Research
Research is amazing!!! First you get a Mew on the special research and it seems now we’ll get a Legendary each month! From throwing Great throws, to winning raids, to catch Swablu’s the normal research is easy and fun. And the best part is you can do them once a day and end up with multiple Legendary’s by the end of the month. The special research is a touch harder and wont spoil it for those who have not completed or started the tasks, but MEW!
EX Raids
Ex raids are great! Win a raid at a particular Gym location and you get a chance to specially invited to a EX raid. These are still uncertain on the way you can guarantee an invite some claim to have never gotten one and others get them regularly. Win and you get MewTwo!
Monthly Community Events
Every month Niantic announces a specific Pokemon they will showcase for a few hours during Pokemon Community Event Day! For a 3 hour period you’ll literally see hundreds of the featured Pokemon. May was Charmander and June we get Lavitars!! Each one comes with the rare chance for Shiny versions!
Alolan Forms
Pokemon originally in the Kanto region will soon appear in their Alolan forms over the coming weeks. Originally from Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon.
As a day one player and fan this is the best work from Niantic and it seems they’ve hit their stride. We may also expect they have refined their niche and will likely incorporate these types of things in their upcoming Harry Potter Wizards United that a certain blogger may just have a similar site for when Niantic finally launches it. Visit us here for that!