Pokemon Go’s Event Pokemon Should Have Shiny Costumes
We all hate Pokemon wearing hats, right? I didn’t mind it when Pikachu was swamped by Ash’s cap in the anime – that was adorable – and when that same lil guy appeared in Pokemon Go, I was happy to see him. Then there was a Halloween Pikachu in a Mimikyu costume. Still cute. That was accompanied by Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander in significantly less cute Halloween costumes. Then Pikachu wore a Santa hat. Then a witch hat. Then a bowler hat. Pikachu wears a variety of hats, from standard caps in collaboration with fashion brands, to different party hats, to flower crowns. You get the picture, we’re bored of Pikachu costumes.
While some of them, like Ash’s cap or the London Beefeater costume for the World Championship, are unique designs that call back to anime moments or geographic locations, most of them aren’t great. New Croagunk hats and Pikachu costumes are no substitute for proper content – I’d much prefer Timed Research, Research Days, or just releasing new Pokemon rather than slapping a new cosmetic onto an existing Pokemon to try to give collectors FOMO.
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I feel for the shiny hunters mostly. I’ve long since abandoned any hope of collecting every shiny in the game, and armed with the knowledge that the likes of Axew will get Community Days in a few years’ time, I know I’ll eventually get that shiny dragon. Pokemon Go is a lesson in patience these days, especially when the shiny chances at Go Fest were so dire.
It’s clear, in that case, that we need more motivation to get out and catch these shinies. I have 14 shiny Pikachu, and all but one of them are in costume. I haven’t hunted these, I don’t care about the hatted Pikachu that I’ve
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