Back in July,Pokemon GOintroduced the game’s very first Shadow Pokemon. Shadow Pokemon, for the uninitiated, are special Pokemon that players can “purify” to free them from their “shadow” state. To save these Pokemon, players have to find PokeStops invaded by Team Rocket and defeat Team Rocket grunts in battle, then catch the Shadow Pokemon and spend some Stardust. Now there will be at least 11 more Pokemon thatPokemon GOplayers can find when battling Team Rocket in the game.
As announced by Niantic on the officialPokemon GOTwitter account, 11 new Shadow Pokemon have been added to the lineup of Shadow Pokemon that can be found at PokeStops, with even more available through evolution. For example, players can defeat and catch a Shadow Magikarp at a Team Rocket PokeStop, which they can evolve into Shadow Gyarados, who isn’t actually found at any of the PokeStops.
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Something else to note is that one of the new Shadow Pokemon confirmed by Niantic isn’t technically available to catch in the game yet. Niantic has teased that Shadow Ralts is coming soon, presumably during the August 2019 Community Day event, which features Ralts as the starring Pokemon.
This could be a sign that Team Rocket will play a larger role than expected during theRalts Community Day on August 3. Perhaps more PokeStops will be invaded by Team Rocket than usual, which would actually be pretty helpful toPokemon GOplayers who missed out on the recent event where every PokeStop the world over was taken over for a short period of time.
There is a newTeam Rocket Special Research questthat requires players to defeat Team Rocket grunts as well as catch and purify Shadow Pokemon, so the Ralts Community Day may very well provide the perfect opportunity to do just that. In the meantime, the addition of new Shadow Pokemon toPokemon GOshould give players the opportunity to better-complete their collection in the game.
Pokemon GOis out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
