Hot off the heels of theDetective Pikachuevent,Pokemon GOjust released a new update that added somebrand new Gen 4 Pokemonto the game. This includes Shellos, the water-type Pokemon that comes in a blue (West) and pink (East) variant. Since there are two versions of Shellos, many speculated that the two versions would be region-exclusives. And now that Shellos is inPokemon GOproper, we have our answer.
It does not appear that the different versions of Shellos are region-exclusives. Anecdotal evidence on social media indicates that both the blue and pink versions of Shellos are appearing all over the world, soPokemon GOplayers who want to fully complete their collection shouldn’t have to do any major traveling to catch them.
It also seems as though Shellos is a fairly common Pokemon inPokemon GOat the time of this writing. However, it’s likely that Niantic will tone down the Shellos spawn rate in the future, so those interested should be sure to get out and catch both versions of Shellos while it’s easy to do so.
IfPokemon GOplayers catch enough Shellos, they will be able to evolve it to Gastrodon. It takes 50 Shellos candy to evolve Shellos to Gastrodon, soPokemon GOplayers will need to collect at least 100 Shellos candy if they want both versions of Gastrodon as well.
We should also note that it’s unclear if Niantic meant to make Shellos a regional-exclusive and botched it. The company did accidentally release Shellos to the game prematurely a few days ago, so it’s possible that the different versions of Shellos will become region-exclusives in the future. Considering this, we encouragePokemon GOplayers to be vigilant about catching them.
Meanwhile,Pokemon GOplayers have a great reason to get out and start catching as many Shellos as they can. That’s because it’s almostTorchic Community Day, and while Torchic spawns will be greatly increased from 3pm local time to 6pm,Pokemon GOplayers should also be able to find some Shellos.
Pokemon GOis out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.
