It would be followed by Delibird on December 21st 2017, which, since its release, has remained an event-exclusive Pokémon - only appearing during the December holiday event.Ĭelebi, Gen 2's mythical Pokémon, was released during Go Fest 2018 and became available to all players via The Ripple in Time special research quest, which was released on August 20th 2018. Gen 2's final legendary Pokémon - Ho-Oh - was released into five-star raids on November 27th, 2017. For the first month of their release, each legendary dog was only available in five-star raids in a specific region, but they would later be made available to every trainer around the world through a variety of means. The legendary dog trio - Raikou, Entei and Suicune - were the next Gen 2 Pokémon to be released on August 31st 2017. As long as you have the right amount of candy, of course.Īfter this, the next Gen 2 Pokémon would be released on July 22nd 2017 when, alongside Articuno, Lugia was released in five-star raids to celebrate the release of legendary Pokémon into the game. Taking direct inspiration from Gold, Silver and Crystal, items like the Sun Stone and King's Rock can be used to evolve specific Pokémon. With seven notable exceptions, you could now catch every Gen 2 Pokémon from Chikorita to Tyranitar.Īlongside these Pokémon a new evolution method was introduced - item evolution. We didn't, however, have to wait long for the true force of Gen 2 to arrive, because, on February 16th 2017, 84 Pokémon from Gen 2 were introduced into Pokémon Go. The introduction of Gen 2 into Pokémon Go began on December 12th 2016 when six of baby Pokémon for Gen 1, including Togepi and Togetic, were released.
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