The Kanto Tour in Pokémon GO is over and for MeinMMO editor Noah Struthoff, it was a complete success! Here he shares his experiences.
This was the Kanto Tour: On February 20, the 1st generation was in the spotlight in Pokémon GO. The Kanto Tour was on and made all Pokémon from the Kanto region appear in their shiny form – if one was lucky.
I was already looking forward to the Kanto Tour and was not disappointed during the event. In my view, the event can even compete with the GO Fest 2020.
Many Shinys and few problems
This is how successful it was with Shinys: After 12 hours, I caught a total of 37 Shinys. That is generally a good catch, despite a one-hour lunch break and a dinner break.
Among the Shinys, there were even monsters that I was still missing in their shiny form. These include:
- 5x Hitmonlee
- a traded Shiny Magmar
- a missing Ponyta
- and my pride: 2 Shiny Pidgeys
In general, many monsters were there that I had already had as Shiny multiple times and are now more like “baggage” lying in my Pokémon box. This especially applies to Shinys that were already available through a Community Day.
This is what I liked about the Kanto Tour: In general, I found the hourly structuring successful. There was a new monster to hunt every hour, so you didn’t feel like you were always chasing the same Pokémon.
But also independent of the spawns, there was plenty to do. The raids with legendary and regional Pokémon were really strong. There were almost only useful Pokémon in the raids – with the exception of Mr. Mime.
Additionally, there were the collecting challenges and the special research with Ditto. This brought a lot to do and especially in the first hours, one had to pay attention to many things at once.
This is what I didn’t like so much: The idea with players challenging you at PokéStops was quite nice, and I enjoyed defeating a few opponents. However, trainers were sitting at almost every PokéStop, and you could hardly spin a stop without declining a challenge. This wasted unnecessary time, and out of frustration, I didn’t even click on some PokéStops.
Otherwise, at least in my opinion, there were too many starters during the Pallet Town hour. Sure, they belong, but I would have preferred to catch more Spearows, which were significantly more interesting as a new Shiny.
Furthermore, the implementation of Shiny Snorlax was somewhat critical. The new Shiny was probably desired by everyone, but unfortunately, it was only encountered very rarely in the wild. Instead, you could spend money and do raids. Additionally, Snorlax was also included in the quest “Hatch 3 Eggs” – also a task that is completed fastest with purchased incubators.
Was this better than the GO Fest? I would claim that the Kanto Tour could at least compete with the GO Fest. Considering that one could get strong raid bosses, many Shinys, and a ton of free items with the ticket purchase, it was definitely worthwhile.
The GO Fest had some rarer spawns, but they came from various generations.
I would be happy if Niantic organized similar events with the Johto or Hoenn regions. I would definitely participate again and hope for an even better Shiny haul.
How did you find the Kanto Tour? Vote!
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This is how it continues: After the Kanto Tour, it’s before the Kanto Event! Currently, another event around the first generation is running in Pokémon GO. You can find the info here:
Pokémon GO launches Kanto Event with new research – All info
