Niantic has announced that three new legendary Pokémon - Raikou, Entei And Suicune - are now live in Pokémon GO.
The three Johto-based beasts will appear in raid battles all over the world, offering players a chance to beat and catch them, depending on their region. But that's not all; Niantic has also confirmed that it will be rolling out a field test for EX Raid Battles in the near future.
Here's the PR:
Niantic, Inc. and The Pokémon Company International have revealed a trio of Legendary Pokémon originally from the Johto region—Raikou, Entei, and Suicune — will soon appear around the world in Pokémon GO. Trainers will be able to discover, battle, and have the chance to catch the three Legendary Pokémon in Raid Battles located at Gyms around the world. In addition to the arrival of Raikou, Entei, and Suicune in Pokémon GO, the newly revealed EX Raid Battle feature will begin a field-test program in select areas before becoming available to Trainers worldwide.
Raikou, Entei, and Suicune will be traveling across the world over the next several months, each spending up to a month in a region. From August 31 to September 30:
- Raikou, an Electric-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout the Americas.
- Entei, a Fire-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout Europe and Africa.
- Suicune, a Water-type Legendary Pokémon, can be battled throughout the Asia-Pacific region.On September 30, all three Pokémon will move to a different location and be available for Trainers to battle with other Trainers until October 31. Finally, all three of these Legendary Pokémon will make their final stop in the last remaining location on October 31. Like the Legendary Pokémon Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, and Lugia before them, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune will be available for a limited time.
In addition, the EX Raid Battle field-test will soon be available in select regions around the world in an effort to fine-tune the new system with Pokémon GO’s dedicated community of global Trainers. Similar to existing Raid Battles, EX Raid Battles will periodically appear at Gyms around the world. Trainers who have successfully completed a Raid Battle at the Gym where the EX Raid Battle is taking place will be invited to battle a powerful Raid Boss. Beginning soon, Trainers in select areas will begin to receive an EX Raid Pass for an opportunity to experience the new feature and provide feedback.
Are you looking forward to catching these new legendaries? Have you had much luck with the existing ones? What do you make of the news that EX Raids are coming? As ever, we want to hear what you think, so post a comment below.
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The purge of players who play alone is the worst mistake they've made so far. People are getting bullied out of groups if they aren't in cliques, and spoofers are ruining group gatherings anyway. Niantic need a rethink.
@oldrodlegacy
I've stopped playing atm. I'm just not sociable enough for raids.
Pokemon GO isn't a trend anymore. Very few play it. Still, good to see content for it...
@Yasaal LOL you are joking right? The game broke its own record for money spent in a day when the legendaries came out compared to the first day of the game. I see people playing the game constantly. I play it still every day. You must live in a rural area if you don't think people still aren't playing a ton.
Wouldn´t mind legendary raids, if you got the Pokémon by defeating it, not have a limited chances of catching it afterwards. There has been literally just one time when I've managed to play with a group of 14 people against two Articunos and was one of the people who didn't manage to get either. Golden Rasberry... more like Useless Rasberry.
I think I'll continue catching legendaries in actual Pokémon games where I can actually weaken them.
The best change is that they're going to show you how many people are in a raid before you spend a raid pass. That's awesome.
I've never done a raid.
@XCWarrior I live in Dubai, where there's*no* Pokemon GO XD People played it a lot at first, but now it's dead... I've also heard that over in the states people play it less too, which is where I based my claim on. Whenever I mention something, its always with the US point of view as that's where the news comes from usually (and also bc the Middle East is a bad market for Nintendo, mainly bc they have yet to step foot in it, something both MS and Sony have done...)
What @olrodlegacy said... times infinity.
There's nothing more I could add.
Regional exclusivity? Check.
Timed exclusivity? Eeyup.
No guarantee of legendaries becoming available again in the future? You betcha.
A new raid system to make the newbie-"loyal fan" gap even wider? Bingo!
Seriously, is Niantic trying to murder its userbase or what?
@coolaggro
Wait, is that a thing? Is Niantic actually learning?
I pretty much played alone for the first few months. When raids came along I started to see groups forming to raid. I decided to check it out and small talked my way into the group. Now we have a Facebook group with 100+ people and alert each other of Boss raids. Sometimes we travel in groups and go gym to gym for a few hours. Old, young, shy, loud, funny, all exist in the group and its super cool. The game is fun again! I highly recommend finding or starting a local group on social media if you haven't yet. You will have at least one thing in common with all of them.
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