Pokemon GOis headed to the ocean with its latest Water Festival: Beach Week event. The event includes a lot of sand and sea-themed Pokemon along with some exciting new additions toPokemon GO.
Pokemon GOis just coming hot off of its Rising Shadows eventin which players were able to obtain a plethora of different Shadow Pokemon, including a fierce Mewtwo Shadow Raid. Niantic is quickly turning the dark into light, thematically speaking, for the game as it transitions immediately into its new and summery Water Festival: Beach Week event.
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The official announcement about the event and all of its details came recently via Niantic’s officialPokemon GOwebsite, as well as posts across social media. One of the main points of interest for collectors will likely be the debut of two new Gen 7 Pokemon, Sandygast and Palossand, which will be regularly appearing throughout the event. These are some of the first newGen 7 Pokemon introduced since the recent Rising Heroes event. To complement the arrival of Sandygast and Palossand there’s also a new Sandygast hat being added that will likely look very cute, if not a bit confusing, when worn by players who have Sandygast or Palossand as their partners.
On top of the addition of new Pokemon, the event is also introducing paid timed research which, if completed before June 11, will reward players with a surfer pose for their avatars. Any players with a surplus ofRainy Lure Modules for evolving or attracting certain Pokemonmay also want to save them specifically for this event, during which time those Modules will last four times longer than normal. There are also some regional-exclusive raids, such as a five-star Azelf Raid in the Americas.
Niantic has been catching a lot of flak for its recentPokemon GOcontent, or maybe the lack thereof, from its player base. The problems range from longtime users not feeling like the developer has addressed enough of the key issues that have been around for years to a perceived stagnation in new content now. Thechange in the function ofPokemon Go’s Remote Raid Passesto something many players consider not as good as it was during the COVID era is also not helping the game or the company’s currently negative reputation. It’s unlikely that adding a handful of new Pokemon and a paid surfer pose will be enough, but only time will tell.
