The next Pokemon GO event is a crossover with Detective Pikachu, celebrating the launch of the Nintendo 3DS game’s sequel on Switch. The Detective Pikachu and Pokemon GO event runs from Oct. 5, 2023, through Oct. 9, 2023, and gives you a chance to encounter Pikachu in their sleuth’s hat and more.
Hat-wearing Pikachu who evolve actually keep their headgear and turn into hat-wearing Raichu.
There’s also Slowpoke with a cute lil’ hat that’s far too small for them, Bronzor, Alolan Exeggutor, Growlithe, and Chimecho, all of which have a chance to show up in their Shiny forms. Failinks, Bellossom, Xatu, and Ducklett will also turn up more often, but not as Shinies.
You have one chance per day of encountering Pikachu with a detective hat while you’re taking snapshots. Completing themed research tasks will also earn you one encounter with a hat-wearing Pikachu, so you should walk away from the event with at least one rodent sporting a deerstalker.
Detective Pikachu-themed field research tasks put you on the same path as Sudowoodo and Snivy, both of which may be Shiny, and Rowlett, which won’t be, and you get double XP for spinning PokeStops while the event lasts.
If you want to splash out some real-world cash, you can pick up a Detective Pikachu-inspired pose for your avatar from the in-game shop.
Meanwhile, Detective Pikachu 2 launches on Oct. 6, 2023, for Nintendo Switch and follows Tim and his coffee-drinking, hard-boiled Pikapal as they track down Tim’s father and unravel a tangled web of dark secrets in Rhyme City.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
