The Valentine’s Day 2021 event starts today in Pokémon GO and delivered a surprise for the occasion: Shiny Alomomola! This unannounced Shiny release is now available Pokémon GO as part of this event which also debuts the new Pokémon Munna. Let’s look at the details.
Let’s break this thing down bit by bit. Here’s what Niantic on the Pokémon GO blog:
Date + time: Sunday 14 February 2021 at 13:00 to Thursday 18 February 2021 at 20:00 local time
Okay, that means at least that we have two days free time from the events before the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto begins. Continue your loving hunt for four days, then take the time to refresh the big day and get stock.
Features Munna and Musharna make their debut with Pokémon GO! Munna will appear in nature. Use an Unova stone to develop Munna in Musharna!
Hey, well, we’ll at least finally use the Unova Stones. Let’s go!
The following Pokémon will appear more frequently in the wild: Nidoran♀, Nidoran♂, Plusle, Minun, Volbeat, Illumise, Luvdisc, Munna, and more. If you are lucky, you may run into a Fairy Boss!
Just ignore the last big one and we will all be happier. It’s cute that Niantic apparently focuses on pairs of Pokémon here. It reminds me a little bit of last year’s Friendship Event. It’s also a good chance to hunt outside the region on Illumise and Volbeat, do not miss the chance on those Shinies.
Develop Kirlia during the event to get a Gardevoir or a Gallade who knows Synchronoise!
The focus on the previous community day movements in the last few occasions has been good, but perhaps holding it back. This Pokémon moved better.
The following Pokémon hatch from 5 km eggs: Eevee, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Luvdisc, Munna, Woobat and Cottonee.
It looks like another staple is turning the Baby Pokémon in and out of the eggs of the event. It makes me feel that we will not see their return to 7 KM Gift Eggs in the foreseeable future, so shoot your shot at whichever of these you want during this event.
Complete exclusive field research to encounter Pokémon like Ralts, Volbeat, Illumise, Spinda with a heart pattern and Alomomola, and earn other rewards as well.
It was not mentioned in the blog post, but Alomomola is now being released in its shiny form and can also be encountered during raids.
Spinda with the heart pattern is for me the biggest attraction of the event and it is not even close. This version of Spinda, like Yamask and Delibird, is limited to its availability, and appears at most annually in this event.
Complete the Valentine’s Day Collection Challenge by collecting Nidoran♀, Nidoran♂, Espeon, Umbreon, Plusle, Minun, Volbeat, Illumise, Luvdisc, Latias, Latios and Alomomola to receive five Silver Pinap berries, a lucky egg . and an egg incubator.
Update here. Niantic is actually saying that the above blog post was wrong. The rewards are three Silver Pinap Berries, three Rocket Radars and two ChargedTMs. Depending on your priorities, this change can be an awkward or a victory.
Bonuses Increased chance to become Lucky Friends with your friends Increased chance that Pokémon you trade become Lucky Pokémon trading series increases to 40 km Increased chance to receive berries from gifts.
It’s from the previous lunar new year event, and man, it’s amazing they did it. Although the events were a bit low-key which led to the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto, such bonuses make a lot of effort to make it worthwhile.