Niantic is also pushing the egg-widget again, the first three eggs incubating while using the widget becoming reduced to 1/4 of the normal requirement, not in the half-distance that will be active for the whole event. There’s hope, though, because Reshiram has got launched, and it’s already made up the existing Flareless version. And now is the beginning of what looks like a month that will require more than a little hype-building. For raids, Zekrom comes on January 10 as Reshiram leaves, and is exactly the same place as Reshiram, so you don’t want to miss him. Regice will replace it on January 25th, but we don’t know whether Ice Golem (which has limited PvP uses outside Ultra League) will have a unique move, though Tapu Koko will come back with at least a shiny chance for the first time between January 25th and February 1st. It appears likely raid mon will get strong, and as the month goes on, weaker. For Mega Raids, Mega Steelix (January 1st-10th), Mega Lopunny (January 18th-25th), and Mega Aerodactyl use all the same for (XL) candy production, but the mystery pokemon is for January 10th-18th. Niantic has released Grip 3 in preparation for Hoenn Tours in February. We know Megamon is going to be a dragon that will be introduced to the theme of Grip 3 next month. That doesn’t leave Mega Salamence at that moment, a Dragon/Flying type that will be at least very useful in terms of candy generation and maybe raid DPS. For Januarys Community Day, on January 7th, we finally have Chespin, so this year, Froakie will also be celebrated. Since I like Chespin, it won’t make any point in the raid scene unless you missed Roserade over the course of community days now. It may have a more PvP use, but as the Flying types were recently buffed and Chespins final form is quad-weak to Flying, there are a lot of difficulties on the horizon. The 1/4 egg cage bonus could however be a good way of clearing our eggs space again, especially for free-to-play players preparing for the Hoenn upcoming event in February. The Twinkling Fantasy event took place on January 10. We don’t have any idea what this means, but the lightest hour of its time on the beginning date suggests some fairy and possibly Dragons, perhaps more and more, to match Mega Salamences’s predicted release. During that time, we have battle weekend from the beginning of January. There are three levels of skill that we can do and three on a day (up to 20), 4x starstrip rewards, and a quest that will give an award-winning avatar (the same at rank 20 reward) and an Elite Charged TM. New Year is on January 1923. At least this means that once a day, chances of triggering luck trades, lucky friends, red pokemon, and many pokemon with a zodiac sign. As 2023 is the year of the rabbit, expect something rabbity. Wigglytuff would be a popular choice because it is rabbit-like, and an association with the moon. Both the Nidorans and the rabbityand also require a moonstone to work. Niantic may do Plusle and Minun though, as they are rabbit-like, Plusle is red, and Gen 3 pokemon, taking away the current focus of Gen 3. Perhaps Azumarill, who has gold, and possibly a tie to the holidays’ hopes for good fortune, might also make a case, 2023 is also for rabbit, but Niantic knows about this. There are another bunny knit, but their cases sound weaker or sketchy, such as Cinderaces line being a red and certainly a rabbit, but I would be tense to see this as a starter. In this one, the birthday is in the month of January 21. If it happens during the Lunar Festival and before the Hoenn Tour, then it will likely be in the future. It’s a Gen 3 starter, red with a Mega, and so the holiday season will look pretty good, and it matches both the criteria that last fall helped Mudkip to be featured. If Niantic wants to take home Mega Salamence, it could be Bagon or Ralts, If it are Gen 3 or with lots of other users, or as a long-term project Beldum. In the end, it’ll become useful, but Niantics also increased the events that grant the Community Day move Meteor Mash, so it won’t likely be featured. Finally, the Crackling Voltage event will be 27 to 5. Niantics didn’t reveal anything about that event, but it’ll probably feature a pokemon. As soon as Niantic continues Gen 3, it might be linked to New Maudville, an underground power plant with the Voltorb and Magnemite family, and, in some future generations, allow players to form a pokemon into Magnezone and Probopass, so that those are some featured pokemons. There are only some guesses, but update this section with the release of some information from Niantic. In the Spotlight Hours, January 3rd, Alola Sandshrew hour has a 2nd xp for evolution bonus for those who have new evolves they want to use. It’s nice, however, for those who live in non-snowy places but still lack ice medals, who can increase catch rates. I think January 10ths is weirdly tempting because it has both double stardust andSwirlix, which has a shiny that hasn’t been released yet so far. This might be the night to cash in for your saving money from the study event in December (or even the event Glaceons). Seedot on the 17th of January is pretty negligible at the moment, unless you are saving targets for double xp gains. In addition to what happened in the crackling Voltage event, the use of the last two spotlight hours is a bit dreadful to predict. The January 24th, which featured Mon is Timoto, which is not terribly common and is expensive to evolve all the way through, but not particularly useful (at best, its spicy for PvP), though Double Catch & Double Catch is a great alternative. There’s also a good time to cash in your medal bonuses, especially if you use a Mega Beedril or a Scizor to squeak the candy count. Blitzles October 31 is a big day, because it can’t be so useful, not difficult to evolve. Due to the lack of new space and the upcoming Hoenn Tours in February, this could be the last time we have an event for double transfer until after the events over (not particularly given the recentNiantics record). Poke-hoarders may want less desirable mons lined up to exit before the event so they can simply select everything and send them to their destination. As long as Niantic rolls out new details, this page frequently surprises people all month long. Where the moon is in the middle of the month, you’re not supposed to. The day is long after the first storm, but the new year is not in the morning. Observers include Andrew Ross, an acknowledged Pokemon geek and an expert ARG-watcher. Nobody knows Nintendo and Niantic as he does. His article about Go is heavily covered with Pokemon, plus other mobile and reality-based titles.
