Pokémon GO news (Feb. 26): Pokémon Day / Smeargle
Today’s Pokémon GO news: Pokémon Day event announced, Smeargle now available, new Trainer Battles rewards, and another Special Weekend announced for Japan!
Pokémon Day
A new event has been announced for the game, celebrating Pokémon Day. Here’s the various features:
- Pokémon encountered early in their adventures through Kanto will appear more frequently;
- Raid Battles will feature bosses originally discovered in the Kanto region;
- Pikachu and Eevee wearing flower crowns will be available via Field Research encounters and in the wild;
- Shiny Pidgey and Shiny Rattata will appear.
Here’s when this event will take place:
- Europe: February 26th (10PM) to February 28th (10PM)
- UK: February 26th (9PM) to February 28th (9PM)
- North America (ET): February 26th (4PM) to February 28th (4PM)
- North America (PT): February 26th (1PM) to February 28th (1PM)
- Japan: February 27th (6AM) to February 29th (6AM)
Source: Niantic
Smeargle
Heads up, budding artists: Smeargle is now available in! But the way to get it is quite different from most other Pokémon, as you do not simply find it in the wild. Instead, Smeargle will sometimes photobomb your photo when using the GO Snapshot feature; when it does, Smeargle will appear in the wild once you exit back to the game. And the photobombing isn’t just a fun way to encounter Smeargle: it will actually know the moveset of the Pokémon it photobombs!
Also, a new badge is now available, and requires you to get 1, 50, and 200 photos photobombed by Smeargle.
Source: Serebii
Trainer Battles
Interested in some Fast TM and/or Charge TM? You now have a chance at getting them as rewards for Trainer Battles, alongside the usual rewards (Sinnoh Stone, Rare Candy, Stardust).
Source: Serebii
Special Weekend (Japan)
Today, another Special Weekend was announced for Japan. Just like the previous one, it will require a (free) ticket, available at Tsutaya, Ito En, and 7-Eleven stores. Here’s the planning for both days:
- April 6th: Chikorita, Totodile, and the N, Y, T Unown letters will get increased spawns
- April 7th: Cyndaquil will get increased spawns
Tsutaya and Ito En will have tickets for April 6th, and 7-Eleven tickets for April 7th.
