Pokemon Go Tour: Sinnoh — Los Angeles is here. It’s the first event of its kind in California and the celebration at the Rose Bowl will be drawing fans from the Bay Area, Southern California and beyond. Aside from the main event, a few extra activities are going on before it starts Feb. 17 and Feb. 18.
One of those is the a special quest line called Ghost in the Machine. It’s apparently related to Rotom and players at the Rose Bowl Stadium will have to piece together a code that will unlock a Rotom encounter for trainers worldwide.
EXTRA QUESTS AND SHINY TARGETS
Another special quest features Spiritomb and it’s related to 108 special Pokestops that have popped up in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Trainers have located all of them and mapped them out. Personally, I ran across five of at least nine at Disneyland, but they’re scattered around Southern California. If players spin 10 stops, they earn an encounter with Spiritomb. The quest line reportedly starts Friday.
The event itself takes place at the Rose Bowl and the grounds around it in Pasadena from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The play area is divided into four zones: Bubbling Mire, Entangled Ruins, Mountain Hot Spring and Seaside Metropolis. It will basically be Disneyland for “Pokemon Go” fans, where you’ll be meeting hundreds of other trainers and catching shinies that you may have missed.
Each of the zones has at least one shiny variant that hasn’t been released or was hard to obtain. They include: female Combee, Hisuian Voltorb, Finneon, Shellos (both forms), Hisuian Qwilfish, Hisuian Growlithe and Hisuian Sneasel. Players will also have a chance at obtaining a shiny Unown H, I, N, O, S and U.
In addition, eggs will have a chance to hatch shiny variants as well. The No. 1 target will likely be Mime Jr. from 2km eggs. That’s because this regional Pokemon must be hatched, and Pokemon Go Tour LA is one of the rare chances players can get one stateside. The other sought-after pocket monsters will be shiny Chingling from 2km eggs; shiny Hisuian Voltorb, Hisuian Qwilfish and Stunky in 5km eggs; and shiny Pachirisu, Chatot and Carnevine in 10km eggs. These aforementioned variants will make their debuts.
BONUSES WITH NEW FEATURES
Niantic is also taking advantage of some of the newer features they established over the past year. Party Play will have special bonuses that include encounters with Regirock, Regice, Registeel and Regigas. Players also have another stab at a new Pokemon using Routes. White-striped Basculin will appear on Routes during Pokemon Go Tour. It’s uncertain whether they will be on premade routes special to the event or if they’ll be at regular Routes at the Rose Bowl venue.
The most important thing to bring to any “Pokemon Go” event is extra power. That means players should have a battery pack or two on hand. A Pokemon Go Plus + or an equivalent device is also helpful. Players should also make room because they’ll be doing a lot of catching. Thankfully, Niantic reportedly increased storage before the event. The maximum Pokemon storage is now at 7,800 and the maximum items available is 6,800. Be sure to stock up on extra Pokeballs before the big day so that you can just focus on catching.
When it comes to other items to bring, Niantic is allowing a few things such as normal-size backpack, strollers and two sealed water bottles (refillable ones are OK). On the other hand, there’s a long list of prohibited items. That includes totems, flags, banners, umbrellas, skates, scooters and bicycles. No outside food or beverage aside from the water will be permitted. There will be on-site vendors at the Rose Bowl and there will be some that accommodate special dietary needs.
