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Shiny Meltans Appear in a Limited Time Pokemon GO Event

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Jeremy Kanjanapangka
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Published: Feb 6, 2019 04:26 am

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Just in time to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Niantic has revealed some surprising event news for the year of the pig in Pokemon GO! Simply put, the new mysterious metal Pokemon Meltan has a new shiny form!

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The shiny version of Meltan has just been discovered, and now trainers have the chance to catch one for themselves during this limited time event. Starting today, February 5 at 1:00 PST going through to March 4, 11:59 PST, players may have a chance to encounter a shiny Meltan upon opening a Mystery Box.

To increase the odds of encountering one, the cooldown between opening Mystery Boxes has been temporarily reduced just for this event. Be sure to get in your Mystery Boxes while you can!

Of course, this event will be happening alongside the original Lunar New Years event. Trainers will be able to find more Rattata, Ekans, Mankey, Ponyta, Electabuzz, Dratini, Mareep, Miltank, Torchic, Poochyena, Spoink, and Buneary in the wild. You might even encounter a shiny Spoink!

As per the norm for special events like this, all catch XP and evolving XP is doubled! Trading Pokemon during this event period will increase the chances of the Pokemon becoming lucky!

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Jeremy Kanjanapangka
Jeremy is a Content Writer for Touch, Tap, Play, and has been writing in the games journalism industry for almost a decade now. With a degree in English and a passion for games, he loves to talk and write about all kinds of games. While you can find him covering the latest and greatest games, there is a special place in his heart for RPGs, action-adventure games, fighting games, and anything Nintendo related.
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