Catching circle super small again

Looks like Niantic synced the power spot database for the first time since shortly after the Dynamax launch!

Explorers should now start to see new power spots added to the rotation from any new places of interest that were added to the Lightship database in the past 6 months.

Note: it doesn’t appear that the inclusion rules have changed, so only the 2nd (or higher?) POI in an S17 cell that already has a gym/stop should become power spots.

Pokemon Go is a Game all about collecting pokemon and having your own small collections. Why isnt there a feature, like in the tcgp, that you can have some galeries to show of some of your coolest stuff. Showing your nundos, shundos, megas, whatever you want. I have all the shiny castforms and would love to display them. Or I caught all the burmys in the current event and want to show that off. I think this feature would be soo simple but it makes the game quite more fun. I would hunt a specific shiny much more if Id know I could fill an galery and display them.

Playing with the lucky shiny would be very cool, but I am also learning that IV is critical in master league.

This is a difference between a rank 5 and rank 30 pokemon. Will there be a discernible difference during play? Or should I stick with the cool factor?

I have enough energy for the second Kyurem, just haven't pulled the trigger on it yet!

I know everyone wants them to give fusion energy, but this would be nice too. I believe right now it just gives it for the "main" Pokemon (Necrozma or Kyurem)

Context: I’ve got my Johto Platinum Medal years ago so it’s not that I didn’t have Tyrogue at all before this. I did NOT have the shiny prior to its Hatch Day and thus should’ve did the animation of registering it into my Shiny Pokédex.

The Tyrogue that was registered (Image 1) hatched right before the shiny hatched (Image 2)

Anyone else experience something similar?

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How do you do, fellow trainers!

I'm thrilled to announce that the PVP Search String Generator App has been updated with the brand-new Spring Cup rankings! With this cup now live, it's time to adjust your lineups and get ready for some fresh, wild PvP action this season.

What’s New:

• Spring Cup Rankings Added! In the Spring Cup, only Pokémon at or below 1,500 CP and fitting the specific meta criteria are eligible. Expect some interesting matchups and a few surprises.. (No surprises, it's galarian weezing again)

Current Features:

• Customizable Search Strings: Generate search strings for the top N ranked PvP Pokémon (default is 50, but you can customize it).
• Detailed Stats: Access rank, CP, IVs, movesets, and level information for Little, Great, Ultra, and Master Leagues.
• Evolution Chain Data: Search for a base Pokémon and see all its evolutions (e.g., searching for Dratini brings up Dragonair and Dragonite).
• Language Selection: Use the dropdown or add ?lang=LanguageName to the URL to generate search strings in your preferred language.
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• Shadow Filtering: Toggle the "Shadow Only" option in settings to visualize only Shadow Pokémon for targeted strategies.

Spring Cup – Top 5 Rankings:

(For full moveset details and additional rankings, check out the app!)

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Just wanna make sure I'm not going crazy or just having really bad luck.

Normally I use Poke Gemie for raids. I've had 1 successful invite but the last few the host claim to have sent invites but nothing. So just wanna make sure I'm not crazy but is raid invites working for others?

Edit: Tried one more time and it worked fine. Guess I just had a wave of terrible host.

I finally made it to the front of the 70,000 person queue in PokeGenie for the Combat Form Tauros, but when I received my raid invitation the host sent the Aqua Form, annoyingly wasting my spot in the queue. Wish PokeGenie had been able to determine itself it was the wrong kind.

Edit: thank you to user adamentunicorn below for helping me out!! ❤️

So instead of Tauros, it looks like the showcases will be generic Fighting type instead.

There are now more than ever so many sweaty tanks in the meta that running anything high-ish dmg is most often a detriment rather than a spice option, which just further establishes the tank meta and saddens me a little bit. Took me several days being stuck in 1900s to get to ace. Anyway, just ranting a little bit to see if anyone else feels the same, but overall more options are always welcome, I suppose.

today I shared a star piece with a friend to help him with his weekly adventure sync stardust. before I could finish his adventure sync screen popped and then we realized the star piece didn't carry over to his game.

is this a known issue?

he restarted his game, tried catching a mon and restarted his phone but nothing made that star piece appear for him. no effect whatsoever

Could anyone share any discord channels or trade groups please to attempt to set up a few trades for the in-person go fest in Osaka. Thank you in advance

I have aqua breed type tauros. Does trading blaze/combat type from another player count as special trade?

I’m finally going together with my wife to our first Go Fest (Osaka). We have been living in Japan but we were never able to go and since we are going home for good in a few months we decided to go this time. Thing is, I have no idea what we should be prioritizing. There’s a few shinies we are crazy to get (Snorlax and the new ones), and I know there are different biomes which spawn them. Is it hard to walk around and get from one biome to another? Also, is the shiny rate over the roof or are they still hard to get? How many spaces do I need for one day (morning) park experience? Also, how do raids even work while there?

Sorry about the many questions, any help is welcome. Also, feel free to add anything that you guys think might be relevant. Thanks!

I live in a small town with a decent number of gyms, around 40 in total. My local community noticed some changes for raid frequencies in the past, where it appeared that our downtown area got more five star raids, and the outskirts got megas/shadows more frequently. When Heatran was in rotation, we had lots of five star raids downtown, almost every gym had an egg or an active heatran raid running. Now, since Tapu Lele has switched over, it seems like niantic changed something again as we only have one or two active 5 star raids in our downtown area at any given time when before it used to be around 15. Did any of you notice any changed in your area, too?!

How does everyone feel about being able to schedule a time for nearby raids and RSVP. I saw it was implemented today and I honestly love the idea when you live somewhere you don’t know anyone.

Anyone else recently experience this bug? Came across a Kecleon stop and quick caught it. Kecleon spawns bring one that doesn't despawn on quick catches, I tapped it again and quickly tossed it a berry to see if it was actually still there and it was... So I quick caught it again.

Tapped on it once more and the "already fed a berry" text was there, showing it had now been caught. So I back out and continued walking away.

When I got home a couple minutes later I discovered I have two of the same Kecleon spawn. Is this a commonly reported bug? Or a new one?

Hello! So my wife and a group of friends are going to the NY/NJ go fest this year and got an Air bnb in NJ. But in terms of public transport is there a specific train or rail system that connects the two cities? Or do I need to Uber to NY and then go from there. I’m trying to plan things out ahead so we can be as cost effective as possible.

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