Despite Pokémon GO being focussed around collecting as many Pokémon as you can, effectively encouraging its players to locate and 'catch 'em all', the game frustratingly makes this almost impossible for most - not unlike the core series titles. Some of the lovely critters, such as Kangaskhan and Farfetch'd to name a couple, can only be found in particular areas of the world meaning that you'd have to travel to a different continent just to catch your virtual, leek-holding duck.
Pleasingly, though, players have found that two Pokémon previously restricted to certain regions have just swapped locations. Seviper (previously available in Europe, Asia and Australia), and Zangoose (America and Africa) have now switched places, allowing players to finally get their hands on the second of the two.
Interestingly, this seems to be a nod to the Pokédex entries for these two Pokémon from the mainline games. Every single game in the series, from their debut titles Ruby and Sapphire, right through to the newest entries, talk about how Seviper and Zangoose are in a constant war with each other. It would appear that this shift in position relates to how these two Pokémon would find themselves squabbling over territory which is a very nice touch, indeed.
Have you been keeping up with Pokémon GO and catching all of the newly released third generation monsters? Let us know in the comments below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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They should rotate them out more to help the avid collectors.
I'm still missing Kangaskhan and Touros. Until I can get them my collector mind is dwindling with this game...
The exclusivity makes them more desirable. I like the exclusivity - it makes it much more rewarding when you do get one.
@Aurumonado
I respect your opinion but also respectfully disagree. Having a Pokémon be locked to a real life location isn’t the same as say only being available by getting badges in a game.
I have always been a proponent of a cyclical exclusivity. Locked Pokémon should rotate say a week of the month, in which that is your chance to catch them. It’s still limited, but at least everyone gets the opportunity.
I'd rather not have region-locked exclusive Pokemon, but extremely rare ones. You can still get that rewarding feeling by finding a very rare one without being at a disadvantage because of your location in the world.
Wait Pokemon Go is still a thing?
Wow really? I live in America and I caught Zangoose yesterday
Well I sure hope they're switching them regularly because I still need to catch more of those snake things to evolve.
@Baker1000 Seviper doesn't evolve?
@LordGeovanni They might be talking about Ekans, which does evolve. The fact that they mentioned this in an article about another snake Pokémon does make it a bit more confusing though.
Seviper!
Do people still play this???
@LordGeovanni I thought it did. Sorry, I quit Pokémon after gen 2 so this is all new to me.
@Baker1000
It was half me just clarifying and half trying to make sure you don't worry too much. If you have it, your Pokedex is good.
@Coffee_Drinker I could never understand how anyone could be into this. I know it was this whole pop culture phenomenon flavor of the month thing for a while, but it's not like there is a deep game to be had outside of collecting. If I want to play Pokemon, I'll just stick with the RPG's.
hi, i would like to pokemon Go be able trade with the the pokemon games so we might be able get some great pokemon from pokemon Go because i think it'll be great fun trying out stronger pokemon from pokemon Go but it's up to the people who makes pokemon games that is what i like to happen thanks
It was -13 F all through Christmas break, no thanks, I’ll stay home and drink instead!
I doubt the Pokedex entry really means all that much to Niantic... Gen 3 was the first to push 'pairs' of Pokemon, and they need more ways to better distribute Pokemon spawns, so introducing pairs on a rotation makes a lot of sense.
Plus, if you look at the other regional pair that was added with the introduction of Gen 3 (Plusle and Minun), you'll see that their separation is in complete conflict with the past games, which always portray them as a team who should be paired together.
Given that this rotation occurred roughly a month after the pairs were introduced, chances are they'll be rotating one pair each month, with additional pairs (e.g. Volbeat/Illumise and Solrock/Lunatone) likely being added over the coming months alongside the rest of Gen 3.
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