You'll soon get the chance to bump into the Mythical Psychic-Type Pokémon Mew on your travels in Pokémon GO, it has been revealed today.
Niantic and The Pokémon Company have confirmed that trainers will begin receiving "research tasks" this week which add "new activities and challenges that can be completed for in-game rewards".
Some of these rewards will grant access to "unique storylines", one of which involves "discovering the mystery behind the Mythical Pokémon Mew".
It will be possible to complete multiple "Field Research" tasks each day, "with more challenging tasks offering greater rewards". You'll earn one stamp per day by completing at least one Field Research task, and when you've collected seven, you will achieve a "Research Breakthrough" to gain even greater rewards - such as an encounter with a Legendary Pokémon.
Let us know if you're excited about this update to Pokémon GO by posting a comment.
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Really wish I could get into this app. If it weren't so vastly different from the core games I'd be in love with the concept. Mew's one of my favorites so that's awesome for those that play.
That is exciting ! I'm looking forward to the feature.
I'm cautiously excited for this b/c I'm not sure yet how difficult the quest will be to obtain Mew. Yesterday's Bulbasaur event was the bee's knees and this is a wonderful follow-up.
This game would maintain it's appeal a lot more easily if it spawned Pokemon in places where people actually live.
My ultra balls and golden razz berries are ready!
This is a great idea, and hopefully it will allow us to get Mew and some other legendaries without going to raids (there's never anyone else doing raids in my area and most of them are impossible solo).
@Dogorilla Just about every single tier 3 raid is soloable.
omg, omg....the rarest of the rare... Its not so rare anymore in main series but its still the holy grail of pokemon in my heart.
@LeeroyJ Like Rural and Suburban Neighborhoods.
In the three areas I have Lived in the Past 2 years, none of which are particularly sparsely populated, it was/is not possible to Play Pokemon Go without, a) Driving Across Town or just driving around in general, b) Walking more than a mile between spinner or c) Loitering in a Mall or Shopping Plaza
It does not makes sense to build a Smartphone Game that half the Population cannot play without dedicating hours of their life to a single play session. They really need to stop spawning creatures almost exclusively at Pokestops and Start Spawning them everywhere.
@Indielink Tier 3 maybe, but not legendaries.
@KcebEnyaw sorry, but, the core games would be pretty boring if all the Pokemon spawned outside the main characters house.
Pokemon Go, like all Pokemon games, is about travelling around to catch them all.
@Incarta There is a very very Large Gap between Everything Spawning outside your house and Nothing Spawning anywhere near your house. It's fine to make people wander to find rare Pokemon. It not okay to make the game unplayable. You should be able to catch Common Pokemon while taking the dog for a walk.
@KcebEnyaw You know what, I agree with you. You should be able to get something within walking distance, everywhere.
I don't know what your neighbourhood is like, but I live in a small town and there's pockets of good spawn stuff within walking distance. Plenty of empty areas too. It's why I find it hard to believe there's nothing, unless you live in a really rural spot.
satire inkcoming
"New Research Tasks Can Lead To A Date With Mew In Pokémon Go"
Yes I've always wanted to date Mew
I wonder how many people still actively play this. Once the novelty wore off, I realized this was just an annoying collectathon. The "Battle" system and "raids" are terrible and the way you "raise" your Pokemon is just strange. Plus the lack of connection to the core games... If this game didn't use the Pokemon Brand, no one would have given it the time of day.
Pretty excited. Been so long since they did anything story/character wise that I had to google the Professor' name because I haven't seen him in more than a year. It's Willow btw.
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