Pokemon Go Adds First Possible Mega Evolutions

Numerous picture belongings had been simply added to Pokemon Go, indicating which Pokemon might be the primary to get their Mega Evolutions. Yesterday, dataminers discovered image assets for the Mega Evolved variations of Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Beedrill, and Pidgeot had been added to Pokemon Go, indicating that Mega Evolution might be coming very quickly. A Mega Raid Egg asset was additionally added, seemingly confirming that the brand new mechanic will tie into Raid Battles, with gamers accumulating “Mega Candy” from Mega Raids after which utilizing them to quickly Mega Evolve their Pokemon.

Mega Evolution is a comparatively latest mechanic to the Pokemon franchise, having first been launched in Pokemon X & Y. In the primary sequence games, Pokemon are geared up with particular Mega Evolution stones that give them the facility to quickly remodel into stronger Pokemon. Most Mega Evolutions acquire stat boosts of some form, and infrequently have completely different skills than their base kind. While some features of Mega Evolution are nonetheless unclear for Pokemon Go, we do know that this can be a short lived change, seemingly tied to “Mega Energy” {that a} Pokemon consumes over time. We additionally know that, at the least in the intervening time, Mega Evolution will not be permitted in PvP play.

The indisputable fact that solely 5 Mega Evolved types had been added to Pokemon Go appears to point that Niantic can be following its “gradual drip” technique of releasing content material, specializing in a handful of Pokemon at a time to make sure that gamers keep invested within the new mechanic. This additionally permits Pokemon Go to make tweaks to the brand new mechanic with out radically shaking up the whole game.

Pokemon Go has promised an announcement on Mega Evolution quickly, so we may see it added to the game as quickly as this weekend. Stay tuned for extra updates about Mega Evolution in Pokemon Go as we get them.