Pokémon Go 'Will Move Away From Paid Tickets' Following Years of Premium Extras — to a Greater Focus on Paid Event Passes

Niantic has announced respective large shake-ups to Pokémon Go, including a simplification successful paid lawsuit tickets, and the quality to yet seizure the Shiny versions of evolved Pokémon successful the wild.

In a blog station detailing a raft of changes coming to Pokémon Go astatine the opening of its adjacent in-game play connected March 3, developer Niantic said that it would beryllium dropping its caller dense absorption connected paid tickets, which person go a staple for astir each in-game event.

While optional, the tickets person felt non-stop, offering a smattering of other Pokémon encounters oregon premium items to travel in-game events for the terms of $1-$5.

In their place, however, Niantic said it volition "move distant from paid tickets to lawsuit GO Passes," the game's conflict pass-like mechanic it has antecedently utilized much sparingly, for the game's biggest yearly events specified arsenic Go Fest and Go Tour, arsenic good arsenic large vacation shenanigans astir Halloween and Christmas.

GO Passes are typically much expensive, ranging betwixt $8 to $20 depending connected what is included, though connection entree to the game's astir sought-after goodies, specified arsenic Golden Bottle Caps, Lucky Trinkets and Poké Coins.

Other large changes to the game's regular docket volition see a much "regular" pacing for events, a Saturday absorption for each play events (likely including Community Days), and the instauration of an in-game calendar aboriginal this year.

Pokémon Go's regular play experiences are besides being expanded. Alongside the existing Max Mondays, a caller Fast-Track Monday bonus volition treble GO Pass points. Tuesdays volition diagnostic a regular absorption connected Showcases. Raid Hour volition proceed connected Wednesdays. GO Battle Thursdays volition connection 4x Stardust from idiosyncratic conflict wins, and doubly arsenic galore conflict sets. Friendship Fridays volition let you to marque 2 Special Trades, with a boosted Lucky Trade chance, somewhat reduced Stardust outgo and 2 guaranteed Candy XL.

By acold the biggest alteration here, though, is the determination to finally, finally make each evolved Pokémon disposable successful the wild, erstwhile their families person made their Shiny debut. This means creatures similar Ivysaur, Wartortle and Charmeleon tin present beryllium Shiny possible, wherever antecedently it would typically beryllium conscionable a Pokémon's basal form, specified arsenic Bulbasaur, Squirtle oregon Charmander that could beryllium Shiny imaginable (outside of a fewer insignificant lawsuit exceptions, costumes and Mega Evolve-able species).

In Pokémon's main series' games, evolved Pokémon person ever been Shiny eligible, and fans person agelong grumbled astir Go's antithetic mode of doing things. No more! Indeed, Shiny Pokémon volition besides beryllium much prevalent successful Team Rocket battles, too, with an aligning of Shiny imaginable taxon for some Shadow and regular creatures. Lovely.

Last week, IGN spoke with Niantic astir the game's large rollout of caller Mega Pokémon species, conflict mechanics and a caller in-game currency.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social