{"id":133756,"date":"2023-05-16T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149531"},"modified":"2023-05-16T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T16:45:00","slug":"the-master-ball-is-coming-to-pokemon-go-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/16\/the-master-ball-is-coming-to-pokemon-go-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master Ball Is Coming To Pok\u00e9mon GO Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fa42cfdc3d1f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fa42cfdc3d1f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon GO Master Ball\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fa42cfdc3d1f\/pokemon-go-master-ball.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fa42cfdc3d1f\/pokemon-go-master-ball.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon GO Master Ball\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today announced that the iconic Master Ball will be granting a 100% catch rate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\">Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/a> as it makes its way into the game for a limited time from <strong>22nd May at 10:00am<\/strong> (local time).<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever played a Pok\u00e9mon game before (which we assume most of you will have done) then you will have come across a Master Ball. These are generally limited in number and have previously stayed firmly in our bags for the duration of our playtime for fear of &#8220;wasting&#8221; it, but hopefully, its implementation in Pok\u00e9mon GO can start to alleviate some of these fears.<\/p>\n<p>The news was revealed via the official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonGoApp\">@PokemonGoApp<\/a> Twitter account:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokemongoapp\/statuses\/1658458467814785025 @ 2023-05-17T05:16:22+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Master Ball: The best Pok\u00e9 Ball with the ultimate level of performance. With it, you will catch any wild Pok\u00e9mon without fail.<\/p>\n<p>Available through June 1, 2023, via free Special Research.<\/p>\n<p>Play now to earn yours!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCkKFRP1Bb\">https:\/\/t.co\/GCkKFRP1Bb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L8wnvwGoS3\">pic.twitter.com\/L8wnvwGoS3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon GO (@PokemonGoApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonGoApp\/status\/1658458467814785025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite the message of &#8220;Play now to earn yours&#8221; in the above tweet, a look at the announcement post over on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pokemongolive.com\/post\/masterball\">Pok\u00e9mon GO website<\/a> reveals that the Master Ball will be redeemable from a Special Research quest which is set to kick off on 22nd May.<\/p>\n<p>The official blog post from The Pok\u00e9mon Company also says the following, suggesting that while Master Balls will remain pretty few and far between, there may be the opportunity to get your hands on more in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Receiving a rare and powerful Master Ball is a special occasion\u2014think wisely about how you\u2019ll use it, and keep a lookout for future opportunities in Pok\u00e9mon GO to acquire more!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This research will be available until <strong>1st June at 10:00am<\/strong> local time, so be sure to get in quickly if you want to have to chance to get a Master Ball as one of the completion rewards.<\/p>\n<p><em>What will you be using your Master Ball on in Pok\u00e9mon GO? Throw your thoughts in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today announced that the iconic Master Ball will be granting a 100% catch rate in Pok\u00e9mon GO as it makes its way into the game for a limited time from 22nd May at 10:00am (local time). If you have ever played a Pok\u00e9mon game before (which we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}