The Ultra Bonus
So ive been thinking about that that could be, seeing as the last 2 bonuses were both the birds, its likely the Safari zone in Yokosuka event will have Moltres raid day as its bonus, that only leaves the Ultra bonus. As it stands, I think theres 2 reasonably likely things I could be.
One, Mewtwo raid day. I think this is the least likely of the two, given mewtwo's EX status, but maybe ninantic could be nice and throw all the people who dont have one a bone. I thik this because it would fill out the gen 1 legendary raids, but this does seem less likely.
or Two, Lugia. In the main series, Lugia is the master of the birds, and was one of the first 2 legendaries added. I feel this one would make a lot more sense, given its the master of the bird trio, the first standard legendary raid.
But more than that I also think it would be a good opportunity to add their exclusive moves, Psystrike or Aeroblast. (or at least give lugia a flying fast move). Psystike mewtwo I think most people wouldn't get broken up over as mewtwo's use with shadow ball or focus blast is notably more pronounced than its use with psychic.(and the addition of a better psychic mewtwo would allow players to repurpose their old psychic ones to the still very useful shadow ball or focus blast sets as all three shade different effectiveness profiles [aside from shadow ball and psychic being good against gengar, but I believe that is the only example])The only one I feel would cause a bit of contention would be aeroblast on lugia as it does already have sky attack as its best move, but either a flying fast move would let it be a better bulky flying attacker, or Aeroblast letting sky attack sets become future sight (and if PvP is added, hydropump will likely be a very good counter to tyrantiar)
Now im by no means saying I think exclusive raid moves are a good thing, I dont like it as much as the next guy, but I feel that what happened with Zapdos was a sort of worst case senario, as zapdos cant be anything but electric attacker. While most other legendaries (if not all) that have signature moves, could be repurposed for another use.(though I do still want them to make signature moves available for everything if they add them)
But back to what I was saying before, what do you guys think the ultra bonus could be?
Answers
It is Celebi.
You're actually quite close with you logical path. You were look ok ng for something Gen1 to follow the Gen1 birds and end the Gen1 celebration that we have been having since April.
But what kicked off all of this was the release of Mew. What happens next is a new beginning. After that, more and more things will be highlighting Gen 2.
"You were look ok ng" that a typo?
Ah, thank you, honestly I was actually thinking more so about they did the bird trio, only makes sense to have lugia to round it out, not really anything about linking gens.
I hope when they do release celebi world wide, they actually make it good, because I think they did kinda trash celebi early on so that people who went to the thing dont have some really powerful pokemon (of even just good pokemon) that no one else can get for a while, or maybe it isnt meant to be good and just a collector's piece. Hopefully they'll get to Hoenn after, it was about 4 months of kanto, so 4 months of johto would make sense for celebi?
Unless I'm reading your comment wrong, the Celebi that people earn from the worldwide release will be no different from the Celebi people got at Go Fest. It's a pretty underwhelming Pokemon since it's stats are just ok (same as Mew's), it can't learn any grass attacks to compliment it's grass-typing, and the one psychic charge move it learns (Psychic) is almost entirely outclassed by Dazzling Gleam. Like everything else, it's stats are determined by the formula Niantic uses for all Mons in go, so there's no reason to believe they'll deviate from this to buff Celebi.
While Celebi is a very likely candidate for the ultra unlock, unless I missed something, it is not by any means confirmed as the ultra unlock.
Since the special research questline for Mew did not require an unlock, I feel like Celebi as the ultra unlock would feel a bit underwhelming. That said, I won't be shocked if the ultra unlock does turn out to be Celebi.
While I wouldn't be surprised if the ultra unlock is Celebi, I'm personally hoping that it turns out to be Mewtwo Day. I know some people will disagree because of Mewteo's status as an EX raid boss. However, we've had Mewtwo as the sole EX raid boss for nearly a year now. Gen 4 introduces several potential candidates for replacing Mewtwo as an EX raid boss. If that turns out to be the case and Mewtwo is replaced, I could absolutely see them doing a Mewtwo Day as a grand finale to the end of Mewtwo's year-long reign as an EX boss.
I'd love to have it be mewtwo, and I do think theres a very real chance it could be.
I think if they do change the EX raid, which I hope they do/hope they dont as where I live on college theres no EX gym, theres only 2 possible options I think it could go to, Darkrai or Arceus. Deoxys isnt that high profile of a pokemon, and Jirachi's the gen 3 equivalent of mew/celebi, so I think if anything it would go to a gen IV pokemon as those are known as some of the strongest legendaries.
Lugia's been around the block three times now. I think many people will feel fatigue if the ultra unlock is Lugia with an exclusive move. And as much as I wish signature moves were introduced more (at the time of the species's release, mind you) they already buffed Sky Attack for it. If they were to introduce Aeroblast it would have made more sense to do it for R2.
I'm guessing it's one of two things:
1. 3 hour Mewtwo day, with or without Psystrike. This could invite another addition to the EX pool (Deoxys has been theorized) and I think it comes up on roughly a year since the EX system was implemented.
2. Celebi released to the world. The theme for all of these events has been tied into research, it's pretty justifiable for them to roll out the next special research as a culmination of the worldwide research efforts.
Also, keep in mind whatever the reward is has to be something that we could in theory do without. Even though there is a 0% chance we will fail to unlock to ultra bonus, the bonus is presented as a bonus. A bonus is non-essential, so that means it can't be anything like a new feature we would be getting anyway. Celebi falls into this category UNLESS it's spun in a way that makes it a bonus.
For example, the plan may have been to have 6 stages to unlock Celebi but the bonus may be that we get it with only 3 stages. That way it's a bonus but in this case it's not a very clear sell.
I think it's Mewtwo day, or maybe gen1 regionals are unlocked for good.
Zapdos day was a bonus and depending on who you ask it may or may not fall under the category of "do without" thanks to the TM-lock dilemma Thundershock created. But you are correct, if the bonus was in fact Celebi and by some twist of fate we failed to unlock it then it would be perma-locked for everyone. This swings the argument closer in the direction of Mewtwo day, which also makes thematic sense by rounding out the Kanto legendaries.
I'm guessing unlocking of regionals for a week, with bonus Xp, Stardust and candy. What everyone forgets on websites like this is the vast majority of Pokémon Go players only care about completing their Dex and getting shiny Pokémon and could care less about the Meta and things like move sets. Let's be honest the majority of players don't grasp things like typing, move sets or even weatherbost.
I believe it, I'm blue (the world's most joined team) and I went to the market at 845pm to get my wife some fruit for tomorrow. The looped route I took was 5.3 miles and drove past 19 gyms...not a single one blue, not a single one particularly vulnerable for the spare 5-7 minutes I might have found.
Time not necessarily main factor, but data. I switched home internet from ATT to Spectrum and signal cuts out a lot, so I turned off Wi-Fi too much this billing cycle. Have five more days and gonna go over limit--gonna cost more than those 50 wakeup coins.
I’m hoping they do a special Ho-Oh weekend in between Registeel and Regirock like they did for Lugia between Regice and Registeel. Then after Safari Zone will likely be Moltres day. September research will likely be Entei, followed by Suicune in October.
Entei and Moltres will line up in September, maybe Niantic will do a fire event and release Shiny Groudon (with precipice blades?)
As for the ultra bonus, I just assumed it would be the release of Gen 4 or another special legendary day, I doubt they’d do it for Mewtwo as EX raids are a huge source of income for them. It would make sense to wait until a new Pokémon becomes an EX raid boss to release mewtwo into normal raids. There’s also the possibility of Celebi being released but that feels cheap.
Maybe Rayquaza day?
