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In honor of the Pokemon Horizons: The Series anime, which is streaming on Netflix outside Japan and about to get into the Mega Voltage arc in Japan, Pokemon GO is getting a new event that brings Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, and Tinkaton to the game. There’ll also be a Riko-themed Floragato and special characters in eggs. Everything starts on April 16, 2025, five days after Mega Voltage starts, then ends on April 22, 2025.

Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, and Tinkaton are all characters who debuted in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, then ended up playing parts in the new Pokemon Horizons anime series about the region. Tinkatink is going to debut in 7km eggs, but after this event it will be in 10km eggs. To get a Tinkatuff, you need 25 Tinkatink candies. Get 100 Tinkatink candies and a Tinkatuff, and you can get a Tinkaton in Pokemon GO. However, note that the 7km eggs during this event could also hold Charcadet, Elekid, or Hatenna instead. For more guaranteed access, there will be $4.99 Paid Timed Research involving it that gets you chances to see it via quests, and Incubator for hatching eggs it might be in, and an avatar pose.

The Floragato with the Liko hat and pin will be a character that could appear in the wild in Pokemon GO. Standard and shiny versions of it will be available. A Cap’s Hat Pikachu, which will know Volt Tackle and also could be shiny, will it and be part of the event Pokemon. So will increased instances of Fuecoco, Nose, Pawmi, Quagsire, Quaxly, Shuckle, Slugma, Snorunt, and Sprigatito. 

The Raids for Pokemon GO celebrating the Pokemon Horizons anime also were confirmed and, in addition to Cap’s Hat Pikachu and Liko Pin Floragato, a number of other notable characters appear. That Pikachu, Chansey, and Rockruff will be in the one-star Raids. The three-star ones will feature that Floragato, Alolan Muk, Charizard, and Metagross. 

Pokemon GO is available for mobile devices, and the Pokemon Horizons anime event with Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, Tinkaton, and a special Floragato will appear April 16-22, 2025. 

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Pokemon GO and other mobile games from Niantic have been sold to Scopely. The deal is reported to be worth $3.5 billion. The company confirmed this via official sites for titles.

This sale means that all Niantic games will now be managed by Scopely, the mobile developer responsible for Monopoly Go, Star Trek: Fleet Command and Marvel Strike Force. While Pokemon GO is the most prominent game sold as part of the deal, Scopely will also be overseeing other former Niantic games. This includes Nintendo's Pikmin Bloom and Capcom's Monster Hunter Now. At present, the existing teams handling these games will remain in place, with no changes to personnel. This includes the Pokemon GO team leader, Ed Wu, who wrote about the sale in a blog post on the game’s official website.

The sale attracted some criticism due to Scopely’s connection with the Saudi Arabian government. While the company is based in the US, it is a subsidiary of Savvy Games Group, an investment firm created by the Saudi Arabian public wealth fund. Meanwhile, Niantic have sold off their games division in order to focus on technology development, particularly AI.

Despite the game being sold to Scopely, Pokemon Go should see no immediate changes. Updates and events will continue as normal, such as the recent event that brought Black Kyurem and White Kyurem to the game.

Pokemon Go is out now for mobile devices.

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