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The first Pokemon from the Paldea region are finally confirmed to be arriving soon inPokemon GO. The popular mobile game still hasn’t added many of Gen 8’s Pokemon yet, but this addition will mean Pokemon from every main series region are available inPokemon GO.
The recent Pokemon Presents event was full of announcements about the future of the series, from new information about thePokemon Scarlet and VioletDLC to the introduction ofPokemon Stadium 2to Nintendo Switch Online. As far asPokemon GOis concerned, there wasn’t a massive amount of new info that wasn’t already available before, but the reveal of Gen 9 Pokemon arriving in the game is a major one that could mean some major changes coming in the near future.
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The Pokemon Presents announcement states that Pokemon from the Paldea region will begin appearing inPokemon GObeginning this September. There wasn’t any more specific date given other than September, so it’s unknown exactly when in the month thatScarlet and Violet’s debut into the mobile gamewill truly begin, but it’s a very close release window, regardless. The announcement also doesn’t get particularly specific on which Paldea Pokemon will be coming to the game, though there are some hints.
In the brief shoe-related preview, silhouettes of Paldea’s starters, Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly, are all shown prancing past a window. It’s fair to assume, especially considering past trends of introducing a new region’s Pokemon intoPokemon GO, that those threealong with theirScarlet and Violetevolutionswill likely be the first to appear. It’s possible that more could be arriving in addition to those, but nothing in the announcement seems to tease toward that.
The addition of Gen 9 Pokemon could have major implications for the future ofPokemon GO, since it could also mean the introduction of Tera types in the near future.Tera types recently came to thePokemon TCGand they’re mixing things up in the meta there, as they’d certainly do inPokemon GOif they were brought in sometime soon. Gen 9 would also be bringing in a number of new evolutions and regional variations for Pokemon that are already in the game, such as Wooper, Girafarig, and Dunsparce. Overall, the introduction of everythingScarlet and VioletintoPokemon GOcould lead to some major changes on the horizon.
Pokemon GOis available for download on mobile now.
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