For Pokémon Go gamers, the true villain of the sport isn’t Staff Go Rocket and their shadow Pokémon, it is the ever-elusive Kecleon.
That’s as a result of this chameleon-like critter is one in all a handful of Pokémon nonetheless lacking from the sport. However what makes Kecleon particular is that it’s the one unreleased creature left within the Hoen Pokédex.Since Jirachi’s arrival in June 2019, Kecleon is the only purpose gamers have but to finish this a part of their assortment and earn the Hoen platinum medal. From our personal expertise, this lacking entry is the supply of a lot annoyance.
So, when given the possibility to speak to Niantic about its Pokémon Go occasion plans, we took our probability to additionally discover out as soon as and for all once we’ll be capable of seize Kecleon.
Upon listening to the query Michael Steranka’s (Pokémon Go’s Director of International Product Advertising) first response was to chuckle, “Yeah, I knew that that [question] was gonna come up.”
Explaining their absence up to now he stated, “Kecleon has unique properties in the main series games, abilities that no other Pokémon shares so we want to make sure we do right by its original design when incorporating it into augmented reality.”
Steranka is referencing Kecleon’s first look in Pokémon Ruby and Saphire. It was extremely unlikely you’d discover one within the recreation’s tall grass – which is how most common Pokémon are discovered. As an alternative, the easiest way to come across a Kecleon was by by accident working into invisible ones that builders hid within the recreation’s overworld.
Steranka’s remark dropped at thoughts a equally distinctive Pokémon, Ditto. In Go, fairly than discovering the distinctive purple blob out within the open, Ditto is pretending to be one in all a number of quite common Pokémon – solely revealing its true identification after you seize it.
Once we {asked} if Niantic had plans to do one thing related, Steranka responded “Yeah, you in all probability gained’t simply encounter Kecleon within the wild, we wish to make this encounter significant.
“I’m really looking forward to the day we’re able to release Kecleon.”
You and us each, Steranka.
Sadly, we weren’t capable of get an actual date for Kecleon’s launch in Pokémon Go, however Steranka made it clear that Niantic is aware of followers have eagerly awaiting its addition and that we gained’t be upset when it lastly arrives within the recreation.
