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Loading Screen Tips for Pokemon GO

December 11, 2022December 8, 2022 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, tips

When you load up Pokemon GO, as you watch the loading bar slowly creep across, there’s always a tip, a little “did you know” sort of thing with some useful advice. There are only a handful, and while they are quite useful, there could definitely be more tips. So I’m going to give Niantic a hand and list out some other little tips. Maybe they can put these on the login screen too. Here’s a bunch of random tips that hopefully make the game easier for you. Not in any particular order though. Pokemon turn to face you when you… [Continue Reading]

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Pokemon You Should Use Elite TMs on

December 9, 2022November 29, 2022 Medic 0 Comments elite tm, legacy moves, moves, pokemon, pokemon go, rare

Elite TMs are rare items in Pokemon GO which allow you to get moves that are otherwise unavailable. The only way to get them is by reaching level 20 in the GBL, or in timed research. Most of the time, you see them in the 12000 coins box in the shop on a Community Day. Getting a good number of TMs isn’t particularly easy, and require a lot of your time. Because of this, actually using an Elite TM is actually a pretty difficult choice. So here are some major options for when it comes to using Elite TMs. Mewtwo… [Continue Reading]

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Thoughts on Ultra Beasts in Pokemon GO

December 2, 2022November 27, 2022 Medic 0 Comments legendary, pokemon go, raids, ultra beast

I’ve always found the Ultra Beasts to be quite odd. They aren’t legendary Pokemon but they’re not normal Pokemon either. Ultra Beasts sort of sit between pseudo-legendaries and normal legendaries. They’re also… not quite Pokemon. The designs of the Ultra Beasts are definitely quite alien, which makes sense when they’re supposed to be from other dimensions. There’s also a whole business behind tracking and taking down Ultra Beasts, and the guardian deities, the Tapu Pokemon, all fight fiercely against Ultra Beasts, should they threaten Alola. Ultra Beasts are also quite strange in Pokemon GO, where they’ve been slowly released during… [Continue Reading]

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Where are our Pokemon stats?

November 27, 2022November 18, 2022 Medic 2 Comments pokemon go, stats

While kicking some Mystic fools out of a gym and making it yellow, I actually noticed something I normally skip over. On the versus screen, by each player’s name, is a line of text saying “Battles won”. For most of the Pokemon in that gym, the number was zero. However, for the Rhyperior I was using, he had been in and won 150 battles. A coincidentally round number. I finished the battle and then went back in to finish off a Teddiursa, and I noticed that the Rhyperior’s “battles won” stat had in fact gone up. This led me to… [Continue Reading]

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5 Reasons Why You Need a Melmetal in Pokemon GO

November 25, 2022November 14, 2022 Medic 0 Comments melmetal, meltan, mythical, pokemon, pokemon go, steel

Melmetal is a very curious Pokemon. It is a Mythical Pokemon but it’s also an evolved Pokemon. For a while, I underestimated how useful Melmetal could be, because he’s got a rather unusual pool of abilities, but only just works as a steel-type attacker. However, over the years, my opinion has changed greatly, and Melmetal is now one of my must-have Pokemon, having served me well and also having kicked a lot of ass Here are five reasons why you should get (and power up) a Melmetal. Easy-ish to obtain This sounds like a weird thing to say. After all,… [Continue Reading]

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Please Keep The Gold Pokestops and Leafy Decorations

November 19, 2022November 9, 2022 Medic 1 Comment biome, Cosmetic, decoration, pokemon go

For Halloween, Pokemon GO had a small, visual update. The over-world map was spruced up with Halloween-y decorations, and were also upgraded to be a little more accurate. We also got orange Pokestops and carved pumpkins to match the Halloween mood. Alongside the visual changes, we also got a nice remix of the music from Lavender Town, all the way back from gen 1. After the Halloween event though, all the vibrant autumn colours disappeared and we returned to that old, familiar, infinitely green or blue over-world. Frankly, the Halloween over-world looked great, and it was a shame that it… [Continue Reading]

Shiny Celebi in a jungle. I'm going to assume that it appears in the new Pokemon movie too.

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Small, Amusing, Pointless things I want in Pokemon GO

November 18, 2022November 8, 2022 Medic 0 Comments feature request, pokemon go, random, request

I love Pokemon GO. It’s one of the few games I can lazily play, no matter where I am and where my phone is. All I have to do is go for a walk and catch a few Pokemon as I do so. However, there are a few little tiny things I want to see in Pokemon GO. Some serious, some… not so serious. Watch out, this is a long list… Iron Head users should bounce balls back more frequently. This idea is the idea that pushed me into making this article. Basically, if you have a buddy that knows… [Continue Reading]

Genesect, a mechanical insect Pokemon nearly as good as Scizor

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We should just make all passes remote passes.

November 14, 2022November 5, 2022 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, raid, stupid ideas

Right now, I have about 15 Pokecoins in Pokemon Go. At the same time, I am kinda in the middle of nowhere. So there are no local gyms around, which means I can’t get any coins, and I definitely can’t do any raids. There is one red gym within a reasonable distance, but it not only hasn’t had good raids on it, but it’s also fiercely defended by one person. Simply put, anything gym-related is out of reach for me. No Pokecoins, no gym battles and no decent raids at all. Especially since that red gym has had no good… [Continue Reading]

The Legendary Birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres

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Research Breakthroughs Completely Suck

November 13, 2022November 4, 2022 Medic 2 Comments pokemon, pokemon go, rant

Today, as I do every week, I completed my seven days of research and was given a Research Breakthroughy. Breakthroughs are a reward for playing regularly and doing research tasks. You get some supplies, some experience and an encounter with a Pokemon, which normally changes with every new month. However, the quality of these rewards varies greatly. To the point of pointlessness. The old days were best Back in 2019, when research breakthroughs became a thing, the rewards from research breakthroughs were genuinely awesome. They’d mostly be a Legendary of some sort. And not just the Kanto legendary Birbs either… [Continue Reading]

Who ate all the pies? This bastard ate all the pies.

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Dratini Classic Community Day

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 Medic 0 Comments dratini, gen 9, paldia, pokemon go, pokemon scarlet, pokemon violet

Classic Community Days are odd. They bring back an old Pokemon from a previous Community Day and basically do it all again. For November, our classic Pokemon was Dratini, the cute little snakey dragon Pokemon. I happen to really like Dratini and Dragonair, so a chance to stock up on fresh shinies is nice. But this classic day was slightly odd. Cute shiny, mediocre move Dratini has one of the cutest shinies in Pokemon, especially in Gen 1. It goes a wonderful bright pink, matching its pink eyes. Dragonair is just as beautiful, and is one of my favourite Pokemon,… [Continue Reading]