Pokemon GO Players Aren't Happy About Big Shadow Mewtwo Raid Restriction

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Niantic is currently catching a lot of heat from Pokemon GO fans for preventing remote players from participating in the ongoing Shadow Mewtwo raids. Complaints about this limitation have been surfacing online at a steady pace ever since the elusive creature returned to Pokemon GO in late March.

Shadow Mewtwo originally debuted in Niantic's hit mobile game in July 2020 as a Special Research reward. Aside from being a fan-favorite creature, it is also statistically one of the most powerful attackers in all of Pokemon GO. Those factors contributed to its Shadow variant quickly becoming one of the most sought-after creatures in the game. But the opportunities to catch it have been fairly scarce so far.

Given that state of affairs, the player community welcomed Niantic's mid-March announcement of the Pokemon GO World of Wonders: Taken Over event, which promised to see Shadow Mewtwo return to the game as a five-star raid boss over the final five days of the month. But what the company failed to mention was that these battles won't support Remote Raid Passes and will instead be exclusively available to local players. This only became apparent once World of Wonders: Taken Over kicked off on March 27, prompting a wave of criticism from the fandom that is still ongoing three days later.

While many fans joining in on the backlash didn't mince any words when describing how they feel about this limitation, others opted to make memes illustrating their growing disillusionment with the game. One particularly creative complaint was authored by Reddit user Hydraulic_30, who posted an old screenshot of a Pokemon GO Mewtwo shundo from 2021 and sarcastically proclaimed how happy they are not to live in a rural area so that they were finally able to get one of these rare specimens.

As is the case with most five-star raids, Shadow Mewtwo normally requires at least three high-level players to defeat. Although trainer levels themselves aren't what's really important, it is somewhat unlikely