In an update post detailing Pokémon GO's upcoming European Safari Zone events, Niantic has announced that the first two events scheduled for early August will now be delayed until the Autumn / Fall season. Originally due to take place on 5th August (Copenhagen and Prague) and August 12 (Stockholm and Amsterdam), the two meetings had promised that players would be able to catch a "wide variety" of Pokémon from Kanto and Johto, including some Pokémon appearing in Europe for the very first time. A precise replacement date is yet to be given.
Niantic is currently dealing with the fall-out from connection issues that occurred at Pokémon GO Fest last weekend, so may be working to bolster its infrastructure. Players experienced problems logging into the app and there's been plenty of criticism, though some attendees have spoken up in defence of the good parts of the huge Chicago event.
Other scheduled events for Europe (16th September in France, Spain, and Germany) are unaffected as well as an event in Yokohama, Japan on 14th August. Finally, Niantic has announced that non-European Pokémon will start to appear in "certain" cities across Europe. Any more information regarding these whereabouts will be updated accordingly.
Does this news affect you at all? Let us know.
[source pokemongolive.com]
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More bad news.
A bit of a disappointment, sure, but it's at least reassuring to know that Niantic are working on improving their infrastructure. I'll carry on viewing the whole app in a good light, even if they should have been better prepared for Chicago.
I'm actually going to Paris right now. So hopefully I'll find some cool Pokemon while I wonder around.
Living in Ireland, I'm lucky if I'll ever even get a rare pokemon as it is......
I wish they knew how to cover WHOLE Europe.
@Flanktwo Nah I live off down in kildare so we're pretty barren on pokemon. I'm lucky to see 1 uncommon a week, and that's with at least an hour a day in the busy part of my town.
Pushed back! I'm calling the family lawyer.
Are they not doing anything in the UK? I'm not going to spend loads of money on travel for them to cancel at the last minute!
Its for the best. The Stockholm event would have been like Chicago.
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@Shugo I doubt they'll hold another event in US due to the initial backlash they got a few days ago. Some are even filing lawsuits for something Niantic had no control over.
Niantic: "How do we solve the problem of more people showing up for the event than we have allotted server space for?"
"Move the event to a date where less people are available to show up!"
I think people are jumping to conclusions about which Pokemon are being added to european cities.
Non-european Pokemon were supposed to be included in the Safari Zone events, but their recent announcement only said that Pokemon rarely seen in Europe will be appearing... non-european Pokemon are not rarely seen... they're never seen, so it may be referring to other Pokemon that are ordinarily quite rare (Unown immediately springs to mind).
That said, I hope they do bring non-european Pokemon to european cities, and not just the cities where the Safari Zone events were planned... I just don't think we should get our hopes up when that is not actually what they've said.
All those Pokemon Go articles recently...is this really still a thing? Not in Holland, that's for sure (I live in Holland)!
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