{"id":124253,"date":"2025-09-16T04:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2137829"},"modified":"2025-09-16T04:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:17:47","slug":"pokemon-go-promises-bonus-event-after-enjoyable-kanto-tour-accidentally-let-some-people-in-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-promises-bonus-event-after-enjoyable-kanto-tour-accidentally-let-some-people-in-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go promises bonus event after enjoyable Kanto Tour accidentally let some people in free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pokemon-go-promises-bonus-event-after-enjoyable-kanto-tour-accidentally-let-some-people-in-free.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go has announced it will hold a bonus event for all paid Kanto Tour ticket holders, after many players without a ticket were accidentally given access for free.<\/p>\n<p>Kanto Tour took place on Saturday just gone, and featured a frankly exhausting array of things to collect and do. Reaction to it from fans has been positive &#8211; with many calling it the game&#8217;s best event in recent times &#8211; though, as always, there were some issues. <\/p>\n<p>Chief among those issues was the fact many fans who did not pay the \u00a311.99 entry fee were initially able to access the event as well. Players in Australia and New Zealand, the first major countries to begin the event, quickly reported the free access &#8211; leading to complaints from those who had paid for the privilege. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-22-pokemon-go-promises-bonus-event-after-ticketed-kanto-tour-accidentally-let-some-play-for-free\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-22-pokemon-go-promises-bonus-event-after-ticketed-kanto-tour-accidentally-let-some-play-for-free\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go has announced it will hold a bonus event for all paid Kanto Tour ticket holders, after many players without a ticket were accidentally given access for free. Kanto Tour took place on Saturday just gone, and featured a frankly exhausting array of things to collect and do. Reaction to it from fans has been positive &#8211; with many calling it the game&#8217;s best event in recent times &#8211; though, as always, there were some issues. Chief among those issues was the fact many fans who did not pay the \u00a311.99 entry fee were initially able to access the event as well. Players in Australia and New Zealand, the first major countries to begin the event, quickly reported the free access &#8211; leading to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-promises-bonus-event-after-enjoyable-kanto-tour-accidentally-let-some-people-in-free\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pok\u00e9mon Go promises bonus event after enjoyable Kanto Tour accidentally let some people in free | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta 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