Geekscape Mobile: New Pokémon Begin To Appear In ‘Pokémon Go’

Briefly: If I hadn’t already been drawn back into Pokémon Go with the launch of the revised tracker a few weeks back… this would have had me opening the app up again.

Pokemon Go developer Niantic today announced that players are about to see a few new Pokémon in the game, beginning with classics such as Togepi and Pichu (a special holiday-themed Pikachu has also been spotted).

You won’t see these Pokémon popping up during your travels, however. Togepi, Pichu, and whatever else may be out there can only be hatched from eggs at this time. This means that players will need to visit Pokéstops, get those eggs incubating (and probably purchase additional incubators for efficiency’s sake), and be super disappointed when they mostly hatch Pokémon that they already have.

In any case, I’m excited as hell.

Niantic notes that “Professor Willow has discovered Togepi and Pichu hatching from Eggs! Starting later today, Trainers will have the opportunity to hatch these and several other Pokémon that were originally discovered in the Johto Region in Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver video games. These are the first of more Pokémon coming to Pokémon GO over the next few months.”

After the buddy system, tracker improvements (though still a step back from the original tracker), daily bonuses, the ability to transfer multiple Pokémon to the professor at once, and now this, it’s pretty clear that Niantic is really beginning to lister to player feedback.

Now… time to get walking.