This week saw the arrival of Team Rocket in Pokémon Go, as PokéStops became corrupted and players had to fight off Team Rocket members to claim corrupted critters they could then purify. The outbreak of baddies was at its strongest in New York City, where trainers banded together to fed them off.
Hmm… We’ve recently received reports of live sightings of Team GO Rocket Grunts in…New York City?? 🗽 👀 👀 👀
📍: New York City, USA pic.twitter.com/Zrp1qbX2rn— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 26, 2019
🚨 Alert 🚨
🚨 Alert 🚨
We’re hearing reports that #TeamGORocket has taken control of a huge number of PokéStops in New York City. 🗽 Trainers in New York City, help us stop the spread of Team GO Rocket by defeating as many Grunts as you can. The world will be watching. pic.twitter.com/UTCyAKlGZp— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 26, 2019
Phew! It looks like Trainers in New York City have done a great job defeating Team GO Rocket Grunts and have contained the spread of Team GO Rocket. 🗽 ✅ Keep battling. We thank you for your hard work! 😄👍
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 26, 2019
Team Rocket isn’t done yet, however. The Pokémon Go Twitter account was recently “taken over” by Team Rocket, and began deploying images of Team Rocket members (including Giovanni himself) for the last several hours, along with the numbers “7/28.” There’s also a live stream counting down to Sunday in the United States’ Eastern time zone.
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 27, 2019
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 27, 2019
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What might this all lead up to? A raid against Giovanni? We’ve already fought Armored Mewtwo, so that’s probably not what this is. The next step in the “corrupted PokéStops” narrative, possibly iteration on the concept? The app finally stops crashing all the time on my Android phone? Ben Reeves asks another round of people how they feel about the game? We’ll find out soon.
Source: Game Informer
