Pokemon Go players were expecting details about new Pokemon today… and sure enough, we just got them.
Pokemon from the series’ second generation (“Johto”) are making their way into the game — but not all at once, it seems. And, in a further twist: you won’t be able to catch these first ones in the wild. You’ll have to hatch them from an egg that you’ve picked up at a Pokestop.
A rep for Niantic confirmed a handful of details to us:
- This addition brings Togepi, Pichu, and “select” (but undisclosed) Pokemon originally from Pokemon Gold/Silver
- There’s going to be special edition Pikachu — “wearing a festive hat” (because, as any Valve fan knows, there’s little that can’t be solved with hats) — that players can catch. It’ll appear from now until December 29th at 11 am PST and will apparently “appear in large quantities during this period”
Update: They’ve just pushed this video up to YouTube:
Update #2: Meanwhile, the press materials for the announcement also had this image, which pins down exactly what that “festive hat” is:
Update #3: Sure enough, Pikachu is rockin’ a santa hat right now (screenshot via xxDeus777xx on /r/PokemonGo)
