1. LET'S GO
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! are launching in less than one week! The Pokémon Company published what seems to be the final pre-release trailer this week, which showed us the artwork of the Elite Four and that Red, Blue, and Green will be in the game.
SOURCE: The Pokémon Company
SOURCE: The Pokémon Company
2. COMMUNITY DAY
Yesterday was November's Pokémon GO Community Day. This month's event featured increased Cyndaquil spawns, double catch Stardust, three-hour Lures, and double catch XP. The Shiny Cyndaquil family was released, and Typhlosion got access to the exclusive move Blast Burn.
SOURCE: Niantic
SOURCE: Niantic
3. EVENTS & EGGS
INGRESS PRIME EVENT: To celebrate the launch of Niantic's Ingress Prime game, Shiny Cubone and Shiny Ponyta were added to Pokémon GO. Some Ingress-themed avatar clothing was added to the Style Shop as a part of this event. This event lasted from November 5 to November 7.
STARDUST BLAST: Following the Ingress Prime celebration we had the announcement of the Stardust Blast event, which lasts until November 13 at 1:00 PM PST. This event doubles Stardust rewards for catching and hatching Pokémon. It also added Buizel, Floatzel, and Budew from the Sinnoh region.
Buizel is found primarily in Tier 1 Raids, but can be found as a very rare spawn out in the wild. Floatzel has been reported to be in the wild as well. Budew is found in 5KM Eggs, and can be Shiny. Budew's evolved form, Roselia, is still able to be Shiny in the wild.
NEW EGGPOOL: Speaking of Eggs, we have an exciting change to 7KM Eggs. The four other Shiny-possible baby Pokémon--Pichu, Togepi, Magby, and Wynaut--have migrated to the 7KM Eggpool.
SOURCE: Niantic, Community Reports
STARDUST BLAST: Following the Ingress Prime celebration we had the announcement of the Stardust Blast event, which lasts until November 13 at 1:00 PM PST. This event doubles Stardust rewards for catching and hatching Pokémon. It also added Buizel, Floatzel, and Budew from the Sinnoh region.
Buizel is found primarily in Tier 1 Raids, but can be found as a very rare spawn out in the wild. Floatzel has been reported to be in the wild as well. Budew is found in 5KM Eggs, and can be Shiny. Budew's evolved form, Roselia, is still able to be Shiny in the wild.
NEW EGGPOOL: Speaking of Eggs, we have an exciting change to 7KM Eggs. The four other Shiny-possible baby Pokémon--Pichu, Togepi, Magby, and Wynaut--have migrated to the 7KM Eggpool.
SOURCE: Niantic, Community Reports
4. NIANTIC'S DEADLINES
Niantic has announced via their Niantic Support Twitter account two important deadlines. Firstly, Pokémon GO's support on iOS 9 is being discontinued after November 12, 2018. And secondly, stacked Field Research reward encounters are being capped at 100 today.
SOURCE: Niantic Support
SOURCE: Niantic Support
5. CHRALES' LEAKS
The amazing Chrales has come through again! He found some new sprites for Sinnoh Pokémon, as well as some asset updates to some Pokémon from Kanto and Johto.
He also found text assets for the "Sinnoh Stone." Based off of context, this appears to be Niantic's way of incorporating Evolution Items for the Sinnoh Pokémon in a condensed, but also somewhat lazy, fashion. We may learn more about the Sinnoh Stone later this week in the inevitable new update that comes out for Pokémon GO to add Let's Go connectivity and Meltan/Melmetal code.
SOURCE: Chrales
He also found text assets for the "Sinnoh Stone." Based off of context, this appears to be Niantic's way of incorporating Evolution Items for the Sinnoh Pokémon in a condensed, but also somewhat lazy, fashion. We may learn more about the Sinnoh Stone later this week in the inevitable new update that comes out for Pokémon GO to add Let's Go connectivity and Meltan/Melmetal code.
SOURCE: Chrales