Pokémon GO's current Team Rocket-fueled nightmare has taken another twist today, as a number of Team GO Rocket leaders have infiltrated the game. You'll recognise the star of the show, too, as Pokémon Red and Blue's Giovanni has entered the fray.
Team GO Rocket activity has been intensifying over the last few weeks, with a strange object called 'Mysterious Components' being found as well as numerous sightings of pesky leaders. Now, the full extent of the bad guys' plans appears to have been shown, with a new set of special research tasks called 'Looming in the Shadows' now being available.
Here's what developer Niantic has to say:
The world of Pokémon GO is in peril! Team GO Rocket Leaders Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo have made their move and can be encountered by Trainers worldwide! Not only have they caught more Shadow Pokémon and strengthened them through unnatural means—their arrival also confirms a suspicion Professor Willow has held for a while: Giovanni, the boss of both Team GO Rocket and the original Team Rocket, may have arrived in the world of Pokémon GO.
The Team GO Rocket Leaders and Giovanni also seem to be using new technology to conceal the locations of their hideouts. Professor Willow, Spark, Blanche, and Candela have been hard at work developing new devices to counter Team GO Rocket’s new tech, and we ask you to explore the world around you, battle the Team GO Rocket Leaders, and conduct Special Research to find and defeat Giovanni!
You can start working towards defeating Team GO Rocket by getting stuck into the first set of tasks for the Looming in the Shadows special research. You'll need to spin 10 PokéStops, defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts, and catch one Shadow Pokémon to progress to the next stage. You can find more details here.
Have you been keeping up with Pokémon GO recently? Still trying to catch 'em all? Let us know with a comment below.
[source pokemongolive.com]
Comments 24
Is he supposed to look like Max Headroom?
"The world of Pokémon GO is in peril!"
You're right, the fad is slowly-but-surely dying around here.
Insert generic jojo reference
@PickledKong64 what part of this looks like jojo?
They've been promoting this too heavily, it's been getting obnoxious actually.
At least they've actually gone ahead and released the damn feature now.
@PBandSmelly Giovanni
@PBandSmelly like giorno Giovanni. You have a jojo pfp. How did you not get the reference?
@AlexSora89 it's been dead wym?
If your saying Pokemon go is dead well your wrong or maybe just in your areas because i see people play Pokemon go all the time.
@AlexSora89 Last time I checked, it's making more money than ever.
Oh no, Giovanni. Considering he gets destroyed by 10 year olds regularly, how os anyone intimidated by him anymore?
@PickledKong64
Oh, duh. I have dissapointed the jojo fandom. This is a cardinal sin.
@PBandSmelly he not really. Most of the jojo fandom (at least the normies you seem chill) have already disappointed me
@PickledKong64 psst... it’s Giorno Giovanna. Not Giorno Giovanni. Now I am also disappointed.
@PickledKong64
Yeah, I miss the days before normies found jojo back in 2012 and before. We were an actual obscure and fun and cool fandom. We ruled...until the anime came...just like the undertale fandom, something that started out amazing, turned into a cesspool of children later on
@PBandSmelly yeah it sucks. The funny thing is it's a hilarious show and manga but they only repeate things like kono dio da, za warudo, ora, muda. Those arent even jokes! It baffles me. We were so wholesome.
@-Juice- that was auto correct my bad. Also between you and me I dont really care about golden wind. It was okay but man is it overrated
@-Juice- but I messed up to begin with my bad
At first I thought that was Mike Mattei.
Why does it not look like Giovanni?
Why does he look like Admiral Thrawn?
@PickledKong64 @Krisi
I think the wording of my dryly-humorous comment was pretty specific.
@PickledKong64 Part 5 is one of the best though! Just wait until SBR. That’ll be amazing.
@-Juice- he part 5 was just boring it didnt feel grounded at all. Part 2 and 3 still best parts
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