Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto

Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto was an event in Pokémon GO to celebrate the Kanto region. Trainers can experience additional features-Red or Green version of the event after purchasing the US$ 11.99 ticket.

Since the event started, there are numerous reports of gaining full access of the event for free. Niantic announced a bonus event will be available for all paid ticket holders.

Early-purchase bonus

 * Receive January 2021 Community Day Special Research for free if buy before January, 2021, 23:59 PST
 * Receive February 2021 Community Day Special Research for free if buy before February, 2021, 23:59 PST

Featured Pokémon
These Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Ditto PS Mew

Each version featured exclusive spawning on incenses. All the incense-exclusive Pokémon had increased shiny chance:

The event was divided into five different location-themed hour blocks. Details are listed on the Free features section below. Each paid version had a increased shiny chance for different species:

There was also one chance to be photobombed by this Pokémon:

Special Research
Ticket holders who played the game during the event were granted the Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto Special Research. Completing these tasks awards an encounter with a Shiny Ditto and access to the All-in-One #151 Special Research. Completing All-in-One #151 awards an encounter with a Shiny Mew.

Collection Challenges
To complete the Collection Challenges, Trainer must obtain all of the following Pokémon before February, 2021 at 7:59 p.m (local time).

Red Version players could catch this on Incense. Green Version players require trading to obtain the Pokémon.

Green Version players could catch this on Incense. Red Version players require trading to obtain the Pokémon.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event:

Stickers
These stickers were available during the event:

Shop special offer
There were two bundles available during the event from the in game shop for the ticket holders.

Free features
The reduced cost of trading is listed below:

Featured Pokémon
These Shiny Pokémon were released with the start of the event: PS Spearow PS Fearow PS Paras PS Parasect PS Hitmonlee PS Hitmonchan PS Snorlax

Themed-spawn
The event was divided into five different location-themed hour blocks, during which Pokémon from the corresponding Collection Challenge would appear in the wild. The last two hours of the event (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.) included all Pokémon from the prior hours.

The following Raid Bosses were available for a time of this event. All Raid Eggs only took 5 minutes to hatch, and the Raid time was 25 minutes.

Exclusive move
In order to obtain Surf, Last Resort, Hurricane, Thunder Shock, Sky Attack, or Psystrike Trainers had to catch Pikachu, Eevee, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, or Mewtwo respectively during the event. In order to obtain Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon, Draco Meteor or Last Resort on Eeveelutions, Trainers had to evolve Ivysaur, Charmeleon, Wartortle, Dragonair or Eevee into Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Dragonite or the corresponding Eeveelution respectively during the event. Trainers cannot use TMs to obtain the attacks.

Field Research event tasks
There were several Field Research tasks exclusively for the duration of the event.

Timed Research
During this event there was a Timed Research series that was titled GO Tour Kanto: Defeat All Challengers in game.

Avatar items
These avatar items were released with the beginning of the event:

GO Tour Challengers
During the event, eight Trainer characters were available in-game map to battle. They had a theme for their teams and were chosen by a contest held by Niantic in January. Several Poké Balls and Berries would be rewarded if the player defeated them.

Gallery
