Update:
Mewtwo will arrive in the game for all very soon through 'Exclusive Raid Battles' - details below.
In the coming weeks, you, too, will have the opportunity to battle and catch Mewtwo with the new Exclusive Raid Battle feature.
Exclusive Raid Battles are similar to existing Raid Battles, with a few notable differences. Exclusive raids will periodically appear at Gyms around the world; however, unlike existing raids, Trainers will be invited to join an Exclusive Raid Battle. To receive an invitation to participate in an Exclusive Raid Battle, Trainers must have successfully completed a raid recently, by defeating the Raid Boss, at the Gym where the Exclusive Raid Battle will be taking place. The invitations will include advance warning of when the Exclusive Raid will take place, giving them ample time to coordinate with other Trainers before taking on the powerful Raid Boss.
Mewtwo is the first Pokémon that Trainers will be able to face in Exclusive Raid Battles, but other powerful Pokémon may also start to hatch from the Raid Eggs found at Exclusive Raid Battles over the next several weeks. Make sure you’re prepared to battle Mewtwo by powering up your Pokémon and battling in raids at Gyms near you!
Original Article:
Trainers attending a Pokémon GO event taking place in Japan over the weekend were treated to the first appearance of Legendary and fan favourite Pokémon Mewtwo. During the Pickachu Outbreak event, Mewtwo appeared at Yokohoma stadium with a ten hour raid window for players to gather and take down. Sporting the highest CP of any raid boss since the app's launch - at 49430 - the requirement to defeat Mewtwo seems to be leaning towards the maximum number of people needed - twenty.
This is the first time the genetically created Pokémon has appeared in the game since launch and is the fifth legendary to materialise after Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres and Lugia all became available. Players have been reporting that they were given 50 Premier balls to capture the Pokémon, with others saying a 100% capture rate became apparent so that all attendees could grab the mythical creature.
You can see screenshots below:
With Zapdos rotating out of raid battles later tonight, does this mean Mewtwo is just around the corner for a global release? We'll have to wait for more information from Niantic.
How are you getting on with catching legendary Pokémon? Let us know.
[source eurogamer.net]
Comments 17
I want him so bad it almost physically hurts.
Even if released here I don't know if I could find enough people to help defeat him anyways.
@Spoony_Tech I was at Dublin Comiccon over the weekend with a friend, there was a gym on the convention center. A zapdos spawned there and it was taken down. Conversely, in my town we frequently had Lugia and the birds, but never saw a single battle going
@Spoony_Tech in my small North Dakota town of 40,000 people, there's 100 to 200 active users of pokemon go still. We use the discord app to put together raid parties and I've been able to nab all the legendary birds so far just planning quick meetups with random strangers.
Another legendary I won't get. These raids aren't really geared towards the casual player. The one time I happened upon a raid with more than just me there I had just missed them take it down. I'll just plod along trying to get all but the legendary ones I guess.
@Menchi187
Sometimes it's worth logging in to a battle just in case there's spoofers there. I've seen it happen. Good luck.
@Fandabidozi Can't you only see how many people are lined up to battle AFTER using a raid pass though? I don't spend money on the game so don't wanna waste it. As it stands atm, raid passes at least get me decent stage 2 start pokemon candy/xp/rare candy.
While I do hope Mewtwo does come out worldwide, I don't want it to happen straight away... I think everyone needs a rest and Niantic need to take the time to fix all of the problems that have been going round since they revamped the gyms.
As for the comment about Mewtwo's CP... while 49k is higher than the other legendaries which topped out around 42k, I highly doubt you would be looking towards a full team of 20 to take it down... probably 15 tops for an average group, and a decent group could probably do it with 10 or less.
From the looks of it NintendoLife forgot to mention it that Lugia, Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno will be returning and going until the end of the month on August 31st, and from the sounds of Niantic's update post it looks like Mewtwo will happen sometime in September.
Mewtwo also btw can only be battled if you get an invitation to an "exclusive raid" which is obtained by previously beating a raid boss somewhere recently (Niantic didn't specify if it has to be a legendary or not)
I can never find anybody doing a raid, so I've been limited to level 1 and 2 pokemon battles. I'd love to get a legendary pokemon, but without support it won't happen.
I'll never be able to grab any legendaries through the raid system.
@Kalmaro This was the goal for me when the game was first announced. I've waited and waited, and now i know i wont even be able to reach it. Might aswell uninstall the app and weep as it is now.
@Arngrim At least you can still play. Since they block rooted phones I haven't touched the game in ages. I know it can be bypassed but it's just not worth the effort
Why does he look so, horrific?
MY MOM will probably catch MOAR than I do (caught 3 moltres' 2 Lugia's and Zapdos', and probably MOAR than one Articuno if we went after those MOAR), and i'll probably never catch Metwo on my first attempts (and it doesn't help i'm on team Lucario over team Mewtwo in SM4SH, lol)
@Menchi187
Hey, as long as you leave the queue before the timer counts down you get your raid pass back.
@Fandabidozi Good to know, thanks!
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