Niantic has revealed the first details about this summer's Go Fest, confirming London will be one of three host cities as the annual event heads to the UK for the first time. Despite revealing almost nothing else outside of the dates on which this year's Go Fest will take place, some of you have been hard at work analyzing the little we have to go on, coming to the conclusion that 2023's Go Fest will revolve around Diancie.
The Pokemon is yet to make its debut in Pokemon Go, and its mythical status means Niantic is likely waiting for a big moment to introduce it. Since Go Fest is the game's biggest event of the year, it's the perfect stage on which to introduce Diancie. Your theories are based on a little more than that, though. One thing that has been revealed about this year's Go Fest is the logo, and therein lies the hint.
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2023's Go Fest logo looks a lot like any of the other Go Fest logos to have come before it. A shield-type emblem with a yellow banner across it. It's the pink gems on either end of the banner that have sparked the Diancie theories. They might be small, but it's evident, even when studying them from a distance, that they are the same, or at least very similar, to the pink rock that can be found on Diancie's chest.
Diancie being the focus of 2023's Go Fest research would follow in the footsteps of last year's even during which Shaymin was added to the game for the first time. 2022 was also the first time Go Fest returned to an in-person event following the pandemic. On top of the pink gem theory, another player has pointed out that Diancie has a Mega Evolution, and if Niantic wants to add that form, it needs to add
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