Pokemon Go news: Niantic’s big Community Day reveal, Shiny update and Eevee launch

Niantic have announced more plans for the next Pokemon Community Day.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Community Days are very short events which provide Trainers the chance of catching special Pokemon and using bonus rewards.

One is set to be featured in every month of 2018, with Niantic confirming the latest Pokemon Go news for February.

More details have been announced this week, including an update on the Pokemon set to be featured.

While we already knew that Dratini would be the special pick on February 24, we didn’t know it would come with a special bonus.

For those who can evolve their Dragonairs into Dragonites during the event, it will unlock the powerful Draco Meteor move.

Here’s more from Niantic, who confirm: “Great news, Trainers! If you’re lucky enough to evolve your Dragonair into Dragonite during this month’s Pokemon GO Community Day, your Dragonite will know a special move—Draco Meteor.

“Remember Trainers, Fast TMs and Charged TMs will not grant exclusive moves during Pokemon GO Community Day. 

“To learn an exclusive move, you must catch or evolve the featured Pokémon during Community Day hours.”

The February Pokemon Go Community Day will start around 7pm in the UK, and last around three hours.

As mentioned above, fans will need to grab as much Candy as they can during the event to have a chance of evolving a Dragonite.

Niantic also surprised fans with another new event and Shiny Pocket Monster this week.

Within moments of the Valentine’s Day event coming to an end, Niantic launched a brand new Year of the Dog event for Lunar New Year.

As part of the update, fans can expect to discover more Poochyena, Growlithe, Snubbull, Eevee, and Electrike.

Likewise, the aforementioned Pocket Monsters will also reward players with additional Stardust.

“Feeling lucky? Starting today until February 17, Trainers who catch a Poochyena, Growlithe, Snubbull, Eevee, or Electrike will receive bonus Stardust,” reads a Niantic tweet.

As an added bonus, Niantic has made Poochyena available as a Shiny.

The event runs until February 17, where it’s expected to end at 9pm UK time.

The news comes as Niantic releases a new Team Rocket update for Pokemon Go.

This includes outfits from Team Rainbow Rocket from Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

“Give your avatar a bad new look!” reads a Niantic news post. “Purchase full outfits honouring the original villains of Pokemon, as well as Team Rainbow Rocket from Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon.”

Unfortunately, however, the outfits will cost a lot of in-game coins.

Team Rocket hats cost 100 coins each, tops are 400 coins a piece, gloves are 50 coins, trousers are 400 coins, skirts are 100 coins, belts cost 100 coins and boots are 200 coins.

More Pokemon Go news is expected to be revealed later this year, including plans for some kind of Trading system, as well as further support for PvP battling.