Niantic announced earlier this week that Latios and Latias will be our Legendary Raid Bosses for the next two months. Latios is in the western region, and Latias is in the eastern region. They'll switch places on May 8 before leaving Raid Battles on June 5.
Notice that whatever Legendary Pokémon you have in your region now will be there longer than its counterpart will be. Your current Legendary Raid Boss has a 36-day cycle, while your next Legendary Raid Boss has a 28-day cycle. So why is there such a sizable difference?
Reversal has theorized that both Latios and Latias will be available globally during the time difference. No offense to him, but we find this theory completely implausible. It makes no sense from a business perspective, and contradicts Niantic's announcement.
With that said, we agree that something special will happen in the time difference. Our theory is we'll have some sort of event that will take our focus away from Raiding. Something that will distract people from the Raiding grind and make the time difference between Latios and Latias irrelevant.
This special thing could be, hopefully, some sort of new Special Research. Possibly for a second or Shiny Mew, but (in a best-case, speculative scenario) it could be a new Mythical Pokémon (Celebi, Deoxys, or Jirachi).
Let us know what you think of these theories on Twitter. Thanks for reading, Trainers!
Notice that whatever Legendary Pokémon you have in your region now will be there longer than its counterpart will be. Your current Legendary Raid Boss has a 36-day cycle, while your next Legendary Raid Boss has a 28-day cycle. So why is there such a sizable difference?
Reversal has theorized that both Latios and Latias will be available globally during the time difference. No offense to him, but we find this theory completely implausible. It makes no sense from a business perspective, and contradicts Niantic's announcement.
With that said, we agree that something special will happen in the time difference. Our theory is we'll have some sort of event that will take our focus away from Raiding. Something that will distract people from the Raiding grind and make the time difference between Latios and Latias irrelevant.
This special thing could be, hopefully, some sort of new Special Research. Possibly for a second or Shiny Mew, but (in a best-case, speculative scenario) it could be a new Mythical Pokémon (Celebi, Deoxys, or Jirachi).
Let us know what you think of these theories on Twitter. Thanks for reading, Trainers!
SOURCE / IMAGE CREDIT: Niantic