In Pokémon GO, an event involving all generations is likely to start soon. However, it mainly focuses on special challenges that you must complete.
Here are the details: Dataminers have found new hints about a retrospective event in the code of Pokémon GO. According to leaks, this event will likely include 5 challenges that you need to complete. Each time, a different generation will be the focus.
This suggests an event that may operate differently than usual events. Such challenges are known, for example, from the global challenges related to the GO Fests.
Retrospective Event in Pokémon GO – What We Know
What has been found: Overall, there are 5 different text passages related to this. Each passage revolves around a different challenge that you need to complete. 4 out of the 5 challenges focus on a specific generation, namely the regions Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh – that is, generations 1 to 4.
No exact details about the challenges have been shown. Therefore, a few pieces of data are still missing, which could be included in a future update.
What could be behind the event? Events around specific generations have occurred before. For example, the Kanto region was the focus of the Ultra Bonus 2018 and the Johto region during the Ultra Bonus 2019.
However, now there are challenges for each of the first 4 generations. Therefore, it is quite possible that one will have to complete challenges worldwide again to unlock bonuses for the respective generation.
This would remind one of the global challenges that were active in the last 2 years. There, one had to catch a certain amount of Pokémon around the live events in summer to unlock bonuses.
For 2020, Niantic would need to come up with something special in this regard. After all, the developers plan that a GO Fest can take place at home, and such global challenges would then be a bit more complicated. Perhaps the retrospective event is meant to provide some relief.
When could the retrospective event start? So far, this is just a leak. The event may not take place at all. However, the findings from the dataminers are almost always implemented in the game a few weeks later. Therefore, such an event is very likely.
Recently, it didn’t take long for found events to be implemented in the game. Therefore, one can expect to read something official about the event in the coming days and weeks.
Until then, you can still benefit from the bonuses of the buddy event, which will run until next Monday at 10:00 PM.
