocket occupied PokeStop....

This threw a wrench in things when Pokemon GO players were trying to complete Field Research tasks like getting X number of Nice Throws in a row and things of that nature. Glameow’s hitbox in Pokemon GO has been messed up for the better part of a year, but now it seems Niantic has finally fixed the issue. The latest update for Pokemon GO, released on March 11, has seemingly fixed Glameow’s hitbox....

Nintendo has revealed that Pokemon Home has two versions: Basic and Premium. Pokemon Home Basic is available on Nintendo Switch and mobile devices free of charge, but it only stores up to 30 Pokemon at a time. With Pokemon Home Basic, players are able to have three Pokemon in their Wonder Box and one in the GTS for trades. Pokemon Home Basic does not allow players to host Room Trades, but they can trade with friends....

But it looks like that will change once Pokemon Journeys returns from its hiatus — at least, it will for Sobble. A new set of synopses for future Pokemon episodes have leaked online claiming that Sobble will make its very first appearance in Episode 28. RELATED: Pokemon Journeys Reveals First English-Language Episode Titles The anime is currently only on episode 22, so it will be a while before viewers catch the water starter on TV....

RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Every Hisuian Pokemon (& Where to Find Them) Before Pokemon Legends: Arceus players can reach the arena, however, they’ll first need to befriend Basculegion, a new Basculin evolution that’s able to carry people across water. This will allow them to travel to Firespit Island, where they’ll then need to defeat the Miss Fortune sisters in battle before the fight with Arcanine can finally get underway....

RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Request 33 Guide (What a Massive Mushroom!) For this Pokemon Legends: Arceus request to appear, the player needs to visit the Jubilife Training Grounds for the first time and battle Akari or Rei for the “Request from Mai Mission.” After that, players can exit and return to the village. New requests will be available, including request 14. This is an early-game request, as players only need to be rank one to get it....

How to Start Request 33 Some Requests need to be taken from the blackboard in Laventon’s office. Request 33: What a Massive Mushroom! is one of these. If players are consistent with their Star Rank, they may already have a Parasect by the time this sidequest becomes available. If not, there are a few different ways to get Parasect in Pokemon Legends: Arceus. RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Request 18 Guide (Please!...

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is by all accounts a critical home run, with Game Freak finding its footing again after previous Pokemon titles on Nintendo Switch were much more divisive. One commonality that all the Pokemon Switch titles share, however, is that their accessibility options are either lacking or completely absent. RELATED: Pokemon Legends Arceus is Breaking Sales Records A post by user Apricot-Autumn highlights the game not even having a menu for accessibility, and from there other users shared problems both with Arceus and previous Pokemon games that make them difficult if not impossible to play....

Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ Hisui region takes inspiration from Ezo, known today as Hokkaido. As such, the store in-game won’t have the more modern apparel that appeared in other mainline Pokemon games. Most clothing will automatically unlock as players make their way through Legends: Arceus’ main story. However, most of the Pokemon-themed Kimono Sets are rewards for Anthe’s optional Requests or by completing Pokedex entries. RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus - How to Evolve Golbat into Crobat...

The exhibit will be led by a new character Dr. Kaseki, a Pokemon Paleontologist, with the aid of none other than Pikachu. The two will explain paleontological concepts with both real fossils and Pokemon fossils that were greatly inspired by real-life dinosaurs and other ancient creatures. The touring Pokemon Fossil Museum is scheduled to begin on July 4, 2021, and end next year once the Pokemon Fossil Museum has stopped at each of four different cities – first Hokkaido, then Shimane, Tokyo, and lastly Aichi in Summer 2022....

Earlier this week, Pokemon Sun and Moon producer Junichi Masuda set the record straight when asked exactly what he believed happens to Pokemon called back into the innocent-looking orb. Fans worrying that their poor Pikachu is reliving the Harry Potter closet bedroom life can worry no more, because apparently those Pokemon are living it up in a place not unlike the Ritz-Carlton. Why a human never made the trek inside a Pokeball, we will never know, because that seems like a great way to avoid the entire winter season....

The Pokemon franchise has often featured Halloween celebrations during the Fall season celebrating the long-running monster-catching series’ spookiest creatures. Pokemon GO regularly runs Halloween events with higher spawn rates for Ghost Pokemon and Pokemon Unite added Halloween cosmetics for its first spooky season. With a plethora of ghostly creatures to highlight, the Pokemon Trading Card Game has now revealed it will release an exclusive Halloween-themed card set this year titled “Trick or Trade....

After previously stating that the new Pokemon RPG for Nintendo Switch would be released in the “second half of 2019,” Nintendo has now confirmed that the game will launch in “late 2019.” This narrows down the game’s release window quite a bit, with November 2019 being the most likely month of release. Not only do the Pokemon Let’s Go games release in November (2018), but the last main Pokemon games, Pokemon Sun and Moon, released in November (2016) too....