Most likely, it is the arrival of Minccino, which is based on a chinchilla and coincides with the Year of the Rat this January 25.
Niantic is using social networks to anticipate the arrival of a new announcement for Pokémon GO, this time related to the lunar cycle with a message every day. After publishing an image in which Joltik and Galvantula were seen, both creatures from the region of Teselia (Generation V), fans now theorize what this compendium of messages can be about.
The most widespread theory is backed by the game code itself. Pokémon GO, since its last update, has an event related to the figure of Minccino, which will soon have a research task by Professor Willow.
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– Pokémon GO Spain (@PokemonGOespana) January 17, 2020
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– Pokémon GO Spain (@PokemonGOespana) January 19, 2020
Possible arrival of Minccino with own event: Lunar New Year
The arrival just now of an event about Minccino is no accident; the messages of the different lunar cycles are not either. 2020 marks the Year of the Rat according to the Chinese zodiac on January 25, and Minccino is based on a chinchilla (the etymological origin of its name, in fact, comes from mink (vision) and chinchilla), which belongs to the same order animal than rats, the order Rodentia, according to the origin of its taxonomy.
Hopefully, the event will take place soon and The Pokémon Company makes the obvious official. So far, we insist that the only official information we can transmit is the existence of these messages related to the lunar cycle; It is not the first time that Niantic anticipates future incorporations (such as the constellations with Jirachi) with these enigmatic messages.
We remember that the Pokémon GO Raids will soon receive Latios and Latias; It will be only for a few days, from January 24 to 27. For more information on what awaits us soon in the game, here we have the monthly article with all the eggs of 2, 5, 7 and 10 km resulting after being hatched during this month of January.
In addition, from this month of January, new Pokémon from the Teselia region arrive at Pokémon GO. In this article we tell you how to get them; while we break down the evolution of the evolution by exchange, one of the great novelties of the game in 2020.
