Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza Comes To Pokémon GO

@Damo Funny coincidence. We used that Rayquaza pic at my sons dragon themed bar mitzvah a couple of weeks ago. Had a big banner made and jigsaw puzzles as gifts for all the kids. It's also been my desktop wallpaper for the past 6 months or so, kids use the PC more than I do, they get to choose.

Is the shiny mega version going to be in Go, or just the normal green version?

Yay. Just what we needed. More legendary Pokemon held hostage behind Niantic's pathetic raid system 😒. Cause why bother making them rare wild encounters?

@rjejr The normal green version will be in Go.

@Timsworld To most people still playing Pokémon Go including myself, the raid system is actually the most exciting feature in the game. I've met people in my neighborhood that I wouldn't have met otherwise. It basically brought people together that were playing mostly solo during the game's 'hype' in summer 2016. Rare spawns and some shinies are already there basically. Non-event wild Unown spawns are the rarest at the moment.

@Slaz "The normal green version will be in Go."

Thanks, that's what I figured, but I thought I'd ask.

@Slaz "The normal green version will be in Go."

Thanks, that's what I figured, but I thought I'd ask.

Finally caught Kyogre yesterday. Hope Rayquaza is less of a pain!

@Slaz I agree, meeting people at raids & pitching in is great fun - got my first Mewtwo this afternoon & over 60 people were at the raid... was great seeing everyone get on together.

@RupeeClock Definitel seems like they're blowing the doors off of Gen3 with this event... all the legendaries and constant Gen3 spawns will start to complete a LOT of people's collection. I wonder what they have planned for after that happens?

@DanteSolablood I have yet to receive an Ex Raid Pass. I’m playing very local and last Ex Raid in town was on christmas day anyway. Maybe I got a chance now that gold gym badges and personal raid activity actually does count.

And I suppose they’ll introduce Mythical raids next? I recall reading that raid boss data for Mew, Celebi, and Jirachi is in the game code now.

@Slaz I'm probably lucky that I got my pass before the raid activity got taken into the account (was raiding known ex-raid gyms that are targeted by the local raid group). I work in the middle of nowhere during the week & only get to raid on a Sunday. I have 6 gold gym badges... but not in a town that I raid in.

It's still a mystery what will happen with Mew & Celebi - there was a rumour that they'll be similar to Unown spawns in the wild. Would have though the Regi's would have been included in the mythical group (as they're not really legendaries).

My favorite thing about Rayquaza is that Mega Rayquaza was so broken in singles battles that Smogon(the best fan site for Pokemon competitive games) banned it even from their ban list! They made up a whole new tier without rules for it. LOL!

@DanteSolablood Having mythical as ultra rare spawns (like Unown) would sure be more true to their name, as well as more exciting.

And I mostly raid after 5 during workdays but never in the weekend. Yeah, it sucks that most raid spawns are done by 5 so I have to be lucky. It’d be nice if raids happened longer during the evening, and not have half of them spawn at 8 in the morning, lol.

I still play the game but I really don't like the raid system. It's a nice idea in that it makes people work together to catch a Pokémon, but almost nobody else where I live still plays the game, so I have no chance of catching any of the stronger raid bosses. It would be nice if the difficulty of the raid battles scaled to the number of people, so it would be difficult but possible to do it solo.

@Slaz Okay, so I lied... I got another pass for a raid just after yesterdays. My guess is the new ex-raid system hadn't designated passes yet. If I get this lucky again I'll have to log in for you.

Good luck on a Mewtwo too you!

@DanteSolablood Haha nice! A friend got a pass earlier today (I think), so they’re definitely throwing out more waves of passes!

Let’s first get some good Rayquaza’s tomorrow, lol!