The Pokemon Company hosted a special presentation today that gavePokemonfans a glimpse of what’s to come. This included new content forPokemon SwordandShieldon the Nintendo Switch, but it also included some brand new content for the mega-popular mobile gamePokemon GOas well. As announced by The Pokemon Company,Pokemon GOis getting Mega Evolutions at some point in a future update.
It remains to be seen exactly howMega Evolutionswill work onPokemon GO, but the language used by Niantic suggests that they may be available to catch in the wild and separately from their standard counterparts. This would be in stark contrast to how Mega Evolutions have worked in the main seriesPokemongames, as they are activated in the middle of battle to give players a temporary advantage. More information onPokemon GOMega Evolutions should come to light as we near the feature’s release date.
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Meanwhile, fans don’t have to wait any time at all to enjoy the other bigPokemon GOannouncementNianticmade at the event. It was also confirmed that Galarian Farfetch’d is now available to catch inPokemon GO, with the Pokemon now appearing in the wild. Farfetch’d is a region-exclusive Pokemon inPokemon GO, so Galarian Farfetch’d offers a unique opportunity for players to better-complete their Pokedex if they haven’t caught one already. Based on our own testing, Galarian Farfetch’d spawns seem to be quite high at the moment, so players may be able to just open their game and catch one right away.
WhilePokemon GOplayers can catch Galarian Farfetch’d right now, they won’t be able toevolve it into Sirfetch’d. At the time of this writing, the evolved form of Galarian Farfetch’d is not in the game, and one has to imagine that it won’t be added untilPokemon GOgets to adding Gen 8 Pokemon, which is likely years away. Even so, fans can prepare for Sirfetch’d’s eventual debut by catching as many Galarian Farfetch’d right now as they can.
The addition of Galarian Farfetch’d toPokemon GOand the announcement that Mega Evolutions are coming were easily the two biggestPOGOreveals made by The Pokemon Company today, but they weren’t the only ones. It was also confirmed that, in celebration of the release ofPokemon SwordandShield’s Isle of Armor expansion, new specially-themed avatar items are being made available in the shop. There’s even a Galarian Farfetch’d hat for players to buy, if they’re so inclined.
Pokemon GOis out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
