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Routes in Pokemon GO are still a broken feature

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Routes are a relatively new feature in Pokemon GO, and they are a royal pain in the arse. You have to follow a set path through goodness knows where, and there’s not much to do on them. Sure, you can get some random Pokemon spawning on these routes, but that’s about it. Routes solely exist to give us Zygarde Cells. Sometimes. Completing routes does give you some rewards, but they are very lop-sided. I went on a walk with my brother the other day, and I got some berries and stardust for completing a route. He got two Elite Fast… [Continue Reading]

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Too Many Shinies?

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Sometimes, one suffers from success. In most Pokemon games, shiny Pokemon are stupidly rare and hard to get. It’s almost pure luck, and you can only increase your chances with bizarre methods, or by completely filling the game’s Pokedex, which gives you an item to make things ever so slightly easier. In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet though, hunting for shinies was made a lot easier, thanks to special sandwiches that boost the chance of shiny Pokemon appearing nearby. However, even Scarlet and Violet’s ways of getting shiny Pokemon are anywhere near as close as the chances in Pokemon GO. In… [Continue Reading]

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Things That Annoy Me About The Buddy System in Pokemon GO

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I like the buddy system in Pokemon GO. It’s very simple and basic, but it’s nice to have a companion Pokemon that follows you around and gives you certain gifts and buffs as you level your buddy up. But the system is certainly not perfect, and there are definitely some things that annoy me. My first pet peeve is feeding buddies with berries. You need three berries initially to get started and have your buddy wander around, and feeding it additional berries will keep your buddy out in the real world. To earn hearts, you have to feed your buddy… [Continue Reading]

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Psychic Spectacular event poster, from the Pokemon GO Website
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How the Psychic Spectacular event could have been more Spectacular

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The Psychic Spectacular event comes by every year, generally after the Ultra Unlock events end. It’s an event that bridges the gap between the GO Fest rush and the October spooky events. However, this year’s Psychic Spectacular was rather boring. Here’s how it could have been better. More psychic types We did get a few psychic types but they’re all mostly old ones. While some people may need Exeggcute for the Meltan special research, most other Pokemon are somewhat recent or kinda spawn already. We already had a Slowpoke community day, Spoink is useless and a common grunt in Team… [Continue Reading]

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Grubbin Community Day

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I do often wonder how Niantic decide on who and what gets a community day and when. For September 2023, we got Grubbin, the small bug type Pokemon that evolves into the bug and electric type Vikavolt. Why did we get Grubbin? No idea. But either way, we got a new shiny and a technically new move. The bonuses for the community day were alright. Triple catch XP is always a welcome sight, but Grubbin isn’t the easiest to get excellent throws on. Luckily, Grubbin is pretty easy to catch, so you get that extra First Ball experience. There weren’t… [Continue Reading]

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The Paldea starter Pokemon from the loading screen
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The “A Paldean Adventure” Research is Rather Tedious

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With the start of a new season, we’ve been given a new special research, A Paldean Adventure. While it is a special research, it’s also a lot of work, with not much of interest when it comes to rewards. So far, it’s only rewarded a Paldea starter based on what path you take, and a LeChonk, which has been spawning all over the place in the two Paldean events. As of writing, I don’t know what stage 5 is, but it’s quite possible that it might be nothing. Or it could be catch 800 Pokemon. And it might just reward… [Continue Reading]

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All Legendary Raids Should Be Like How They Were In GO Fest

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Legendary Pokemon are a horrible pain to catch. You have just kicked a Legendary Pokemon’s arse and now you have to catch the bastard. A Pokemon which will flail and jump around like crazy, constantly jumping out of Pokeballs. And you can’t even use nanab berries to calm the Pokemon down. If you’re lucky, you can use razz berries, but 99% of the time, you’ll have to use the golden variant, or use silver pinaps. This has been the way since, well, Legendaries first appeared in raids. They have always been a pain in the butt to catch. After every… [Continue Reading]

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Oddish Research Day

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Oddish isn’t one of my favourite Pokemon. It’s a weird ball on legs with leaves coming out of its head. Pretty standard for a grass type Pokemon. And for some reason, it got a special research day. Not sure why, but this is Niantic and a Kanto Pokemon we’re talking about. But yeah, it was a pretty standard research day. Research Days are generally a bit annoying. Unlike Community Days and Egg-hatching days, Research Days are very limited and are completely restricted to where you are. If you only have 1-2 pokestops nearby, you get two attempts at a shiny… [Continue Reading]

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This Master Ball Research is Hard

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In Pokemon GO, for the new season, there is a timed research that lasts for 80 days. If you complete this timed research, then you will be rewarded with a Master Ball. But Niantic will make you work hard for it. So how hard IS this research? I’d say it’s pretty damn hard. There’s a lot you need to do for this research. The first task is to catch 1000 Pokemon. Which does sound pretty difficult, but with the Paldea x4 stardust event, I’m nearly half way there. Because I want that stardust. There’s going to be multiple community days… [Continue Reading]

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The current Galar Pokedex
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A Lack of Galar

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At the time of writing, we are having a Pokemon GO event based in Paldea, the region you visit in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. This event is part of the Ultra Unlocks, which were, well, unlocked during GO Fest. Ultra Unlock events tend to bring out new Pokemon and large bonuses. During this Ultra Unlock for example, we had a x4 stardust and x4 catch experience bonus, which was pretty damn awesome. However, I feel like we’re missing something. We’ve missed out the whole Galar region. To me, this is a bit of a shame. I really enjoyed playing in… [Continue Reading]

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