{"id":103285,"date":"2019-11-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/11\/uh_oh_team_rockets_giovanni_has_blasted_his_way_into_pokemon_go"},"modified":"2019-11-07T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T15:30:00","slug":"uh-oh-team-rockets-giovanni-has-blasted-his-way-into-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/07\/uh-oh-team-rockets-giovanni-has-blasted-his-way-into-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh Oh, Team Rocket&#8217;s Giovanni Has Blasted His Way Into Pok\u00e9mon GO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ce30d4702e686\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ce30d4702e686\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XyQ3jkV5rHg?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s current Team Rocket-fueled nightmare has taken another twist today, as a number of Team GO Rocket leaders have infiltrated the game. You&#8217;ll recognise the star of the show, too, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s Giovanni has entered the fray.<\/p>\n<p>Team GO Rocket activity has been <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemongolive.com\/en\/post\/willowreport-loomingshadow\/\">intensifying<\/a> over the last few weeks, with a strange object called &#8216;Mysterious Components&#8217; being found as well as numerous sightings of pesky leaders. Now, the full extent of the bad guys&#8217; plans appears to have been shown, with a new set of special research tasks called &#8216;Looming in the Shadows&#8217; now being available.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what developer Niantic has to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The world of Pok\u00e9mon GO is in peril! Team GO Rocket Leaders Cliff, Sierra, and Arlo have made their move and can be encountered by Trainers worldwide! Not only have they caught more Shadow Pok\u00e9mon and strengthened them through unnatural means\u2014their arrival also confirms a suspicion Professor Willow has held for a while: Giovanni, the boss of both Team GO Rocket and the original Team Rocket, may have arrived in the world of Pok\u00e9mon GO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Team GO Rocket Leaders and Giovanni also seem to be using new technology to conceal the locations of their hideouts. Professor Willow, Spark, Blanche, and Candela have been hard at work developing new devices to counter Team GO Rocket\u2019s new tech, and we ask you to explore the world around you, battle the Team GO Rocket Leaders, and conduct Special Research to find and defeat Giovanni!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Gio1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/862c8c68a7358\/gio1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/862c8c68a7358\/gio1.original.jpg\" alt=\"Gio1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Gio2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4954ce9ac8c31\/gio2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4954ce9ac8c31\/gio2.original.jpg\" alt=\"Gio2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Gio3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c4a493898e26\/gio3.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c4a493898e26\/gio3.original.jpg\" alt=\"Gio3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You can start working towards defeating Team GO Rocket by getting stuck into the first set of tasks for the Looming in the Shadows special research. You&#8217;ll need to spin 10 Pok\u00e9Stops, defeat 3 Team GO Rocket Grunts, and catch one Shadow Pok\u00e9mon to progress to the next stage. You can find more details <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemongolive.com\/post\/teamgorocketleaders2019\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you been keeping up with Pok\u00e9mon GO recently? Still trying to catch &#8217;em all? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XyQ3jkV5rHg?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Pok\u00e9mon GO&#8216;s current Team Rocket-fueled nightmare has taken another twist today, as a number of Team GO Rocket leaders have infiltrated the game. You&#8217;ll recognise the star of the show, too, as Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue&#8216;s Giovanni has entered the fray. 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