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'Pokemon Go' Gen 4 Release Date, Update: Niantic Announces Plans for October and November, Teases Let’s Go Monster?

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Mobile game developer Niantic has revealed some details about its com October and November event plans for the next Community Days. Apart from this news, the loyal players of this augmented reality mobile game are wondering if Niantic has accidentally revealed the first new Pokemon of the next generation by uploading the model to Pokemon GO ahead of Pokemon Go Gen 4 release date.

Pokemon Go Gen 4 release date is currently unknown as no announcement yet. However, there is a list of Pokemon Go Gen 4 evolutions that you should watch out, and start saving candies for the upcoming update. Aside from that, you can also check the list of Pokemon GO Generation 4 MAX CP.

During Chikorita Community Day, Pokemon Go and Nintendo have formally unveiled a new Pokemon: Meltan. This Pokemon should appear in your 'Nearby' list. However, it turns into a Ditto in the post-catch screen for now, according to Daily Star.

Recently, Pokemon GO players have been enjoying the Ultra Bonus reward event which is celebrating with increased Gen 1 spawns and the legendary birds Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos in Raids. There is also Mewtwo sighting in legendary raids, too. Niantic confirmed Mewtwo will be added to legendary raids on September 20 and will stay in raid battles until October 23rd at 9 pm BST. Some players predict Raid could coincide with the introduction of a new Halloween event just like what happened last year when Gen 3 Pokemon was introduced. Speaking of Halloween, there is a rumor that a new Ghost Pokemon, and a potential new Legendary raid based on Pokemon Gen 4, which could appear after October 23.

Meanwhile, players suspected that Niantic has accidentally released Gen 8 Pokemon by accident. The data miner becomes synonymous with Pokemon GO network traffic leaks named Charles uploaded some interesting files on Twitter account. The image that the user shared seems to be a new Pokemon, along with a shiny variant of the creature.

The files uploaded on Twitter were uploaded to the Kecleon slot in the game, which is a Gen 3 Pokemon.

The new Pokemon with a metallic blob and a nut attached to it carries the ID number 891. According to the source, the ID number suggests it is one of the new Generation 8 Pokemon that not supposed to see until the next generation of games releases sometime in 2019.

However, in the previous report, Game Freak teased that players can look forward to a brand new Pokemon being revealed in Pokemon Let's Go! Eevee/Pikachu, which is due out 16 November this year. Probably, the new little nut could be related to that, and according to Serebii, a well-known source of Pokemon knowledge, the Pokemon included in Let's Go! will be a Gen 7.

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