Pokemon Go Season Of Alola Event Marks The Addition Of Gen 7 Pokemon To The Game

gamespot.com:

After the initial announcement kicked off the Pokemon Day Pokemon Presents livestream, Niantic has revealed more details about Generation 7 Pokemon from the Alola region making their way into Pokemon Go.

Niantic will be celebrating the Alola region with the new Season of Alola, beginning March 1 at 10 AM local time. The event will add over two dozen Pokemon originally hailing from Alola into the game, including starters Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio… The full list of debuting Pokemon is below:

The first event in the Season of Alola will begin right when the season itself begins, March 1 at 10 AM local time. The event is called Welcome To Alola, and it will run until March 9 at 8 PM local time. Specifics about the event are below:

Two other events have been confirmed for the month of March: the Festival of Colors from March 16 to March 20, and the Lush Jungle event wrapping up the month from March 22 to March 29.

Finally, the Go Battle League will also be entering a new season with The Interlude Season. This new season will run from March 1 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET until June 1 at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET. The event will include three Go Battle Days on March 5, April 17, and May 29, while the rest of the Interlude Season schedule is as follows:

Alola was the setting for Pokemon Sun and Moon, which launched on the Nintendo 3DS in November 2016. Some Alolan Pokemon have previously been added to Pokemon Go, but they were all regional variants of previously added Pokemon like Exeggutor, Grimer, and Sandshrew.