A Safari Zone in Centro Oberhausen brings you cool rewards like rare Pokémon. How far would you travel for such a Pokémon GO event?
For the first anniversary of Pokémon GO, the developers are rewarding the community with new features, special Pokémon, and unique Safari Zones. Special events are held at sponsored locations and shopping malls that collaborate with Pokémon GO. Here in Germany, there is only one of these spots – it is far in the west of Germany, in the city of Oberhausen near Düsseldorf.
Would you travel several hundred kilometers to catch special Pokémon?
All across Germany for a Kangama?
In the coming weeks and months, Niantic will be holding Safari Zones at sponsored PokéStops. These zones attract trainers who want to fill their Pokédex with special monsters. “Special” in this case means regional Pokémon.
Most monsters in Pokémon GO can be found all over the world in the wild. Taubsi, Kramurx, and Dummisel can be found not only in Europe but also in Asia and the USA. However, there are also regional Pokémon that only exist in certain locations around the world. Porenta can only be found in Asia, Tauros in North America, and Pantimos here in Europe – that’s why these special specimens are so sought after. You can find all regional Pokémon and their locations here
Now you soon have the chance to find these regional Pokémon like Kangama, Tauros, Porenta, Corasonn, or Skaraborn in Germany as well. But would it be worth a long trip to you? Because the Safari Zone in Germany will be activated only in the shopping center “Centro” in Oberhausen. For some trainers, that means more than 100 kilometers of travel to include the rare monsters in their collection.
To find out how far the Centro Oberhausen is from you, you can use a route planner. Here is the travel planner on the Centro website
On September 16, the Safari Zone in Oberhausen will be active. There, you can expect a wide variety of Pokémon that were first discovered in the Johto and Kanto regions. This also includes the regional Pokémon.
Many trainers on social media are complaining that this event is only being activated at a single location in Germany. They feel the game is not worth traveling that far. “All Pokémon should be findable everywhere,” many players write on Facebook.
Other trainers are even planning trips and using the opportunity for a short vacation with family or friends, willingly taking on a few hundred kilometers of travel.
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These Pokémon GO rewards are available worldwide – Stardust and XP boosts are planned!
