{"id":512614,"date":"2025-11-18T20:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2190473"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:44:42","slug":"pokemon-go-in-person-events-are-starting-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-go-in-person-events-are-starting-to-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go in-person events are starting to return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pokemon-go-in-person-events-are-starting-to-return.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8217;s big in-person events have been hugely disrupted over the last couple of years &#8211; but the first announcements for 2022&#8217;s schedule have now been made. <\/p>\n<p>First up is the long-delayed Japanese tourism event in Okinawa, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-21-pokemon-go-adding-new-costumed-pikachu-just-for-okinawa-islands-of-japan\">originally due last summer<\/a> but got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-13-pokemon-go-postpones-release-of-new-pikachu-in-japan\">quickly called off due to Covid<\/a>. From 19th March, Pikachu in an Okinawa kariyushi shirt spawn exclusively around the tourist island. New Pok\u00e9Stops will be set up at &#8220;Pok\u00e9 Lids&#8221; (special Pok\u00e9mon-themed manhole covers).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-21-pokemon-go-in-person-events-are-starting-to-return\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-21-pokemon-go-in-person-events-are-starting-to-return\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8217;s big in-person events have been hugely disrupted over the last couple of years &#8211; but the first announcements for 2022&#8217;s schedule have now been made. First up is the long-delayed Japanese tourism event in Okinawa, which was originally due last summer but got quickly called off due to Covid. From 19th March, Pikachu in an Okinawa kariyushi shirt spawn exclusively around the tourist island. New Pok\u00e9Stops will be set up at &#8220;Pok\u00e9 Lids&#8221; (special Pok\u00e9mon-themed manhole covers). 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