Pokemon Go Snap Celebration event plus Shiny Smeargle

Pokemon Go Pokemon snap celebration title image

Pokemon Snap will be releasing on April 30th on Switch, and Pokemon go is holding a celebration event for it.

First, what even is Pokemon Snap?

Details can be found at the official site here, but the gist is that it’s a Nintendo Switch title where you’ll travel to unknown islands and photograph Pokemon to build a “Pokemon Photodex”.

It sounds fairly interesting if you’ve been looking for more exploratory Pokemon content outside of the usual titles the series has.

So, about the Pokemon Go snap event?

Right, right. The Pokemon snap celebration event for Pokemon Go is expected to feature a lot of snapshots and the like within its event-exclusive research tasks due to the nature of the Game its celebrating.

Additionally, the event will throw some Pokemon inspired by the Lental region straight into the wild spawn pool for players to experience. And a surprise may be found when taking snapshots, in keeping with the spirit of Pokemon Snap.

When is this event again?

The Pokemon Go snap celebration event will be starting on April 29th at 10:00 AM local time and run until May 2nd at 8:00 PM

It’ll actually be starting the day before the Pokemon snap release – but I suppose thats to stop players having to compete between the two games as much.

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So, what are the specifics for this?

Glad you asked. The event features the usual tailor-made event exclusive field research and time research tasks.

For the more cosmetically inclined, there is also a camera avatar item and gift sticker available in the shop during the event. Note that the sticker is also available from PokeStops.

With those points addressed, on to the Pokemon Changes:

Pokemon in the wild:
  • Dodrio
  • Aipom – Shiny enabled.
  • Lotad – Shiny enabled.
  • Cacnea
  • Ducklett
Pokemon in the raids:
  • Vaporeon
  • Meganium
  • Trapinch – Shiny enabled.
A simple image of the Pokemon, Vaporeon
The Pokemon Vaporeon makes an appearance for the event raids, Credit: Bulbapedia

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What’s this about a Shiny Smeargle?

Saving the best till last, naturally. Smeargle will have a shiny variant enabled at the start of this event – though it should be noted that Shiny Smeargle is only available strictly during this event for now.

This is not a wholesale release of the Shiny variant, unfortunately. If you miss this chance you’ll need to wait for future event encounters to become available.

Pokemon Go Shiny Smeargle
The new Shiny Smeargle added to Pokemon Go during the event, Credit: Niantic, inc.

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The differences are effectively being repainted yellow and swapping the green brush tail for a red brush tail, but I think its a nice change. I’m sure some Smeargle fans will be thrilled, at the least.

Speaking of Smeargle, it’ll be making appearances in snapshots taken more frequently than usual, so let’s hope that makes your Shiny Smeargle hunting easier, Trainers!

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