Dipplin and Hydrapple AREN’T in Pokémon Go yet—give it a year
Anyone logging into Pokémon Go today to take part in the Sweet Discoveries event will be happy to see that Applin has been added to the game along with two of its three main evolutions—Appletun and Flapple. For the Dipplin and Hydrapple lovers out there, it's a hard apple to swallow as they are nowhere in sight, with Niantic deciding to focus all of its attention on Applin's Galar evolutions to start with. There is no news on when, or if, Dipplin and Hydrapple will be added to the game, but for anyone who has played the mobile hit as long as I have, this should come as no surprise. After all, it's been over a year since White-Striped Basculin was added to Pokémon Go and is yet to get Basculegion to complete the Hisui Pokédex. We are still waiting, Niantic. https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/1910422553795211679 If you want Dipplin and Hydrapple—and going off of Niantic's (or should we say Scopely now?) previous track record, we expect the third evolution line to get added in around a year, if not longer, and likely release alongside Applin's Shiny form which is also missing as part of the new event. This is a normal process for the team to spread out content as long as possible and while its a shame that you can't catch every single Applin form in-game, considering its unique evolution method of finding Apple evolution items that'll likely only be around for less than a week, adding a third evolution apple might have been far too much for some players to get in such a short period of time. Finding Applin and its evolutions are already hard. Applin is a rare encounter that has a boosted chance to appear around Mossy Lures, and finding its evolution apples is even harder. You then need 400 Applin Candy to evolve an Applin into either Flapple or Appletun, so it all feels a bit excessive already. Adding Dippling and Hydrapple at the same time would have made things worse, in our opinion, even if our love of the Applin line will only be sated when we can finally catch 'em all. But for now, all we can do is wait—and hope— the duo appear soon. Maybe at next year's Go Fest? Only time will tell, trainers. The post Dipplin and Hydrapple AREN’T in Pokémon Go yet—give it a year appeared first on Destructoid.
Anyone logging into Pokémon Go today to take part in the Sweet Discoveries event will be happy to see that Applin has been added to the game along with two of its three main evolutions—Appletun and Flapple.
For the Dipplin and Hydrapple lovers out there, it's a hard apple to swallow as they are nowhere in sight, with Niantic deciding to focus all of its attention on Applin's Galar evolutions to start with. There is no news on when, or if, Dipplin and Hydrapple will be added to the game, but for anyone who has played the mobile hit as long as I have, this should come as no surprise.
After all, it's been over a year since White-Striped Basculin was added to Pokémon Go and is yet to get Basculegion to complete the Hisui Pokédex. We are still waiting, Niantic.
If you want Dipplin and Hydrapple—and going off of Niantic's (or should we say Scopely now?) previous track record, we expect the third evolution line to get added in around a year, if not longer, and likely release alongside Applin's Shiny form which is also missing as part of the new event.
This is a normal process for the team to spread out content as long as possible and while its a shame that you can't catch every single Applin form in-game, considering its unique evolution method of finding Apple evolution items that'll likely only be around for less than a week, adding a third evolution apple might have been far too much for some players to get in such a short period of time.
Finding Applin and its evolutions are already hard. Applin is a rare encounter that has a boosted chance to appear around Mossy Lures, and finding its evolution apples is even harder. You then need 400 Applin Candy to evolve an Applin into either Flapple or Appletun, so it all feels a bit excessive already.
Adding Dippling and Hydrapple at the same time would have made things worse, in our opinion, even if our love of the Applin line will only be sated when we can finally catch 'em all.
But for now, all we can do is wait—and hope— the duo appear soon. Maybe at next year's Go Fest? Only time will tell, trainers.
The post Dipplin and Hydrapple AREN’T in Pokémon Go yet—give it a year appeared first on Destructoid.
