When it comes to release dates, I speculate 10-11 months between major wave releases (Halloween doesn’t really count as it’s usually only a few Pokemon). In this case, all of Johto was released in February 2017. The first wave of 50 Pokemon from Hoenn was in early December 2017. The first major wave of 20+ Pokemon from Sinnoh was in October 2018. If that trend continues, we could be seeing an August release, but I can see it being pushed to September based on the events going on in the summer.
All the Legendaries outside of Regigigas are technically out now, which I’m sure we will get at least 4 weeks dedidated to that. That means we still have over 2 months worth of summer to fill. We could see rotating Lake Trio, which would be the safest bet (and for me desirable just to get the entries) but we could get a LOT of returning Legendaries to fill the void. We could see an increased presence of special Raid Days as well. Niantic is going to have to keep us very busy this summer or else Pokemon GO will suffer greatly.
They COULD move up Gen 5’s release to mid summer, but we might have already seen data for that already had that been the case, so it doesn’t seem likely that would happen. I also put these speculations out there to help think about raid battle teams for each Legendary that will cross our path. As I’ve seen so far, we have a fair few Trainers here on the forums that are very unfamiliar with Unova, so giving them a heads up should help them along with preparations and expectations.
Yup! Like I said, they might surprise us. I’m a little annoyed they decided to push back Regigigas, but hopefully that means he will be here by mid-July.
Well, like I said, the timing would be about correct. Have Regigigas close out the summer to buffer the release of Gen 5 in August or so, maybe have one more returning Legendary, but beyond that, it’s pushing it.
When it comes to release dates, I speculate 10-11 months between major wave releases (Halloween doesn’t really count as it’s usually only a few Pokemon). In this case, all of Johto was released in February 2017. The first wave of 50 Pokemon from Hoenn was in early December 2017. The first major wave of 20+ Pokemon from Sinnoh was in October 2018. If that trend continues, we could be seeing an August release, but I can see it being pushed to September based on the events going on in the summer.
Wow, I more or less called it in that first paragraph. Now that we know that Unova is coming out in September, I can’t help but wonder when we will see the first Unova Legendary. Due to Regigigas still not out (earliest opportunity now is late-September) and with Halloween to follow, I can’t help but wonder if Unova Legendaries will be pushed into November. This schedule is looking a wee stretched now.
I don’t see the point of that since it’s a Legendary, albeit one harder than usual to obtain in anything before ORAS. Still, this is Niantic we’re talking about. They still have the Sinnoh Mythicals left to get in, and I imagine that will start to crowd.
What would be rad is kicking off Unova with Victini Special Research, since it is technically the first Pokemon in the Unova Pokedex.
That’s quite optimistic–although I certainly hope so as well–but then again, Niantic really needs to start chugging out these Mythicals. I’m still wondering how they’re going to deal with the Phione/Manaphy pairing and the two forms of Shaymin.
Welp, there goes my hope for Gigas being in the breakthrough, we get the same Mon that seems to have like 10% overall encounter rate instead
But yeah, 100km would take a looong time
Yes it is, but it is still 33,3km less you have to walk. And you can still use the Infinite Incubator. But I doubt Niantic would make that happen as well.
It’s such a unique thing though that I’m interested to see what Niantic has planned. With Unova starting soon, they’d best start chugging them out, because Sinnoh was when Mythicals went a little ape.
Unova Legendaries I think are going to be quite difficult for me to get a great IV-one on since I’m working a lot more now so I only have opportunities early in the morning and towards the end of evening.
Movesets have been found as of today! Courtesy of GamePress!
Reshiram:
Fire Fang, Dragon Breath
Overheat, Draco Meteor, Crunch, Stone Edge
Zekrom:
Charge Beam, Dragon Breath
Wild Charge, Outrage, Flash Cannon, Crunch
Kyurem:
Steel Wing, Dragon Breath
Icy Wind, Blizzard, Draco Meteor, Dragon Claw
Black Kyurem:
Shadow Claw, Dragon Breath
Outrage, Iron Head, Blizzard, Stone Edge
White Kyurem:
Steel Wing, Dragon Breath
Dragon Pulse, Blizzard, Ancient Power, Focus Blast
Cobalion:
Metal Claw, Zen Headbutt
Close Combat, Iron Head, Stone Edge
Terrakion:
Smack Down, Zen Headbutt
Rock Slide, Earthquake, Close Combat
Virizion:
Zen Headbutt, Quick Attack
Close Combat, Leaf Blade, Stone Edge
Tornadus (Incarnate and Therian):
Bite, Air Slash
Hurricane, Dark Pulse, Grass Knot, Hyper Beam
Thundurus (Incarnate and Therian):
Astonish, Thunder Shock
Thunder, Thunder Punch, Brick Break, Crunch
Landorus (Incarnate and Therian):
Rock Throw, Mud Shot
Earth Power, Focus Blast, Rock Slide, Focus Blast
More or less what I expected, but I was a little shocked with how Black and White Kyurem got treated. There’s not much to tell that they even got the features of Zekrom and Reshiram respectively by their moves. I expect the Therian and Incarnate forms of the Forces of Nature to get alternate moves like Giratina did.
