{"id":278276,"date":"2025-10-10T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/?p=797469"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:33:47","slug":"pokemon-go-flying-pikachu-how-to-catch-the-5th-anniversary-balloon-pikachu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-flying-pikachu-how-to-catch-the-5th-anniversary-balloon-pikachu\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Go Flying Pikachu: how to catch the 5th anniversary balloon Pikachu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This month marks the fifth anniversary of Pokemon Go<\/strong>, which means there’s a slew of new in-game events and bonuses to celebrate – including the return of a new form of Flying Pikachu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Special versions of Pikachu are of course something of a Pokemon series tradition – from the various party hat variants of everybody’s favorite electric mouse in Pokemon Go through to the classic Surfing Pikachu, a variant so cool that many of us nineties kids bought and played the first-gen Pokemon games all over again just to have the novelty of a Pikachu with a water-type move. <\/p>\n

For Pokemon Go’s 5th birthday, Pikachu hits the game. Pikachu of course can’t naturally fly, but instead here floats through the skies on a series of balloons, with the most prominent balloon shaped like a 5, for the fifth birthday. That makes this a rare variant unlikely to return – so you’ll want to catch one while you can. <\/p>\n

On this page, we explain how to catch a 5th anniversary flying Pikachu, plus remind of the timeline for catching one, as it’s a limited-time deal.<\/p>\n

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How to get a Flying Pikachu for the Pokemon Go 5th Anniversary<\/h2>\n

First of all, it’s important to understand that Flying Pikachu is a limited-time appearance in Pokemon Go, just as with the other 5th anniversary celebrations such as the return of Jump-Start research<\/a>. Flying Pikachu with the 5th anniversary balloons will only be spawning during the 5th anniversary event – which runs until July 15, 2021 at 8pm local time, where ever you are. <\/p>\n

With that noted, there are three different ways you can encounter and catch a Flying Pikachu during the 5th anniversary event. They are as follows:<\/p>\n