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[JoeM86]

Just got announced

We’re also excited to announce our first ever real-world Pokémon GO event coming your way: Pokémon GO Fest Chicago! This event will take place in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA at the beautiful Grant Park on July 22, 2017. Join us as we celebrate the Pokémon GO community with a ton of exciting festivities. Tickets and more information for Pokémon GO Fest Chicago will be available at PokemonGoLive.com/Fest on Monday, June 19 at 10:00 A.M. PDT, so make sure to mark your calendars and follow our social media channels to be notified when tickets go live! European Trainers can look forward to Pokémon GO celebrations hosted across the continent from June through September in partnership with Unibail-Rodamco shopping centers. We'll be posting a complete schedule for these events very soon. Also, The Pokémon Company is organizing “Pikachu Outbreak”, a Pokémon event in Yokohama, Japan, in August where they’re exploring a unique Pokémon GO experience. Stay tuned for even more details surrounding each of these events in the coming weeks.

http://pokemongolive.com/en/post/anniversary2017

Not sure I agree with selling tickets for a Pokémon GO event. We'll see when prices come

 

[Broken Joystick]

Real life event?

 

[angelic]

All of the best wild pokemon are behind this velvet curtain, only $50 per person to enter.

 

[JoeM86]

All of the best wild pokemon are behind this velvet curtain, only $50 per person to enter.

If they use these events as the method of obtaining the Legendary Pokémon, then that's a horrifically bad move.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Sounds cool.

I’ll be there. Last summer we had a big meet up for Pokémon Go at Milleniun Park. Grant Park is the perfect spot. I haven’t played since last summer but it’ll be a fun way to get back in, even if only for this one event.

 

[T.O.P]

I'd fuckin love to go to something like this

Hoping for some EU events as well

 

[angelic]

 

[Just_one]

do people still play pokemon go?

 

[Benzychenz]

If they use these events as the method of obtaining the Legendary Pokémon, then that's a horrifically bad move.

As someone that's played near every day since launch, I'd delete the app.

Spoiler

Probably not but I'd be pissed.

 

[oti]

I'd fuckin love to go to something like this

Hoping for some EU events as well

They announced them in the same post.

European Trainers can look forward to Pokémon GO celebrations hosted across the continent from June through September in partnership with Unibail-Rodamco shopping centers.

 

[T.O.P]

They announced them in the same post.

Oh, just saw that, i'm not too hopeful to see something for Italy tho

 

[Rafy]

Oh, just saw that, i'm not too hopeful to see something for Italy tho

I'd love to see them have a similar event in Milan. I'd definitely go.

 

[Retro Edge]

Imagine this event starts and the servers go down.

 

[Laieon]

If they use these events as the method of obtaining the Legendary Pokémon, then that's a horrifically bad move.

I have a friend who is ridiculously into Ingress and I think this is how you get rare items or something in that (there was an event in Seoul awhile back that he just had to go to), I'm betting the same will apply for Pokemon.

 

[TheYanger]

do people still play pokemon go?

My mom actually dual boxes pokemon go using my old phone with a smurf account. No joke.

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

do people still play pokemon go?

Every day, even with my iPhone 7 bricked and a crappy old Samsung Galaxy S4.

EVERY. DAY.

 

[JoeM86]

I have a friend who is ridiculously into Ingress and I think this is how you get rare items or something in that (there was an event in Seoul awhile back that he just had to go to), I'm betting the same will apply for Pokemon.

That is not acceptable if it happens.

 

[llehuty]

If they use these events as the method of obtaining the Legendary Pokémon, then that's a horrifically bad move.

didn't they have similar kind of events back in the day for the legendary pokemons in the mainline games?

 

[Syntsui]

Getting rare Pokémons in specific, region locked events was always a thing in the main games so I would not be surprised it they did the same in Pokémon Go, even more considering it was a thing in Ingress too.

 

[Roguey1Kenobi]

do people still play pokemon go?

Millions

 

[clay_ghost]

didn't they have similar kind of events back in the day for the legendary pokemons in the mainline games?

Those were free and still am.

 

[Assanova]

That is not acceptable if it happens.

Why isn't it acceptable? The game was free, wasn't it?

 

[Valkerionseven]

Getting rare Pokémons in specific, region locked events was always a thing in the main games so I would not be surprised it they did the same in Pokémon Go, even more considering it was a thing in Ingress too.

Here in Japan they had a segment of a variety show where a couple went around looking for their last pokemon. Took them 12 hours of riding around on bycicles to find a freaking Corsola lol.

 

[Piers]

Wonder if Holland Park is still heaving with players

 

[LordOcidax]

That is not acceptable if it happens.

 

[Joelstinton14]

according to Serebii, Go has been downloaded over 750,000,000 times in the past year. That might be thread worthy haha.

 

[blamite]

Hmmm... Maybe I will go to this......

 

[PSFan]

If they use these events as the method of obtaining the Legendary Pokémon, then that's a horrifically bad move.

I have a friend who is ridiculously into Ingress and I think this is how you get rare items or something in that (there was an event in Seoul awhile back that he just had to go to), I'm betting the same will apply for Pokemon.

If that's the case, Hanke can fuck right off and die in a fire along with his game.

 

[nubbe]

MewTwo is Times Square exclusive

 

[stargateheaven]

do people still play pokemon go?

how is this still a thing people say?

 

[True Fire]

If they use these events as the method of obtaining the Legendary Pokémon, then that's a horrifically bad move.

It's not much different from Generation 3. I had to get my parents to drive me 2 hours to get 10th anniversary legendary Pokemon.

 

[Spukc]

do people still play pokemon go?

 

[friskykillface]

That mewtwo event never happened, wonder how that would have played out because last year they could have easily caused riots and shit

 

[llehuty]

Those were free and still am.

Well, pokemon GO is free and the userbase is HUGE, so maybe they need a way to control the floodgates? It could also be a symbolic entry fee.

 

[JoeM86]

That mewtwo event never happened, wonder how that would have played out because last year they could have easily caused riots and shit

They have been saying Legendary Pokémon this summer.

Now we're getting these events this summer.

I have a bad feeling.

 

[Natiko]

Holy shit are they trying to sell tickets to capture legendary Pokémon?!

 

[Falchion]

I caught a Pokemon in Grant Park last September. Really cool that they're doing these events now.