Niantic and The Pok\u00e9mon Company International today revealed Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s next in-game celebration, the Pok\u00e9mon GO Water Festival. <\/p>\n
From today at 4:00 PM EST until March 29th at 4:00 PM EST, trainers will be more likely to encounter Water-type Pok\u00e9mon like Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile and their evolutions around the world. Trainers will also have a greater chance of encountering Water-type Pok\u00e9mon originally discovered in the Johto region, which recently began appearing in the game, when exploring areas where Water-type Pok\u00e9mon more commonly appear.<\/p>\n
To coincide with the festivities, beginning today trainers will also have access to a new avatar wardrobe item, the Magikarp Hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Niantic and The Pok\u00e9mon Company International today revealed Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s next in-game celebration, the Pok\u00e9mon GO Water Festival. From today at 4:00 PM EST until March 29th at 4:00 PM EST, trainers will be more likely to encounter Water-type Pok\u00e9mon like Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile and their evolutions around the world. Trainers will also have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[101],"tags":[1397,1396,1732,1386,125,1729],"class_list":["post-11857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-android","tag-ios","tag-niantic","tag-nintendo","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-go"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pokemon_go_water.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-35f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11351,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/12\/new-pokemon-and-holiday-pikachu-added-to-pokemon-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":11857,"position":0},"title":"New Pok\u00e9mon and Holiday Pikachu added to Pok\u00e9mon GO","date":"December 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Niantic and Nintendo spread a little bit of holiday cheer today with the announcment of some new Pok\u00e9mon coming to Pok\u00e9mon GO. 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