Pokémon GO news (Aug. 3): Special Trading Event / Field Research

3 August 2018 Lite_Agent Niantic, Pokémon GO, The Pokémon Company

Pokémon GO – Special Trading Event

Yesterday, a Special Trading Event for Pokémon GO went live. Until August 19th, you can get special bonuses if you trade Pokémon with friends:

all trades, including special ones, cost 25% less Stardust
you can earn more Candy during every trade (up to 6 Candies in total)
you get triple the usual amount of XP when you get a new entry in your Pokédex

Source: Niantic

Pokémon GO – Field Research

Earlier this week, the latest set of Field Research tasks went live. One of them, “Land 3 Curveballs”, allows you to get a new Pokémon as a reward: Spinda (with 8 different appearances). Also, two new Shiny Pokémon have started appearing: Houndour and Snubbull!

Source: Serebii

Pokémon GO – Toho Cinemas

Over the past year, all Toho Cinemas locations across Japan worked as Poké Stops and Gyms, as part of one of the many sponsorship deals Niantic has signed with companies all around the world. Unfortunately for Japanese players, this sponsorship is coming to an end: from August 7th onwards, Toho Cinema locations will no longer serve as Poké Stops or Gyms.

Via: Serebii

Pokémon GO – Japanese events

Due to the intense heat wave, some upcoming events for Japan have been modified in order to avoid the hottest hours of the day:

Articuno Day (on August 4th): now runs earlier, from 9AM to 3PM;
Squirtle Community Day (on August 4th): same time;
Eevee Community Day (on August 11th and August 12th): 6PM to 9PM

Via: Serebii