Pokemon Go players have the opportunity to encounter and catch Shadow Mewtwo as a part of todays Pokemon Go Fest festivities. Today is the second day of Pokemon Go Fest, a global in-game event featuring boosted spawns and exclusive bonuses and features for players who purchased a ticket for the in-game event. Todays activities including pushing back a Team Rocket takeover, with battles against Giovanni and the Team Rocket Admins. As players battle their way through Team Rocket Grunts and leaders, theyll have the chance to encounter a Shadow Mewtwo a new corrupted version of the powerful and popular Psychic-type Pokemon.

Players who purchase a ticket for todays event will have the opportunity to get Shadow Mewtwo as part of completing todays Special Research challenge. Shadow Mewtwo comes as a reward for completing the Defeat Go Team Rocket Boss Giovanni task, which appears in the fourth stage of todays Special Research. All you need to do is beat Giovanni and then tap on the completed task to earn a chance to capture Shadow Mewtwo.

While Giovanni himself will use Shadow Mewtwo, you wont be able to capture this powerful Legendary Pokemon under normal circumstances. Beating Giovanni during todays festivities will earn you an encounter with Shadow Persian. The only way youll actually be able to capture Shadow Mewtwo is by completing the Special Research quest.which is only obtainable if you have a ticket.

Completing the fourth stage of todays Special Research also gets players a Victini encounter as a reward, so its important to beat Giovanni, but only after they get to Stage 4 of the Special Research. Other rewards for completing the Special Research includes encounters with Shadow Articuno, Shadow Zapdos, and Shadow Moltres.

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Players who participate in todays event can also still benefit in boosted spawns that feature regional exclusive Pokemon like Durant and Heatmor, catch new Pokemon like Wash Rotom, and catch dozens of species of existing Pokemon. Please note that the rotating habitat spawns from yesterday will not appear during todays event.

Todays Pokemon Go Fest will run from 10 AM to 8 PM local time. You can purchase a ticket for the event from Pokemon Gos in-game store.

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