Pokémon GO’s Holiday Event Announced

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Just a day after Pokémon GO’s release on the Apple Watch, Niantic has revealed the holiday event for the ever popular mobile game!

December 25th until January 3rd

  • Get a one time use Incubator each day on your first PokéStop spin of the day
  • All the recently baby Pokémon’s eggs will be more likely to be obtained from PokéStops during this time period as well
  • Previously only set to appear until December 29th, the Festive Hat Pikachu will be now be available in the wild until January 3rd

December 30th – January 8th

  • Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and their evolutionary lines are more likely to be encountered during this time
  • Lure modules will last for 60 minutes instead of the usual 30 minutes

Strangely, even though the presents are in the image they used, Niantic didn’t explain the mystery gifts found in the APK.

For the full statement check out their official blog!

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676 thoughts on “Pokémon GO’s Holiday Event Announced”

    • what about the rumors of pokemon stars and that it might feature more pokemon? we could get those there, along with wanted evolutions to certain pokemon.

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    • And that’s a problem how? You can certainly save pokemon and if it needs a charge find an outlet to plug it into. Personally not a fan of the game, but go enjoy yourself. Personally I’m trying to come down from the Hype of FF14’s equivalent of blizz con right now.

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      • Well i’ve been wanting to play something else for a while but nothing is sticking
        Played Skyward Sword
        Pokemon Sun
        Minecraft
        and now i want to play either a Link between worlds and i’m considering breaking out Rare Replay on the Xbone and playing Banjo Kazooie
        Or i could just suck it up and buy the Fallout 4 Nukaworld DLC but whats the point
        NOTHING IS FILLING THE VOID

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          • Well it’s easy for anybody else since you don’t have a seething hatred for legends and mythicals
            But me I hate them, I hate using them and I hate fighting them

          • Honestly? If you expanded your types out more you’d have a MUCH easier time making a team

            I run
            Komala
            Araquanid
            Comfey
            Salazzle
            Magnezone (Mainly as a UB killer)
            Flygon

          • I fucking had to because all of Alola Pokemon are shit
            Golisopod
            Salazzle
            Lycanroc M
            Oranguru
            Araquanid
            Mudsdale

            But I’m talking about Monotype and psychic is almost 100% legends

          • Oh yeah, I run Mono Bug in Monotype. Scizor is all kinds of work and I tend to get Masquerain sweeps out the ass
            Though I will admit, Lele is ungodly annoying. I honestly just wanna use Pheramosa sometime, but it and Buzzwole don’t exactly provide benefit to my team

          • …boi… what if you played through Zelda Ocarina of Time and only fought with sticks then you got angry with how difficult it was getting. You broke your arm and get pissed when you want to play baseball and you cant catch a ball. How many analogies do I have to come up with?

          • At least Id fight my way, I rather win with regular Pokemon

            The problem is I’m forced to fight people who use the cheap legends, if i had the opportunity to go where legends are banned then I would but I fucking can’t

          • “Legendary” is just a title. The legends they allow in OU and UU are there because they are competitively equal to the non legends in that tier. I could call Magikarp legendary and that doesn’t make him any better.

            And I’m sorry but saying Nihiligo or Zapdos are on the same level as freaking Arceus is just flat out wrong. They are there for a reason. Just use them. I mean you are okay with using Garchomp who is just a few points away from being on par with Uber legendaries so just do it and stop acting like you are too good for them

          • I’m SO FUCKING SICK OF PEOPLE SAYING ITS JUST A TITLE WELL IT AINT THEY HAVE BETTER STATS, BETTER MOVES, AND BETTER TYPE COMBOS

          • SO DO PSUDO LEGENDS THOUGH!
            Why are you fine with Garchomp? 600 BST and 700 in Mega form. Yet Nihiligo is sitting at 570 BST. Fucking Celesteela only 570 BST. Your logic is so backwards. it is a legendary. You are going to tell me Phione is a legendary and deserves to be banned?

          • THERE FUCKING CALLED PSEUDO LEGENDS BECAUSE THEYRE BASICALLY HAVE THE STATS OF LEGENDS

            and every shit stained c*nt says that shitty Phione defense, compare it to its spawn Manaphy with the sheer amount of BS it does with Tail Glow Hydration rests then talk to me

          • So Psudos are okay but not legendaries. How does that make any sense at all? You just said legends have higher stats and all of that so they should ALL be banned but then its okay to have Psudos that are arguably stronger than the UB’s? That makes no sense at all.

          • But 4x to them?
            One ice beam and Dragonite and Salamence dead
            One fighting move Tyrainitar dead
            One fairy move on Hydreigon or Kommo-o dead
            The only ones that get a pass is Goodra and Metagross but they’re still on the frail side

            It’s not like super OP Latios and Latias with enough speed and bulk to handle its threats, or Mew doing virtually anything with solid bulk, any of the Kami trio with their high stats, Kyurem Black astonishingly not banned until now for some reason with that 170 attack
            Or the worst of the bunch Paraflinch Jirachi which is systematically against you
            Now we have to deal with all the Tapus getting boosts to already Stab moves and a whole plethora of Ultra Beasts nearly everyone of them cheap in their own way

          • Ok, yes many of them have 4x weaknesses but still. Just use the legionaries. If they banned legendaries completely do you know what would happen? You would come to find that there are equally annoying pokemon with their own frustrating tricks. Just adapt to the meta and use one of them

          • No I want to win without resorting to Legends, and I would love that Legends would be banned and people would have to rely on newer Pokemon to win

            But now it’s just stupid retarded thinking that could ever come into fruition

          • Do you not understand how meta games work. Certain pokemon are good for a while. You need to use those mons while also bringing unique ones to the table to catch your opponents off guard and win. Then different pokemon become better. That is how it works. But here you are deciding to limit yourself with non legends. No wonder you are always losing. You have to stop blaming the game and start playing it properly

          • No it’s what’s overpowered and hard to kill, just look at all the VGC rosters and it hardly changes
            Different Pokemon are never getting better unless they’re designed to overthrow a single part of the meta, in the end it’s always the overpowered that win and I want to do that with Pokemon I want to use but clearly that doesn’t matter when they’re naturally bad compared to overpowered legends

          • Here is the thing though. If you ban the legends… you are only going to get other OP mons that were checked by those legends. You ban those, OP mons checked by the other OP mons. That is how it works

          • I’d rather have it that way because out of all the Pokemon in the game that aren’t legends, psudos or megas all have exploitable weaknesses that almost any Pokemon can muster, and they won’t be invincible

            Because would you honestly rather have a wide and diverse team instead of the same carbon copy team nearly everyone is using, and are punished because you wanted to play differently

          • It doesn’t matter how much you ban. Pokemon will still rise to the top and teams will become stale and carbon copies. If VGC didn’t ban most legends then they would all be used. But they are banned so you have your kangas and landorouses. Ban them, idk you would have the same 6 others

          • Well you cannot eliminate tiers but you can try to eliminate what can be used in said tier

            I’m done with this, Legends will always be cheap and I wish for a world with the option to not fight them, but that will never ever come

        • You mean perfectly legit choices that you choose to not use just because of some crummy standards or something. You will receive more power and victory if you shed these chains of yours!

          tl;dr: “Come, join the dark side!” -Malco

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          • Of course everyone prefers regular because that tiny fucking speed drop it didn’t need was its complete and total downfall

            Now they took away the one Mega I can actually use and once be proud of, sun and moon have truly caused me nothing but pain and suffering

          • I actually meant I prefer its’ design. Hopefully you can find other things you like, or can at least tolerate using. Or maybe there’s another strategy you can try with Mega ‘chomp, Tailwind or Dragon Dance are all that come to mind atm.

      • As long as it resists them and hurts them I will welcome it with Welcome arms
        Until other shitty Legends start making its life a living hell

        Necrozma is becoming annoying, this has just been a very bad region for me and it’s just going to get worse and worse

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    • Its good against the Tapu’s, but it’ll still struggle against things like Kartana, Celesteela and other UB’s. Though if your Play VGC, run it with Porygon 2 for a trickroom setup and its a pretty hard fight to counter.

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  11. Tbh, I feel like the most… toxic new mons are…

    Pheromosa
    Tapu Lele
    Celesteela
    Kartana
    And POSSIBLY Bulu, but I need a bit more testing

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  15. ok so I swapped tsareena for mandibuzz so I could switch out of Earthquake so judge my team!

    Loaf (Raichu-Alola) @ Life Orb
    Ability: Surge Surfer
    Shiny: Yes
    EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Timid Nature
    – Nasty Plot
    – Fake Out
    – Thunderbolt
    – Psychic

    Malhebelle (Absol) @ Absolite
    Ability: Justified
    EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Adamant Nature
    – Swords Dance
    – Play Rough
    – Psycho Cut
    – Night Slash

    Curly Brace (Magearna) @ Leftovers
    Ability: Soul-Heart
    EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
    Calm Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Fleur Cannon
    – Pain Split
    – Heart Swap
    – Thunder Wave

    Tapu Fini @ Normalium Z
    Ability: Misty Surge
    EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
    Modest Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Surf
    – Calm Mind
    – Refresh
    – Taunt

    Mummy (Marowak-Alola) @ Thick Club
    Ability: Lightning Rod
    Shiny: Yes
    EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
    Adamant Nature
    – Bonemerang
    – Flame Wheel
    – Shadow Bone
    – Will-O-Wisp

    Mandibuzz (F) @ Leftovers
    Ability: Overcoat
    EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
    Impish Nature
    – Defog
    – U-turn
    – Knock Off
    – Roost

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    • What does Fake Out on Raichu do for it? (I know what the move actually does.)
      Would Grass Knot be better in its place?
      What is the purpose of Flame Wheel on Marowak? Bonemerang isn’t too reliable is it?

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        • I mean I guess Bonemerang has some uses, Sash breaking etc, but I think EQ is better. It gets Flare Blitz which is twice as powerful, you could try it with Rock Head and not have to worry about recoil, I’d go with it even if you use Lightning Rod because Flame Wheel imo is too weak.

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    • I would swap Fake Out for Grass Knot or Surf on Alolan Raichu. Fake Out doesn’t get much use in singles unless something has a real high attack stat.

      Also Flare Blitz and Earthquake on Marowak.

      I like the Tapu Fini set, but mono water attacking set is easily walled. Change Refresh or Taunt be switched out for Moonblast or something.

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