Thursday: Pokémon GO - Season of GO & June Events + Pokémon Masters EX - May Update
26-05-2022 07:00 BST / 02:00 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 08:00: Pokémon Master Journeys | Edit @ 16:03: Pokémon GO Fest | Edit @ 18:01: Season of GO, GO Battle League and June events
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO season, the Season of GO, starting June 1st through September 1st
During this season, Lure Modules will run for an Hour and trainers Level 31 and above can get Candy XL. You also get one extra Special Trade a day, an extra Candy when trading and a Guaranteed Candy XL when Trading. There is also increased friendship bonus damage in Raid Battles.
Rattata, Koffing, Aipom, Bronzor, Croagunk, Patrat and Galarian Stunfisk will spawn in cities
Oddish, Weepinbell, Tangela, Shuckle, Shroomish, Cherubi and Yungoos will spawn in forests
Sandshrew, Onix, Phanpy, Aron, Trapinch, Hippopotas and Golett will spawn in Mountains
Tentacool, Krabby, Horsea, Wooper, Corphish, Spheal and Dewpider will spawn in Beach & Water
Ledyba, treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Combee, Gible and Summer Deerling will be in the Northern Hemisphere
Spinarak, Larvitar, Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Trubbish and Winter Deerling will be in the Southern Hemisphere
Poliwag, Magnemite, Magikarp, Meditite, Pikipek, Yungoos and Stufful will be in 2km eggs
Togepi, Skarmory, Wynaut, Bronzor, Rowlet, Litten and Popplio will be in 5km Eggs
Riolu, Emolga, Axew, Rufflet, Goomy, Noibat and Jangmo-o will be in 10km eggs
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO events for June 2022.
First, the Research Breakthrough Reward has been announced. From June 1st 2022 at 20:00 UTC to July 1st 2022 at 20:00 UTC you'll get a Klink
Every Monday, a box containing other items will be available
Kyogre will be in Raid Battles from June 1st through 7th
Groudon will be in Raid Battles from June 7th through 16th
Mewtwo will be in Raid Battles from June 16th through July 1st. From June 16th through 23rd it'll have Shadow Ball and from June 23rd through July 1st it'll have Psystrike
Mega Steelix will be in Mega Raids from June 1st - 7th. Mega Aerodactyl will be in Mega Raids from June 7th - 16th. Mega Venusaur will be in Mega Raids from June 16th - 23rd and Mega Blastoise will be in Mega Raids from June 23rd to July 1st.
The events through June have also been announced
The Adventure Week event returns and runs from June 7th through 12th
The Pokémon TCG Crossover Event, celebrating the release of the Pokémon GO TCG Set will run from June 16th through 30th
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic have unveiled the lineup for Pokémon GO Battle League Season 11:
Great League and Great League Remix will run June 1st - 8th
Ultra League and Catch Cup - GO Fest will run June 8th - 15th. Catch Cup only allows for Pokémon caught during GO Fest's event times
Master League and Fossil Cup will run from June 15th - 22nd. Fossil cup only allows Water, Rock and Steel-type Pokémon
Great League and Retro Cup will run from June 22nd - 29th. Retro Cup doesn't allow Fairy, Dark, Steel-type Pokémon
Ultra League and Kanto Cup will run from June 29th to July 6th
All three leagues will run from July 6th - 13th
Great League and Flying Cup will run from July 13th - 20th. Flying Cup only allows Flying-type Pokémon
Ultra League and Little Cup Remix will run from July 20th - 27th. Little Cup only allows Pokémon that haven't evolved but can evolve. It won't allow Vulpix, Bronzor, Cottonee or Deino
Master League and an unnamed cup will run from July 27th - August 3rd
Great League and Element Cup will run from August 3rd - 10th
Ultra League and Summer Cup will run from August 10th - 17th. The Summer Cup only allows Normal, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric and Bug-type Pokémon
Great League and Fighting Cup will run from August 17th - 24th. The Fighting Cup only allows Fighting-type Pokémon and no Psychic-type Pokémon
All three cups will run from August 24th to the season's end on September 1st
A GO Battle Day focused on Mankey will run on June 18th all day. There will also be Timed Research which gives Experience, Rare Candy, Elite Charge TM and Bea's Gloves. It will also have 4* Stardust from win rewards. From 11am to 2pm, it will give Mankey as a guaranteed encounter and if evolved during the three hours, will know the move Cross Chop.
A GO Battle Weekend will run from July 9th through 10th
Pokémon GO World Championships event will run in August
Rewards will be based around Bea with players reaching Rank Ace Rank, Veteran, Expert and Legend getting avatar items: Gloves, Shoes, Top, Shorts and a pose respectively inspired by her. The Pokémon rewards are also changed to match Pokémon she has
Rank 1 has a guaranteed encounter with Machamp, and standard encounters with Poliwag, Wingull, Meditite, Litwick, Skwovet and Skarmory
Rank 6 adds encounters with Mienfoo
Rank 11 adds encounters with Licktung, Hitmontop, Karrablast, Frillish, Shelmet
Rank 16 adds Absol, Pancham and Falinks
Rank 20 adds the current Legendary Pokémon
Veteran Rank adds Axew encouters
Expert Rank adds Noibat encounters
Legend Rank provides a guaranteed encounter with Pikachu Libre
You will receive more Candy XL when you catch Poliwhirl, Flaaffy, Pupitar, Medicham, Scraggy, Galvantula, Lampent, and Stunfisk from GO Battle League
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO Fest
Niantic have announced new details for Pokémon GO Fest 2022 which runs next week on June 4th/5th
The Special Research will provide a Shaymin T-Shirt and a Gracidea Bouquet Pose
In the in-game shop you'll be able to get a GO Fest 2022 Tee, a Shaymin Hat and a Gracidea Face Sticker
There will be stickers featuring Kyogre, Groudon, Pikachu, Axew, Piplup and Shaymin from Poké Stops and Gifts
In The Pokémon Championship Series Department
Pokkén Tournament Championship Series
The Pokémon Company have confirmed that, following the 2022 season and the 2022 Pokémon World Championships, Pokkén Tournament will no longer be part of the Pokémon Championship Series and will no longer be held at the Play! Pokémon events
In The Games Department
Pokémon Masters EX
DeNA have put out a new developer letter and unveiled some upcoming updates alongside a new update to the game
First there are some changes to the tutorials with players getting given Blue & Pidgeot instead of Whitney & Miltank. You also unlock the Let's Go, Professor Oak and Creator of Pasio events after completing Chapter 2. There's a new Daily Mission of complete a player area in Sync Orb Area for 10 Battle Points each day
A new story will be added to the Johto arc on May 30th which also has an event to strengthen Silver & Ho-Oh. There are three Master Scouts available in this event; Ethan & Lugia, Lyra & Celebi and Kris & Suicune
A Time Trial event will run on June 6th. This one will have no practice match and you can use whatever Sync Pairs you desire
A Story Event Revel in Rivalry will run on June 16th focusing on battles with Rivals
A Solo event will run on June 22nd
At the end of June, two seasonal outfits will be released
Edit @ 07:15: Updated the section with full details for Ethan & Lugia, Lyra & Celebi, Kris & Suicune , Bede & Hatterene
In The Anime Department
Pokémon Journeys
The third batch of 15 episodes of Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series, are now available in the US on Netflix. This saga of the anime features Ash , Goh & Chloe as they travel the world researching Pokémon, with Ash battling in the World Coronation Series as they go.
