Pokemon GO Adding Shiny Litleo for Lunar New Year Event
The Lunar New Year is typically one of the most festive times of the year in the world of gaming as many of today's most popular games ring in the Asian holiday with plenty of festive cheer. 2022's Year of the Tiger festivities have been no different with popular games like Overwatch and Rust already seeing a multitude of tiger-themed cosmetics introduced to celebrate the holiday. Among the variety of new additions, Pokemon GO recently revealed its own version of the Year of the Tiger celebrations with a feline creature seeing its shiny version added to the game.
The Year of the Tiger isn't the first time Niantic's popular AR adaptation of the long-running monster-catching franchise has joined in on the Lunar New Year fun. Last year's Year of the Ox celebration saw Pokemon GO highlight its cow and bull creatures with both Tauros and Miltank being featured during the week-long event, alongside increased spawn rates for several other Pokemon. Now, with 2022 highlighting some of the franchise's cat-like companions, this year's Lunar New Year event will feature the Gen 6 Fire Pokemon Litleo seeing its shiny variant introduced into Pokemon GO.
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Niantic and the Pokemon Company officially revealed the details for Pokemon GO's upcoming Lunar New Year event with Shiny Litleo taking the spotlight for this year's celebration. Trainers will be able to catch Litleo's shiny form for the first time in the mobile game as well as seeing increased spawns for Pokemon with red and orange color schemes like Paras, Torchic, and Growlithe. Featured Raids during the event will also feature cat-themed Pokemon as well as Pokemon with the same color theme with the legendary Regirock appearing as a
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