Trainers,
A spectacular slew of improvements are now available at a PokéStop Showcase near you!
New avatar items and a clever Pikachu debut
To celebrate our community’s competitive spirit, Showcase participants who achieve 100 first-place PokéStop Showcase rankings will now encounter Pikachu, Ph.D.—just making its Pokémon GO debut!
Plus, new avatar items inspired by Pikachu, Ph.D. will be available to all Trainers who earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold PokéStop Showcase medals!
Bronze medal(1 Wins): Pikachu, Ph.D. Glasses
Silver medal(10 Wins): Pikachu, Ph.D. Headband
Gold medal(50 Wins): Pikachu, Ph.D. Pose
Platinum(100 Wins): Encounter with Pikachu, Ph.D
Plus, new avatar items inspired by Pikachu, Ph.D. will be available to all Trainers who get Bronze, Silver, and Platinum PokéStop Showcase medals!
Pikachu, Ph.D. Headband
Pikachu, Ph.D. Glasses
Pikachu, Ph.D. Pose
See friends and Showcases near you
Trainers can discover local PokéStop Showcases in the Nearby menu, alongside the Pokémon, Raid, and Route tabs. Trainers can also see any friends who may be competing in the same Showcase highlighted on the leaderboard!
PokéStop Showcases are evolving
The competition continues as PokéStop Showcases introduce even more new ways to compete. Showcases now allow more than one Pokémon species to compete in a given category. For example, there can be Showcases where all Fairy-type Pokémon can enter or Showcases open to all Dragon types!
We hope you enjoy all these new opportunities to show off your star-quality Pokémon!
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—The Pokémon GO team
