The press release for City Spotlight was very careful to heavily remind players about playing safely and social distancing. Pokemon GO’s event planners coordinated with to ensure that the event was designed with social distancing and the local health and safety regulations in mind. The idea is to offer players a chance to walk around their city, enjoy socially distant bonuses, and discover special locations that they may never have noticed before.
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For this first round Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea each have a city that is being featured. It’s possible that the United States will have to see some lower numbers of reported coronavirus cases before one of these events makes its way to that territory. That said, Niantic didn’t announce how frequently City Spotlights were going to happen, so it could be a handful of months or longer before the next round of cities is announced anyway. For now, players in Tainan, Kyoto, Auckland, and Busan should mark November 22 on their calendar and start preparing for a day full of walking around and catching Pokemon.
Date and Time
November 22, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time
Cities
Tainan, Taiwan
Kyoto, Japan
Auckland, New Zealand
Busan, South Korea
Free Features and Bonuses
The City Spotlight Timed Research will take you and your Buddy Pokémon all around your city.
Take snapshots to earn Pokémon encounters, a Poffin, Stardust, and a Lucky Egg.
Spin PokéStops for a chance to receive a special Gift sticker.
Take part in a PokéStop scanning competition against other participating cities! Check how your city is faring in the standings on an online leaderboard. The city with the most AR Mapping tasks completed at the end of the weekend will win an exclusive event featuring a 1/4 Hatch Distance bonus!
Receive a special reward when you complete an AR Mapping task.
Ticketed Features and Bonuses
Everything in the free citywide experience.
The following Pokémon will be attracted to special event Incense: Onix, Lapras, Unown C, Nosepass, Rhyhorn, Doduo, Mantine, Pidgey, Pelipper, Pidgeot, and Stoutland. If you’re lucky, you may encounter a Shiny Unown C! Shiny Unown C will be available only for the duration of this event to Trainers who have a City Spotlight ticket.
Explore the city with your Buddy Pokémon using exclusive City Spotlight Special Research as a guide! Complete the Special Research to receive a Poffin, an Incense, a Super Incubator, three Lucky Eggs, a Lure Module, an encounter with Lapras, XP, and Stardust.
Earn up to three extra hearts with your buddy in every category.
Your buddy will know that an exciting adventure is ahead! Give it treats during the event, and it’ll automatically become excited!
1/4 Hatch Distance when an Egg is placed in an Incubator while the City Spotlight initiative is active.
Incense will be more effective while you’re walking and will last for two hours.
Ticket Price and Details
Tickets will be available in the Events tab in the Pokémon GO app starting Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. PST until Sunday, November 22, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. local time subject to availability. Tickets will be US$4.99, or the event’s local currency equivalent, inclusive of any applicable taxes and fees. Tickets cannot be purchased with PokéCoins. Tickets will be sold as a first-come-first-served event.
For now, Pokemon GO trainers should be able to head out into the world (or play from home) and continue catching the best Unova Pokemon in the game and getting closer to that complete Pokedex. Check back for more Pokemon GO updates closer to the event. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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