Pokemon GOis in the middle of its Season of Alola event, the primary function of which is to add new Generation 7 Pokemon to the popular augmented reality mobile game. ThePokemon GOSeason of Alola consists of smaller events throughout the next couple of months that introduce new Pokemon and Special Research tasks, with the next event scheduled to kick off on Tuesday, March 22.
ThePokemon GOLush Jungle event will start on Tuesday, March 22 at 10:00am local time and last until Tuesday, March 29 at 8:00pm local time. During the Lush Jungle event, players can look forward to the debuts of three newGeneration 7 Pokemon. This will include Fomantis and its evolved form Lurantis, with Fomantis available to catch in the wild and by completing Field Research tasks. To get Lurantis,Pokemon GOplayers will need to get enough Fomantis candy to evolve it.
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Five-star raids during the Lush Jungle event will see the debut of legendary Pokemon Tapu Lele. Tapu Lele will also likely be mentioned as part of the upcoming Akala Island Special Research, but fans shouldn’t expect it to be obtainable through the quest if the Melemele Island Special Research revolving aroundlegendary Pokemon Tapu Kokowas any indication. Most likely the only way thatPokemon GOplayers will be able to catch Tapu Lele is by beating it in a 5-star raid between the March 22 and March 29 window.
After the Melemele Island Special Research,Pokemon GOfans can look forward to the Ula’ula Island Special Research on April 12, the Poni Island Special Research on May 10, and then the End-of-Season Special Research on May 25 that’s available to any players that complete the other Season of Alola Special Research quests by June 1. Needless to say, there should be no shortage of content forPokemon GOplayersto look forward to in the next couple of months.
Besides the overarching Season of Alola,Pokemon GOis actually in the midst of another in-season event. ThePokemon GOFestival of Colors eventis live until March 20 at 8:00pm local time, and it gives fans their first chance at catching Oricorio. There are four unique forms of Oricorio available, but each form is exclusive to a specific part of the world, so anyPokemon GOplayers that want to catch all four forms will have to do quite a bit of traveling.
Pokemon GOis out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
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