The 2022 Pokemon Go Fest finale occasion will go some solution to addressing participant disappointment over unhealthy shiny luck throughout the first International Go Fest weekend, Niantic has stated.
Trainers all over the world expressed their frustration at what they felt was a too low encounter rate for shiny Pokemon over the 2-day particular occasion – which value $15 to entry – with many gamers reporting a lot better hauls at earlier festivals and group days.
2022’s International Go Fest was additionally stricken by a bug that made Pokemon interested in Incense seem on the map once they had already despawned, additional exacerbating the issues for shiny-hunting gamers.
“I don’t suppose we underestimated how gamers are in shiny Pokemon,” Michael Steranka, Director of Dwell Product for Pokemon Go, instructed VG247 at a current Q&A occasion.
“Once we created the design for your complete Go Fest expertise, we wished to maintain all 3 reside occasion days in thoughts. So the one ticket that gamers bought not solely obtained them the primary 2 international weekend days earlier this month, nevertheless it was additionally inclusive of the finale occasion coming on the finish of August.
“Now we have some nice surprises in retailer for gamers on the finale, and we do suppose that gamers are going to depart this summer time feeling like that they had an unimaginable Go Fest all issues thought-about – together with those that might need been a bit of disillusioned with their shiny luck from the primary weekend.”
The finale shall be held on Saturday, August 27, and is included within the worth of the unique $15 International Go Fest ticket with standalone tickets additionally accessible for $10.99.
Niantic can be internet hosting 3 in-person Pokemon Go Fest occasions this summer time, which can introduce 3 new Extremely Beasts: Buzzwole in Seattle, Xurkitree in Sapporo and Pheromosa in Berlin.
These highly effective Extradimensional Pokemon will solely be accessible at these real-world occasions initially, however will turn out to be accessible to all gamers sooner or later later within the Go season. Whereas it has not been formally confirmed that the Extremely Beasts will make an look on the International Go Fest finale, it may match the timeline.
“We’re seeking to announce extra concerning the finale at a later date, however evidently we’re that occasion to be the end result of your complete season of Go,” Steranka went on to say.
“We would like that to be a really optimistic second for gamers and one thing that they’ll be capable of bear in mind this summer time fondly with. We additionally usually use the finale occasions for our seasons as a pleasant jump-off level for the subsequent season that may start afterwards. So extra to disclose at a later date, however these are some issues you’ll be able to look to count on on the finale this 12 months.”
For extra on easy methods to turn out to be a grasp coach, try the present Pokemon Go Egg Chart, in addition to this month’s Area Analysis quest rewards.
