Niantic has announced a small number of Pokemon Go Tour events that will be held in person early next year. The important word there is ‘small’ – while these events have been tentatively scheduled for Feb. 2022, they’re few and quite literally far between.
This comes in the wake of news that Pokemon Go Tour will be returning in 2022 in some capacity, with Feb. 26 being the target date for a worldwide event. After last year’s highly successful Pokemon Go Tour: Kanto venture, this celebration will be conducted in honor of Johto.
Since then, Niantic has also announced details of a second date for 2022’s Pokemon Go Tour. On Feb. 27, trainers will be able to participate in an in-person part of the event – the catch is that it’s only available in three cities.
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The in-person leg of Pokemon Go Tour: Johto will be held on Feb. 27 in three locations – Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico; the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and Yas Bay in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Tickets for these in-person events are priced at $25 or the country’s local equivalent. Niantic has also published a blog post to give trainers an idea of what they can expect from Pokemon Go Tour: Johto’s live and very limited second outing.
Among other things, the Feb. 27 event will include real-world themed habitats, event-exclusive Special Research, up to nine free Raid Passes, real-life photo ops, and exclusive merch. Again, all of this is currently restricted to the three locations listed above. It’s unknown at present whether more cities will be added at a later date.
🧳 We’ll be hosting the #PokemonGOTour, a live event at the following locations on February 27:
⭐ Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico
⭐ The Taiwan Lantern Festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
⭐ Yas Bay in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates📝 Read here: https://t.co/xFYZzeHe5X pic.twitter.com/sJ04SDKfhh
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) December 16, 2021
If you’re unable to attend the event and are feeling disappointed about being left out, it’s worth remembering that the December Community Day is this weekend. Lots of rare Pokemon will be available to catch over the course of Saturday, Dec. 18 and Sunday, Dec. 19, including Gible, Eevee, Oshawott, and more.
Outside of that, we also recently published some handy tier lists for the Great League and Ultra League, so be sure to check those out if you’re interested in Pokemon Go’s PvP component.
Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF.
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