To celebrate the upcoming POKÉMON Detective Pikachu, Pokémon GO will be running a special event featuring a chance to catch a little Detective Pikachu.
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu is on the way, and to celebrate the caffeine-powered mystery solver, there will be a special event in Pokémon GO. The event will run from May 7 until May 17, and you will have the chance to catch all sorts of Pokémon. Select Pokémon from the movie shall be appearing in the game, lucky players can get photobombed by Detective Pikachu himself and will have a chance to catch him before he runs off to solve another mystery.
There will also be a double experience for capturing Pokémon during the event, specially themed Field Research will be available for a limited time, and there will be Detective Pikachu themed items available in the Style Shop. For full details on the event, including exact start times, read on.
Date + Time
- Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 1 p.m. to Friday, May 17, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT (GMT −7)
Features
- Select Pokémon featured in the movie will appear in raids.
- Pokémon that appear in the movie will show up more frequently in the wild.
- If you’re lucky, you could be photobombed by a Pikachu in a detective hat—with a chance to catch one of your very own!
Bonus
- Double XP for catching Pokémon
Field Research
- Specially themed Field Research will be available for a limited time during this event.
Avatar Items
- Themed avatar items will be available in the Style Shop.
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu will release in the US on May 10 and stars Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu. Produced by Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, and The Pokémon Company, the film takes place in Ryme City and centers around the exploits of a former Pokémon trainer who hooks up with a talking Pikachu that previously belonged to his father. Together, they set out to find out what happened to his father, who recently disappeared.
This is the first live-action Pokémon movie, and we can all assume if it does well, then we will see a lot more of them coming to cinemas, and a lot more special events like this coming to Pokémon GO.
