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A couple of new trailers have emerged for Pokemon Legends: Arceus recently. Both are live-action in their presentation and border on the strange in terms of their presentation. The first, entitled “The Drama,” features a woman speaking to a plush Hisuian Growlithe, showing the Pokemon like it had never been seen before. Now, a new, Valentine’s themed trailer shows two people on a date that is sent in a strange direction by the appearance of a Budew....

Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the first main installment in the Pokemon series since 2019’s Pokemon Sword and Shield, entries that heavily divided the fanbase due to its lack of series staples such as the Regional Pokedex, and visuals that were more on par with the Nintendo 3DS entries than what many expected from the first major Nintendo Switch title. Following this, it seems that Game Freak took fans’ criticisms to heart, as Pokemon Legends: Arceus seems to be the biggest leap forward for the series since 2013’s Pokemon X and Y, which was the first 3D title in the series....

First, it’s worth highlighting that this is a limited time event, running from May 11 to June 23, and will require Pokemon Let’s Go players to visit a nearby Target. Players should also be aware that they will receive the Pokemon opposite of their game’s mascot, so Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu players will receive a shiny Eevee and Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee players will get a shiny Pikachu. And finally, players will need the aforementioned Pokemon Pass app, which can be downloaded for either Android or iOS devices....

The Dome Fossil will give you Kabuto, the water and rock type Pokemon, who evolves into Kabutops, and the Helix Fossil will yield Omanyte, also a water and rock type Pokemon, who evolves into Omastar. Neither of these Pokemon will influence the game in a significant way though, as they are both similar in type and strength, so players do not really have to worry about choosing the wrong Fossil....

While the ticketed global Kanto Tour promises players a virtual journey across Kanto and its 151 native species, it seems that Pokemon GO is ready to keep the Kanto-themed train going for a bit longer after the Tour. As part of these recently announced “festivities,” players will continue to celebrate Kanto through a series of in-game bonuses. RELATED: Pokemon GO: How to Get Mew (2021) The new Kanto-themed festivities will begin just as the Pokemon GO Tour: Kanto wraps up, and last until Pokemon Day....

Niantic has announced the GO Battle League for Pokemon GO. To participate, players will have to walk a certain distance to earn entry into the Go Battle League, and then they will be able to fight opponents around the world through an online matchmaking system. As Pokemon GO players defeat online opponents, they will rank up in the league. More details on the feature are unavailable at this time, but Niantic plans on releasing it to the masses at some point in early 2020....

The Season of Mischief storyline focuses on trainers trying to local the mythical Pokemon, Hoopa. In addition to Giovanni leading the charge with Shadow Lugia, the other Team GO Rocket leaders will also be using different shadow Pokemon during the Festival of Lights. RELATED: Pokemon GO Dedenne Counter Guide To help players participate in these encounters, Team GO Rocket grunts will be appearing more frequently at Pokestops and in balloons....

This time around, Pokemon GO trainers will be voting from a limited pool of options to determine the spotlight Pokemon for both June and July. There’s an interesting list of candidates and the options are already sparking some debate and harsh words in amongst the PoGO community. RELATED: Pokemon GO Adding Play At Home Section To Game Based on the voting, the top two options will become the featured Pokemon for June and July with the winner taking June and the runner-up claiming July....

Pokemon GO players knew that the Earth Day Cleanup event was successful, as the rewards (which included a shiny Wailmer) have already been made available. But exactly how successful was the event? In a press release, Niantic has revealed that the event far surpassed expectations, with more than 4,200 people taking part, which is well over the 3,000 players required to unlock the triple Stardust rewards. These 4,200+ people took part in 68 cleanup efforts in 19 countries and they managed to collect more than 6....

From July 17th to July 18th, Niantic is bringing back the all-virtual event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pokemon GO and the 25th of the Pokemon series. Niantic has been tight-lipped about the event, but there are a few details that can be gleaned from previous Pokemon GO Fest outings and the statements contained within the announcement blog post: Similar to last year, this year’s GO Fest will be online-only due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Unlike Ditto, which is masquerading as low-tier Pokemon on Pokemon GO’s world map, the new baby Pokemon can only be captured by hatching Pokemon eggs. This includes Cleffa, Elekid, Igglybuff, Magby, Pichu, Smoochum, and Togepi - the baby forms of Clefairy, Electabuzz, Jigglypuff, Magmar, Pikachu, Jynx, and Togetic, respectively. How To Get Baby Pokemon Essentially, Niantic has added the new baby Pokemon to the pool of existing hatchable Pokemon in Pokemon GO....

Pokemon GO’s Mythical Wishes season will start with an interesting event featuring another new Mythical Pokemon to the game. Keldeo, a Water and Fighting-type Pokemon, was introduced in the Pokemon Black and White generation of main series games and has two forms, Ordinary and Resolute form. The Mythic Blade event will introduce Ordinary Form Keldeo to Pokemon GO, but trainers will have to pay for a ticket to access the research tasks that reward this Mythical Pokemon....

Some Pokemon in Pokemon GO can and have taken advantage of holidays and real life events for special spawn events such as Ghost-types on Halloween. However, most Pokemon types don’t have great calendar-based opportunities for events like that. RELATED: Pokemon GO: 5 Mega Evolutions That Should Be Added First Keeping the fact that Pokemon from generation 6 and onward are likely going to be added relatively soon, more Pokemon of certain types will have more variety, better justifying type events....

This is according to the official Pokemon GO Twitter account, which made the announcement yesterday. By rolling back the level requirement for raids to level 5, almost all Pokemon GO players will now be able to fight raid bosses and attempt to earn legendary items. Of course, these level 5 players will have their work cut out for them, and may need to coordinate with some friends that are higher level and have stronger Pokemon....

The Eevee evolution is unique in that the Gen 1 creature can evolve into a handful of different powerful Pokemon. There are a few tricks to control this evolution, but for the most part it is random. This gives players the unique opportunity to secure a bigger variety of shinies on Community Day than they are usually able to. The 3D models for the game have been updated and fans can now get a better look at how the shiny version of each Eevee evolution will look....

The level-cap for trainers in Pokemon GO has been level 40 since the game’s launch in the summer of 2016. Level 40 is not easy to get to by any means, which is why it hasn’t changed in the past several years. In order to reach level 40, trainers have to play a lot, making liberal use of Lucky Eggs and combining them with other XP multipliers, like the ones that were active yesterday....

Pokemon fans will recognize Smeargle as the adorable dog-like Pokemon that uses its long tail as a paintbrush. More familiar Pokemon fans will recall that Smeargle doesn’t learn abilities so much as copy them with its unique Sketch ability. It’s this uniqueness that likely led to Pokemon GO passing Smeargle over when Generation 2 Pokemon were initially added. Combat in the mobile game is very straight forward and doesn’t allow for much creativity....

RELATED: Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Every Pokemon with New Evolutions (& How to Evolve Them) As well as being incredibly strong, the sheer size of the Slumbering Lord of the Tundra makes pacifying it incredibly difficult. Even so, if players remain patient enough, they should be able to deal with the irritable noble without having to retry. Even if they don’t, Pokemon Legends: Arceus allows players to carry over their progress into subsequent attempts, making victory more a case of when, rather than if....

Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ opening scenes feature Arceus itself calling the main character with its voice, bestowing the task of catching all Pokemon upon them in order to find the legendary creature once more. The main character is then shown floating through space in modern clothes, trying to catch their smartphone, which is instead transformed into something else by Arceus itself. The character then wakes up on Prelude Beach in ancient Hisui, still in their modern clothes and with their phone now being an Arc Phone, back in a time when technology wasn’t developed yet and people and Pokemon didn’t live side by side....

Fans know that Pokemon Legends: Arceus isn’t a fully open world, but it is more open than past entries. Battling and catching Pokemon is completely different, while new features like Noble Pokemon are being introduced. There are also rumor aplenty, but the last one details a few new changes for the game, notably related to Sinnoh’s legendary trio. RELATED: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl’s EXP Share Can’t Be Turned Off...