It’s arduous to not get enthusiastic about Pokémon Go’s anniversary art work, that often teases a bunch of upcoming options and incoming Pokémon for the 12 months forward, however as an individual who has been taking part in the sport since day one, I needed to provide a phrase of warning to those that consider that Paradox Pokémon, amongst different issues, are actually destined to seem quickly.
Within the art work, we will see a bunch of teases to already introduced upcoming issues, like Aegislash, Yamper, and different lacking Pokémon in-game like Mega Metagross and what seems to be some type of distant raid tease, however its the looks of Iron Treads and Nice Tusk on the correct that has the web satisfied that Paradox Pokémon are coming quickly.
However don’t let that idiot you into pondering the tease is a assure; there have been a number of situations of anniversary artwork teasing an upcoming Pokémon or function that by no means got here. Regardless that Paradox Pokémon really feel like a given at this level.
For instance, 2021 revealed Mega Mewtwo in its anniversary artwork, and that Pokémon has nonetheless not appeared. Mega Lucario additionally appeared within the 2020 anniversary artwork, and it could take a number of years for it to lastly seem in-game. 2023’s anniversary artwork confirmed off Hisuian Goodra, one other Pokémon that’s nonetheless lacking. And the record goes on.
So what I’m making an attempt to get at is. The anniversary art work, whereas unbelievable, shouldn’t be Scopely teasing at its upcoming plans or future releases. They could have initially deliberate to launch this stuff at one level, however issues occur in recreation growth that pressure corporations to make modifications. So whereas it’s nice to be excited, I needed to preface some calm as I’ve seen social media explode, saying that Paradox Pokémon are 100% coming quickly when they may not seem in any respect.
So for now, let’s wait to see if they’re actual or not. As the very best time to announce Paradox Pokémon, in the event that they exist, could be July 22 throughout the huge Pokémon Presents stream that’s deliberate to indicate off new details about all of the mainline video games.
