On January 23rd, Niantic announced 23 new Hoenn region Pokemon would be added to the game later that day. Included with the announcement was this image:
These Pokemon pictured are commonly found in the desert biome from the Ruby/Sapphire games. We have the confirmed list of Pokemon here:
- Solrock and Lunatone are "region exclusive" according to Pokemon.com
- Torkoal is speculated to be regional (sightings have only been reported in India, Malaysia, and Thailand)
- Super Incubators are back
- Aron has been discovered to be available as a shiny
- Aggron has been confirmed as a level 4 raid. You can find our Aggron raid counter guide here.
- For a limited time, all Eggs acquired will be exclusively Hoenn region Pokemon. Check out the updated list of egg Pokemon here.
Let's see your new catches trainers! If you find a shiny make sure you tweet it to be a world first! We can already confirm shiny Aron is out there! pic.twitter.com/JHA0XLm2vH
— PokéElite (@PokeGOElite) January 23, 2018
To celebrate the release of 23 NEW Gen3 Pokémon and help you hatch them even quicker, Niantic has put super incubators back in the in-game shop for a limited time! #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/6y3p1R1D4P
— PokéElite (@PokeGOElite) January 23, 2018
Get hatching, Trainers. For a limited time, every Egg you hatch will feature a Pokémon originally discovered in the Hoenn region. pic.twitter.com/WOWdLzyPpj
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) January 24, 2018
