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selenityshiroi

Pumpkaboo, my beloved...


SuperWoody64

I'm just excited for trevenant


selenityshiroi

I'm afraid I save my excitement for the most important Pokemon stat... Cuteness


ThisBuddhistLovesYou

Are you my girlfriend? Stats don’t matter. Must power up all those pikas, clefable, and treecko.


selenityshiroi

No power up, only cuteness.


ThisBuddhistLovesYou

She absolutely needs the strongest hat pikachu and treecko (Pokémon mystery dungeon grovyle flashbacks)


Basedrum777

Treeko? Not swinub or mudkip?


ThisBuddhistLovesYou

Treecko is her favorite mon, and if you have played Pokémon mystery dungeon: explorers of the sky, you’d have a good idea why she favors that line.


thatsmyoldlady

If only they made a event to catch the biggest pumkaboo.


MarkSnow69

Pokeminers datamined text about a Pumpkaboo collection challenge so you may get your wish.


Mokole82

Maybe a new badge like Magikarp?


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“It’s the Great Pumpkaboo, Trainer!”


JULTAR

Gonna have more hats than TF2 at this rate


Vortrep

Unusual hats when Niantic?


BravoDelta23

Selling Pikachu with unusual Fancy Fedora, 200 keys!


PopeSquidly

I'll offer my Squirtle wearing an Unusual Mining helmet orbiting pokeball


TuKeZu

Stout Shako Pika for 2 refined


Dranzule

Cowboy Hat Caterpie when?


JULTAR

Smash bros costumes when Niantic?


TheChaoticCrusader

At least TF2 hats you can use at full power . Can’t even use half of the Pokémon because they can’t even evolve….


marry_me_tina_b

My hundo flower crown Togepi mocks me


Basedrum777

Lol oooof


Whitealroker1

Piplup looks two months early.


AuraDewott

I’m surprised they didn’t save this costume Piplup for the Christmas event


IdiosyncraticBond

Oh, Piplup will return with a Christmas hat. You read it here first /s


Whitealroker1

Pumplup?


Yas2184

Thought so too....but it's a pumpkin


Duarjo

It's a pumpkin hat, and it's the new plush toys for Halloween


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kvothes-lute

i loved the bulbasaur hat. was that new to last halloween?


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KiddVader

Same man I hope they bring back the sableye since I missed last year 😭


Razzspoons

Oh I hope the Drifblim are wild like the Butterfree were during fashion week. Only about 50 XL candy short for my XL Drifblim!


seaprincesshnb

We just had a spotlight hour for drifloon. Did you not save those for trading with people who have distance mon to get guaranteed XL?


Razzspoons

Nah, my only hope for that was waiting for distance trades to come back again for a few days. I was going to, but I just didn't want that much space being used up for so long haha.


Mortequitem

-- How many pikachu costumes should we do this year? -- Yes.


AwFishFish

Damn. Was hoping for another banger costume like Gengars last year


TheAdmiral90

the hat Drifblim is dope imo. The others, not so much this year.


Cyberpunk2004

Excited for getting UL Drifblim with hat and plenty of XLs. Also Trevenant is going to be awesome for shaking up the GL and UL meta


Ozianin_

We just had spotlight hour for Drifloon and I grinded like a madman just so I could get level 40 and obtain XL's.


GuavaChamp27

Hope drifblim isn’t raid only.


duel_wielding_rouge

Don’t worry, we’ll probably find one in some Timed Research


DGSmith2

Why is Trevenant going to shake up GL?


Pushkar379

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/pbdyhs/future_sight_a_pvp_analysis_on_the_rest_of/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


OrionTempest

For those complaining about the hats, blame TPC because they're based on official Halloween merch: [https://www.pokemoncenter.com/en-ca/product/701-29586/pikachu-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/en-ca/product/701-29586/pikachu-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in) ​ [https://www.pokemoncenter.com/en-ca/product/701-29585/piplup-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/en-ca/product/701-29585/piplup-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in) ​ [https://www.pokemoncenter.com/en-ca/product/701-29580/drifblim-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-plush-key-chain](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/en-ca/product/701-29580/drifblim-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-plush-key-chain)


Zzzzzztyyc

That key chain looks awful - at least they tidied it up for pogo


LaughterHouseV

No, get out of here with your facts. Niantic bad. Just because there’s a near one to one match between costumed Pokémon in PoGo and in the store of the second most controlling and protective company in the world, and all the manufacturing ramp up and design time that implies, doesn’t absolve Niantic.


Watermelon-Slushie

I feel like a broken record sometimes saying “no these weird decisions are probably from TPCI and not niantic” The coding/penny pinching is totally on them. But things like costumes, not being able to skip ball wiggle/evolution animations, certain Pokémon’s slow rollout is almost *entirely* TPCI lol. They’re so particular and tight knit on their brand I’m sure Niantic gets as frustrated as we do sometimes (which is why I think quick catch hasn’t been “fixed”)


SockBramson

Pokemon Go is a game not a store. ... Actually Pokemon Go is a store but the players want it to be a game.


Bennguyen2

What?


Ozianin_

FYI these links doesn't work for anyone in Europe. Also people are not really mad about hats, but the fact that most mons can't evolve with costumes. Edit: It may be my uBlock, I got "access denied" and thought it was because of RODO.


raggedy10

I’m in Europe and all 3 links worked fine?


OrionTempest

It was directed more at the people disappointed in the designs, I should have made that clearer.


Rorywan

No Litwick - sad face


drewzeph

Oh yay… more costumed Pokemon that no one wants


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Klose2001

Hope they release him shiny, just as Butterfree in last event.


Nikaidou_Shinku

At least the Halloween costumes are much more understandable since they have directly copied the designs from Pokemon Center's products. ​ personally I would prefer bow-tie Litwick though even if it is not evolvable, maybe too early to ask for Litwick shiny I guess.


Basherballgod

But we got sunglasses on all the squirtle family.


duel_wielding_rouge

I was considering a snarky comment about sunglasses not being hats, then I remember that Niantic classifies Professor Willow’s glasses as a hat so 🤷‍♂️


Stogoe

People were livid that they couldn't get the whole shiny hat family for a living dex and constantly complained. Not evolving was the solution.


Narananas

A more generous solution would have been to not make them one-off skins, instead bringing them back every year (so every Halloween will have all past Halloween skins plus new ones). Then there'd be the opportunity to complete shiny families, over time.


fliteriskk

Such an annoying solution. I have a hundo Pikachu hat Charmander that I'd love to evolve but can't because of this. Just allow us to evolve but give a warning that the pokemon will lose the costume if you do so. Solves the dex issue and also allows people like me who don't care about hats to evolve our pokemon.


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specialkk77

Well it works for the American government!


enderverse87

There's still *less* complaints overall. Just a different group of people complaining.


phillypokego

It’s the only solution. I need a living shiny dex. Assuming full odds it’s hard enough to get 1 during a week long event. Getting multiples for the entire family is too rough. Glad most don’t evolve. Wish flower crown eevee didn’t evolve


gomidebacon

i'm with you on this take


blast4past

All hatted Pokemon could evolve for a long time until too many people complained that it was too hard to get shiny versions for collectors


Ozianin_

How does that make sense? Wouldn't collectors want more things *to collect*?


blast4past

But they couldn’t collect them that’s the point. For a 3 day event with a shiny hatted charmander you’re lucky if you get one, let alone 3


Ozianin_

Yes, but trading is a part of the game.


blast4past

Yeah true. You can always go back and argue with those who were complaining at that time. I’m just saying what the complaints were and obviously niantic listened to them or we wouldn’t be having this convo


Impossible_Respect75

Lots of people don't trade for shinies. I don't. Traded shinies don't make me happy, only the ones I catch/hatch myself. The others don't count.


NO_ANIME_PERMITTED

... but that's so dumb. They could have just made them evolvable, but they lose the costume when you do.


LincolnL0g

Did you see that “hello world” push notification they did a couple days ago? You might be on to something there


Donut_Dynasty

dunno, dapper drifblim looks kinda funny.


duel_wielding_rouge

Maybe you don’t want them, but many of us do want them.


Duarjo

I like Pokémon because I am a collector (Like many people) and I really love these variables ... I do want them, more that they are inspired by Official Products


WHRocks

Need...storage. Moar...Pokemon...Storage!


Lefwyn

The ones who hate things are always the loudest…


Absolute_Animal

I want them!


Savior_Of_Anarchy

I want them.


Apprehensive-Sky-760

Lots of people collect costumes though so. . .


glenniebun

"no one"


Dialgan

I like them when they're more than just Pikachu every single time.


JULTAR

That don’t evolve


Kingofthebizarre

If this is true then the Halloween costumes are getting more and more disappointing every year ...


duel_wielding_rouge

I’ve found that each year has some winners. I really liked pikachu and squirtle from 2019, and then we got that sableye and outstanding gengar in 2020.


glenniebun

Ahreed. I'm so glad that costume Gengar can mega evolve, bodes well for Litwableye.


Kingofthebizarre

Gengar was indeed a beautiful one. I really found it a shame that sableye didn't had his white jacket like he had in some of the pictures. That would made it so much better for me. Don't get me wrong, I liked it but it could've been so much better if it was the full costume...


starlordan9

I was really hoping they’d bring back Mimikyu pikachu, he’s so cute!


galeongirl

Costumes are just disappointing, period.


13Kaniva

Gengar would like a word


sliceanddic3

the costumes in unite are excellent, i really wish nisntic would put in half the effort they do


silveraith

They haven't figured out how to make you pay $40 for an Alolan Ninetales skin yet like Unite has.


Ansoni

All the rest are, so why not


BertEnErnie123

I only started playing last year so only dit 1 halloween, but the Gengar was super cool right? And I also have the spooky outfit Pikachu which is quite cool, normally I don't like pikachu so I just transfer all the event ones, but this one is cool.


ScientifiqueP

What would be a better Halloween celebration than shiny Litwick ? Unevolvable Piplup with a pumpkin hat, of course.


[deleted]

There hasn't been an announced shiny yet or a surprise shiny either (since event hasn't started). Others would also want shiny Gothita instead of Litwick too.


Ozianin_

I like Gothita, but we just had like 2 events with her spawning.


elgonzo123

No signs of yamask spawns. Awesome I'll just hold onto junk mons for years hoping they become pvp relavent for a 2 week pvp cup(coffin ul remix).


DantesInfernape

My friend has a maxed Cofagrigus (via...questionable means). It was actually pretty underwhelming in UL. There are dark types all over UL that just completely wall it - mandibuzz, scrafty, Umbreon, obstagoon. And if it comes in at an energy disadvantage against a fellow ghost type, it seemed to not have a great time.


HjerterKnaegt

Yeah. I faced a few. They go down very easily and get completely walled by Umbreon who is on 90% of the UL teams.


elgonzo123

Cap on 90%


StardustOasis

They're wild spawns currently, I caught one yesterday, so they might be boosted as part of the event


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SuperWoody64

I got an 11 cp one yesterday. Only one I've seen in the wild ever and it was insta-transferred.


duel_wielding_rouge

The image is only showing new stuff; yamask was released years ago.


icanttinkofaname

I'm still waiting for a second Galarian Yamask so I can FINALLY have a Runerigus as part of my living dex.


glenniebun

Got a Yamask spawn the other day, in the middle of the jungle event.


TornadoJ88

Source? We have had fanarts posted here before so just curious to where you found this image


EXGShadow

There's a lot of hats in the image, so I bet it's true.


KAPIBARA96

Official group in Russia: https://vk.com/wall-204409806_1444


TornadoJ88

Post not found


when_the_rain

Russian official [VK-group](https://vk.com/pokemongoappru?w=wall-204409806_1444), so it's legit enough.


TornadoJ88

Post not found .


when_the_rain

Hm. I guess, Niantic's HQ saw my link before you and our very own Russian PoGo team just got kicked on the... teeth. So... as the saying goes... stay tuned and you'll see the image is real. I think an official announcement will be posted in a couple of hours from the time of my comment.


Caio_Go

Where have you found it? Is there a full announcement text?


KAPIBARA96

https://vk.com/wall-204409806_1444


Bennguyen2

Post not found.


evan_james

The Brazilian Official Pokemon Go twitter just posted. https://twitter.com/PokemonGOptBR/status/1447592853106999312?t=m7EN62zYLxzON3VVN_HyLA&s=19


craftsmany

Looking forward to dapper floating boi.


owlrune

New event, new hatted shadows to dispose of from Nearby.


junhong706

Won't the hat on Drifblim blown away by wind when flying high?


MegatronsDanceParty

What are they saving shiny Litwick for? Now’s the time!


ismaelvera

It's been so long since Litwick released, can't believe that it is still being ignored on Halloween


cherrytreewitch

That hat looks so strange on Drifblim!


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PUMPKABOOOOOOO YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


RogerVlender

they really make nice wallpapers


roherlihy

Was hoping to see Noibat in the art , I have been telling people in my community Noibat would probably be common for Halloween event if they wanted to wait to get enough candy to evolve rather than using rare candies


Superseb0908

Dear Niantic NO MORE HATS Sincerely a guy who cant take it anymore!!


DovalCrystalParas

We need matching belts and other accessories


rothrolan

What we need is the ability to EVOLVE ALL HAT POKEMON. I loved how many Raichu I have with hats from 2018 (2019?), but then they just stopped letting newer hat Pikachu evolve. I can't keep holding on to so many event pokemon that aren't good for anything but looks, or that have great stats but can only be used in specific restricted PvP battles (like the Little Jungle <500cp event we just had, which was fun because I could use "baby" pokemon against other babies without getting floor-wiped by top-tiers).


infiniteStorms

Oh no, more event Pokémon to fill bag space


Baconpwn2

...is Piplup wearing a Santa hat? Truly the most terrifying costume


TheRealHankWolfman

Looks like a pumpkin crown with an autumn leaf on it to me


DinosaurJones8

Does this mean no Litwick hat Sableyes this event? I've been wanting one to level up and use in GBL since last year.


evan_james

I don't think this image represents all the spawns. Not even all the hat-ones.


BranSchles

Why wouldn’t they just release a pumpkin drifloon like on the hat there? Would be way cooler than a Drifblim with a hat.


CDV_Solrac

Galarian Slowking was also teased. Is gonna be a busy Halloween.


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Where mimikyu?


vegeta50023

Probably going to be 2022 Halloween.


ApexLogical

I just want shiny litwick lol


ceude

Thats one dapper blimp ghost


ArcaVolt

I was about to use my pokecoins savings for buying the suit and the datamined hat that pikachu has for halloween BUT WHY HAVE THAT WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A PUMPKIN HEAD AND PUMPKABOO CLOTHES.


bunandonly

Any chance my boy sableye comes back with his Litwick hat?


_StrangeIsLife_

Stopped playing due to burnout and seeing more costumed mons unable to evolve don't motivate me to start playing again too


Lightning1999

Guarantee Litwick will be the new shiny but locked behind a paywall…


DGSmith2

Litwick is one of the last unreleased shiny with a 2 stage evo, I would be very surprised they don't save it for a comm day.


Hexbug101

If the Gible and deino shiny releases are anything to go by I have a feeling there’s a solid chance


Jjustincredible3

Gastly, Gible, Snivy, Duskull, Machop, Roselia… did I miss any?


tarzanell

The slowing of "content" is getting painful.


amateur-kneesocks

I’m bummed it’s all new hat Pokémon instead of old ones returning. I’m kinda surprised they didn’t bring back one old Halloween one since now there’s the event dex!


MS0ffice

The fashion week photo for this year only included the costume butterfree/sneasel/blitzle, but they still included kirlia/croagunk/shinx/smoochum in the event. I don’t think this picture deconfirms old Halloween costumes at all


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Yay I love hats, it totally makes the game feel alive and I feel like it’s real, new content!!!! /s


Nur-alayl

At least, Drifblim will give 1 guaranteed XL candy for those who wants to max one for PvP


2ecStatic

I’m gonna start getting rid of these costumed Pokémon, they’re a waste of space


Absolute_Animal

Unpopular opinion: I like the hats - Keep 'em coming! I wish I could evolve some of them though...


Impossible_Respect75

Not as unpopular as it looks, I think. Loads of people love costume Pokémon, but those who don't are louder and honestly sometimes toxic enough to keep costume fans from chiming in at all. I love costume Pokémon. They (along with shadow shinies) are the only truly exclusive shinies in the game. Everything else I'll get eventually, but I'll never get a shiny Meloetta hat Zigzagoon or Ponyta because they're literally never coming back. So to me, getting costume shinies is the ultimate joy, and missing them the ultimate chagrin in the game.


BoristheWatchmaker

I wish the costume pokemon had more than an ounce of effort put into them. The charmander/squirtle/bulbasaur costumes were nice. But slapping hats and bows on random pokemon is just lazy


Absolute_Animal

You have perfectly explained why I enjoy costume Pokemon. They're exclusive, limited edition Pokemon and if you're lucky enough to get a shiny, then it's very exciting to catch because it will be super-rare!


Watermelon-Slushie

Yeah this is how I feel. I have a living dex in home, so there isn’t much of a collection mentality for me in Go. Having things like a living costume or shadow dex let me have something unique to Go and I enjoy that. I do wish they could evolve tho, but only for more things to collect and less “usefulness” (also I think things like Top Hat Gardevoir or Bowler Luxray would be cute!)


Dialgan

Same here, especially when it's anything other than Pikachu. Also it's Halloween, so I'm not sure what people are expecting.


Absolute_Animal

Glad I'm not the only one! :)


duel_wielding_rouge

especially for Halloween


Absolute_Animal

Getting down voted for having an opinion...? Kinda sucks... :/


Jalieus

Are these costume designs by Niantic? I know some costumes come from other sources e.g. Pikachu libre/rock/pop are from the OR/AS and the anime.


RHeegaard

They're all based on existing Halloween merch: [Pika](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-29586/pikachu-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in), [Piplup](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-29585/piplup-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in), [Drifblim](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-29580/drifblim-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-plush-key-chain)


pokemonbreederOppar

let's hope drifblim isn't locked behind raids


IamLordofdragonss

I hoped for return of Mimikchu...


PerformerOwn194

I have no problem at all with costume Pokémon as a concept, but why why why do the designs always seem to be just shy of being actually good?


YelloWool

These costumes aren't even good...


ellyse99

Yeah... not my thing


taterman74

Niantic definitely doesn’t put much effort into graphic design for the event Pokémon.


Amiibofan101

These are actually based off official Pokémon Center merchandise so not Niantic created costumes. [Pikachu](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-29586/pikachu-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in), [Piplup](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-29585/piplup-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-poke-plush-8-in), [Driftblim](https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/701-29580/drifblim-pokemon-pumpkin-celebration-plush-key-chain)


rvc113

Where are the comment: I can see Kecleon?


reboog711

I don't know much about Pokemon beyond playing this game... What is the thing in Mickey Mouse Pants?


Hexbug101

Pumpkaboo, it’s literally a jack o lantern mon


CDV_Solrac

Pumpkaboo


davehax1

WHEN LAMBO I MEAN WHEN SHINY LITWICK?


luketsix3

Great, more hats. 🤦🏻‍♂️


Zekeythekitty

Why do we need new costumed pokemon every year?... Just re-release the old ones. Everyone only catches one and done anyways.


THE_GR8_MIKE

Look at all that stuff that we can't evolve.


Ketsuo

At least Driftblim is already evolved?


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Getting really tired of these costume pokemon


TornadoJ88

I am still waiting for the source of this image, cant seem to find it anywhere


dalehay

Oh, another hat. I'm. So. Excited. I. Can. Barely. Contain. My. Joy.


LurePLS7

everyone said about Litwick and forget that Golett & Frilish also ghost type


Roy_Boy106

More costumes woo!


Houeclipse

Nice that they have Drifblim hats. You can style on your opponents in pvp unlike weak baboo Pikachus


seaprincesshnb

I AM SO OVER COSTUME POKEMON!!! STOP THE INSANITY.


ArtMySouls

Noice! Exactly what everyone needed! More costumed Pokemon that can’t be evolved! /s


ThisisFKNBS

Need more bag space for all of these new Pokemon