Pokemon Go Needs To Add The Real Shadow Lugia
Shadow Pokemon have been in Pokemon Go for a while. Coming this weekend are Apex Shadow Pokemon. They’re essentially souped-up Legendaries with improved moves and marginally different auras - think Armoured Mewtwo versus regular Mewtwo. Actually, there’s even less of a difference than that, but you get the picture.
Ho-oh and Lugia are two of the best Legendaries ever designed, Lugia obviously being the better of the two. But it’s a close run thing, and I’m glad they’re the ones getting the spotlight during this year’s Go Tour. They’re the obvious choices for an event focused on Gen 2, but mostly I’m just happy that Niantic isn’t rolling out the dogs again.
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However, when a new variant of Shadow Lugia was announced, many Pokemon fans had the same thought. Will it be the Shadow Lugia? Drumroll… it’s not. But that can’t stop us from dreaming.
If you’re currently thinking, ‘what on earth is he on about?’ then bookmark this article, go away, and play Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. While you’re there, you should play all the spin-offs, but that can wait. Done that? Good. Now we can talk.
The plot of Gale of Darkness is very similar to that of Pokemon Go’s Shadows. You have to capture Pokemon with a strange aura and purify them. Lugia, or XD001, is apparently immune from purification and is used by the main antagonists during the endgame. I won’t spoil anything, but seeing as Shadow Pokemon in Go take so much from Gale of Darkness, implementing Shadow Lugia proper seems like the perfect idea.
Go does make some changes to the Gale of Darkness formula. Instead of facing off against Greevil and his organisation, Cipher, players grab Shadow Legendaries from Giovanni and Team Rocket. This could be to
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