We asked you how you liked the Johto Tour in Pokémon GO and how many Shinies you were able to catch during the event. We received over 10,000 votes and a large portion of you are dissatisfied.
What is it about? On the last weekend of February, the big Johto Tour took place in Pokémon GO. At exactly 09:00 AM, the twelve-hour event started. You were presented with special researches, time-limited researches, collector challenges, spawns, raids, bonuses and Shinies.
Trainers were able to purchase a ticket for about €12, which unlocked more content. During the event, we looked around in the community. Some trainers were happy to finally find certain Shinies. Others were not pleased at all. We conducted two surveys and show you how much the Johto Tour disappointed you.
“Mediocre” to “bad”, say trainers with tickets
This was the survey: We asked you directly after the end of the Johto Tour here on MeinMMO, how you liked the event. We provided the options “Good”, “Mediocre”, and “Bad” for trainers with and without tickets. Each participant had one vote.
At the time of evaluation on March 4th at 1:45 PM, 8,203 trainers had participated in the survey.
This is the result:
- 2,669 votes (about 33%) say “Mediocre (with ticket)”
- 2,469 votes (about 30%) say “Bad (with ticket)”
- 1,397 votes (about 17%) say “Good (with ticket)”
- 641 votes (about 8%) say “Bad (without ticket)”
- 593 votes (about 7%) say “Mediocre (without ticket)”
- 434 votes (about 5%) say “Good (without ticket)”
In summary, the Johto Tour can be said to
- rated “Mediocre” by 40% of participating readers
- rated “Bad” by 38% of participating readers
- was rated “Good” by 22% of participating readers
A large part of you is dissatisfied with the Johto Tour in Pokémon GO.
And what about Shinies? In another survey, we wanted to know how many Shinies you were able to catch during the Johto Tour. After all, a bonus of the €12 ticket was a higher chance for certain shiny forms of the event Pokémon.
At the time of evaluation on March 4th at 1:50 PM, 2,364 trainers had participated in the survey.
- 1,109 players were able to catch 0-5 Shinies – that’s about 47% of participants
- 676 players were able to catch 6-11 Shinies – that’s about 29% of participants
- 348 players were able to catch 12-17 Shinies – that’s about 10% of participants
- 198 players were able to catch more than 22 Shinies – that’s about 8% of participants
- 133 players were able to catch 17-22 Shinies – that’s about 6% of participants
This is your feedback
You commented on our articles here on MeinMMO and explained to us why you voted the way you did.
Comments on the Johto Tour:
- Marco says: “Hello, I also rated it as mediocre because many Ho-Oh or Lugia raids could be done, but I didn’t get a single Shiny. I found that a bit disappointing and overall the yield was rather scarce.”
- Walez writes: “Mediocre because the so-called appearance of Legendaries consisted of 2 Raikou in 4 hours, which fled instantly. Also far too few Shinies in the wild, none dropped in the 5-star raids, which was really unusual. And, last but not least, the special Go trainers – at some point I lost the desire to spin PokéStops. The research that led to the lengthy master research was quite nice though. Speaking of Celebi, it annoys me that I can’t dismantle it. A hint appears that it is a mysterious Pokémon and cannot be sent away. In this respect, it’s illogical since other mysterious Pokémon can be dismantled. Now I’m stuck with two Celebi, blocking space for another. I don’t understand the constraint; it should be the player’s decision on what to keep.”
- Anni says: “Overall a great event. Just a pity that many others, including myself, didn’t get any of the new Shinies. And we played from start to finish.”
- Link thinks: “The event was absolutely bad; I agree with the previous speakers here. Shiny rate was poor, catch and spawn rates were mediocre, and the fact that I did 278 Corasonn raids without getting a perfect or shiny is outrageous. Too bad, it could have been more valuable.”
9 hours of gameplay, 18 Shinies (all wild), 8 Legendaries from raids, 2 Legendaries caught in the wild (Entei & Raikou). I completely understand the frustration when you don’t have much luck, but sometimes I wonder what expectations there are.
Based on experience, many players only manage up to 100 catches a day (generally without events), find that to be a lot, and wonder why they get so few Shinies. Also, evolving to Espeon and Umbreon requires knowledge & tactics; some things require preparation. Yes, it was a lot, but I don’t want to be rewarded with a Shiny Gyarados, which I’ve been looking for for 6 years, the three Legendary dogs, and 18 Shinies without doing anything. I want to experience something and be entertained.
There are definitely negative points: the somewhat exaggerated amount of tasks and the gym trainers. In the countryside, it’s difficult to complete the tasks, even if I drive to the next “town”. That’s the only task I couldn’t complete because not enough trainers showed up.
But as Niantic states about purchasing the ticket: “You must play within the specified time” – that is from 9 AM to 9 PM, and I personally did not meet this requirement – I was missing exactly two gym trainers that I could have found in the remaining 3 hours.
Lastly, I want to mention that everyone commenting on the weather or season is undermining their own case. People, this is a worldwide game. If it’s a cold wind in February in Germany, it’s summer elsewhere. Dress warmly like I do, move around, and that’s it.
Karoko on MeinMMO
In further comments, it is criticized that the event simply had “too much” to offer. There were too many contents stuffed into the one-day event.
Ascy writes: “An event is a great thing; there’s something to do and a lot of rewards are thrown at you. It’s also fun to meet groups of players and have a nice chat or two.
But what I find a bit negative is the time factor. For me, one day for such an event is simply too little. Two days with the same time zones would have been the better alternative […].”
Do you have any further feedback on the Johto Tour in Pokémon GO?
