Pokemon GO Player Takes Down Gym That Had Been Defended for Nearly 3 Years

A Pokemon GO player recently found themselves capturing a highly sought-after shiny Pokemon, only to find out the Pokemon's stats make it basically useless. Alongside the sizable roster of creatures to discover, the massively popular monster-catching mobile game offers a wide variety of unique variants of its many Pokemon. Each Pokemon a player captures can vary in its base stats, with some boasting particular advantages for the game's battles, alongside the Pokemon franchise's traditional «shiny» variants. Now, one player has found a very unusual shiny Pokemon within their game.

Many Pokemon GO players are stuck on the 6-year-old Special Research quest Let's GO Meltan thanks to its particularly challenging objectives. Pokemon GO Special Research quests give players the chance to add rare Pokemon to their roster by completing objectives. Sometimes these Special Research quests are straight-forward and easy to complete, but other times, they can prove to be quite the challenge.

A Pokemon GO player seems to have cracked the code to catch the Galarian Birds. What's interesting to note is that a few other Pokemon GO fans have also confirmed that they have had similar experiences, which puts forward a compelling case for the trick.

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A Pokemon Go player managed to catch an incredibly rare Combee, sharing their find online for the rest of the Pokemon community to enjoy. Players are able to track, chase, and catch a wide variety of pocket monsters in Pokemon Go, with this recent catch being an incredibly rare accomplishment.

Pokemon GO players aren't happy with the reveal of the «Rediscover Kanto» event, as the community feels fatigued with Generation 1. Initially, the event was teased alongside multiple updates and a new way for Pokemon GO players to «rediscover» the popular mobile game.

Pokemon GO players are sharing an unusual quirk with the popular mobile game's in-game inventory, with one player having 37,000 items over the max capacity. The massively popular monster-catching mobile game from Niantic features more for players to collect than just its lineup of in-game creatures, with multiple useful items available. Items like Berries and stronger Poke Balls can help players to capture new Pokemon, while Potions and Revives keep a player's Pokemon healthy for Pokemon GO's in-game battles. Now, one fan's inventory is way over the game's normal max capacity.

A Pokemon GO player ran into a shiny Yungoos, but they didn't have any Poke Balls to actually catch the creature. Pokemon GO has all kinds of super-rare Pokemon for players to catch and add to their collections, with shiny variants being among the rarest in the game. The «shiny» concept has been a part of the Pokemon experience for decades now, with fans still dedicating great amounts of time to catching as many shiny Pokemon as possible.

Niantic has added a fresh PokeStop to Pokemon GO in a remote region of Antarctica, meaning the vast majority of the game's players will never even have the chance to use it. PokeStops are an integral part of the Pokemon GO experience. They give gamers the chance to collect some helpful free items for their Pokemon-catching adventures, plus there are other game mechanics tied to them as well.

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A Pokemon GO player who left their Shiny Gible in a gym has realized that getting them back could prove to be a problem. They shared their thoughts with other Pokemon GO fans, who seemed largely sympathetic, and offered some idea of how long the player might have to wait. While it's not mandatory by any means, participating at Pokemon Gyms offers a lot of benefits to players. If a player comes across a gym that's controlled by another team, they can fight the Pokemon there to take over the gym for their own team. When happening upon a gym that's already controlled by one's own team, the player can choose to support the Pokemon there or add their own if there's a vacancy. This is what one player did far from home, only to realize that they might not get their rare Pokemon back.

A Pokemon GO player shot an awesome picture of their Pichu while traveling. Pokemon GO players are able to catch Pokemon wherever they are in the world.