Pokemon Go's Regional Pokemon Egg Event Extended Until October 8th

The Pokemon Go Kanto-themed Ultra Bonus Event has been a Gen 1 jubilee, so Niantic Labs will be extending one of the event’s biggest perks: the regional Get 1 Pokemon will be available in Alolan Eggs for a few more days.

Serebii.Net is reporting that Niatic has extended the possibility of finding a regional Gen 1 Pokemon - Kangaskhan, Tauros, Mr. Mime, and Farfetch’d - to October 8th instead of September 30th. That’s an extra eight days to fill in some of the hardest slots in the Pokemon Go Pokedex.

The regional Pokemon will remain hatchable from Alolan Eggs, 7km eggs players can only receive from Gifts sent by fellow players. Essentially, a player needs to exchange Friend Codes with another player, then receive a Gift from that player, and an Alolan Egg may be inside. It sounds convoluted, but it’s rather easy.

This is huge news for Pokemon Go trainers, as these Pokemon normally require travel to foreign countries. Mr. Mime, for example, resides only in European countries, while Kangaskhan can only be found in Australia. Being able to hatch them from 7km Alolan eggs may be the only way for some players to obtain these rare Pokemon, so it’s time to open some gifts and hatch some eggs.

We can only hope that this event will lead to similar events regarding Gen 2 and 3 regional Pokemon in the future. As much as our staff members would love to travel the world catching Pokemon, we can’t exactly afford to book a flight to Africa to catch a Tropius on a whim. If Niantic is willing to break down the regional barriers termporarily for Gen 1, Gens 2 and 3 shouldn’t be far behind.

For more on Pokemon Go, check out our coverage on the newest creature to join the Pokemon ranks, the Mythical Meltan.