Team GO Rocket invades Pokémon GO!

The world of Pokémon GO is in peril. An organization called Team GO Rocket has invaded PokéStops and is in possession of Shadow Pokémon that behave strangely and seem to be in pain. Team GO Rocket is clearly up to no good, and we need your help! Professor Willow and the team leaders have been hard at work observing and researching these happenings with Team GO Rocket, and they’ve come up with a plan to restore the PokéStops and rescue the Shadow Pokémon!

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[kediny]

GUYS THIS IS WHAT GIOVANNI SAID IN ULTRA SUN/MOON.

"Now...what new world shall I unleash my evil schemes upon...?"

[dr.emmettbrown]

I want to complement niantic for this update. It was much needed and is greatly appreciated!

[OscarHernandez-kfzs]

Good job niantic on bringing new and interesting features 👏🏼

[LightCoreDragon]

Giovanni: Earth is where I shall unleash my evil schemes next!



10 or 11 year old: Time to end this man's career... again!

[imjustafangirl]

Every time I try to say Team go rocket I have a stroke, could have just called it team rocket go

[cobojones]

I can’t wait till we get the rest of Gramps in Pokémon Go
G-Galaxtic
R- Rocket
A-Aqua
M-Magma
P-Plasma
S-Skull

[ParadoxFree]

This trailer makes them seem like they're actually dangerous.

[wikiuser]

After being foiled in Alola, Giovanni decided to bust into *our* realm!

[jesseariasja]

Can I get a chance of getting a Dark Lugia? Thats what I'll like to know

[IniaraVrinsk]

Honestly, great update. Battles are interesting now thanks to the different swipe patterns for charged attacks and the new encounters with the Grunts and shadow pokemon is pretty cool, I hope new features will be implemented eventually. Somewhere here in the comments there was a suggestion about Team Rocket spawning like pokemon for battle, I agree, that would be cool, most of my friends that play the game don't really use the battle feature, just every now and then when they're running low on Sinnoh stones and rare candy.

[michaelc]

I'm kinda sad I dont "really" hear "Team Rocket's blasting off again"... it's only in my head....

[MrEasyNah]

Giovanni just doesn't know when to quit, does he?

[allysonlobbezoo]

I love this new feature, it's so exciting!! It resembles the other games a lot more now and in such a good way❤️

[Fizzle_Films]

Okay so I see literally so many comments saying, I want Jesse and James with meowth and arbok, weezing, etc. Then people go: ThEy ArEn'T thE oNlY tEaM roCkEt mEmBerS!!!!


DUH, DON'T YOU THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT!?!? Maybe people just want to battle them head-on themselves!!!?

[VivekG]

Nobody:

Team Rocket: _it's free real estate!!_

[bhmc]

Yeah this would be amazing if they freaking spawned

[LetsGoTry]

Trading before purifying was too OP. Good decision John Hanke!

[kingsmithgaming]

Look at Team Rocket being like good comic book villains, it's enough to make a grown man cry, and me

[CureEdge]

Funny thing
I thought I wouldn’t get these I thought they’d be rare (mainly because we never get raid groups anywhere despite having lots of gyms and raids) but I went on a walk and I found at least 15

[ronswasonbutcuter]

Battled a couple of these guys after work today, this is awesome I'm stoked for new stuff to do