The critically acclaimed mobile app Pokémon GO will soon get a major update that will bring back its crowning glory once again as dataminers from Silph Road, have unraveled new features including evolution items, more shiny and gender codes, and 38 additional moves. Here are the highlights of what they've found:
Pokémon GO: 38 New Moves
According to the article published by the Sillph Road, Niantic has released v.0.53.1 following the conclusion of holiday festivities. The new code (update) contains minor changes and fixes including the update on Apple Watch to display Eggs obtained from PokéStops and tweak distance tracking for more accurate GPS drift. But after further digging, the team has managed to uncover more things that are about to to be addded. One of them is the 38 New Moves which are listed down below:
New Quick Moves | New Charge Moves | ||
Counter Powder Snow Charge Beam Dragon Tail Volt Switch Infestation Struggle Bug | Iron Tail Astonish Fire Spin Bullet Seed Extrasensory Hex Air Slash Snarl | Dynamic Punch Close Combat Aurora Beam Focus Blast Wild Charge Zap Cannon Brave Bird Avalanche Sky Attack Sand Tomb Rock Blast | Night Shade Silver Wind Gyro Ball Heavy Slam Grass Knot Overheat Energy Ball Futuresight Mirror Coat Outrage Foul Play Crunch |
Pokémon GO: Evolution Items
For those who don't know, certain Pokémon can only evolve when exposed to certain items (a.k.a Evolution Items). According to the dataminers, the Evolution items do not have graphic assets yet but their existence within the code confirms that we will soon be having new evolution mechanic. What more, may soon be seeing Porygon2, Bellosom, Steelix and Kingdra! Here are all the Evolution items found so far: Sun Stone, Metal Coat, Kings Rock, Dragon Scale and Upgrade.
Pokémon GO: More Shiny and Gender Code
During the previous APK versions, the team has already found a couple of code detailing Shiny status and genders for certain Pokémon. The good news is, v0.53.1 brought about more codes that support these variants which means that it's just a matter of time before we start seeing male, female and shiny Pokémon in the wild!
