'Pokémon GO' Easter Event Expected; Hatching and Lucky Eggs Involved?
With Easter just around the corner, "Pokémon GO" players are hoping that Niantic Labs has something up its sleeves to celebrate the holiday.
Fans speculate that the developer might treat them to an egg-hatching promo as it fits the theme of the occasion. With that in consideration, the mind of trainers wandered into the exciting possibilities this could bring.
Some "Pokémon GO" players hope that they will be endowed unlimited use of incubators although others burst their bubble saying that doing so will not be good for business on Niantic's end.
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Perhaps the likeliest gimmick that the studio can pull on Easter for "Pokémon GO" is cutting the distance of walking players need to do in order to hatch eggs.
This is an important process for trainers when it comes to getting new Pokémon and buffing their roster. It gives them the opportunity to score rare Pokémon and even Generation 2 pocket monsters if they walk the distance needed.
One Reddit user believes that reducing the distance to be able to hatch eggs will be a perfect promotion for "Pokémon GO" for Easter. He suggests that instead of 2, 5 and 10 kilometers, players will just need to tread 1, 2 and 4 km, respectively.
The user believes that apart from its benefits for gamers, this stunt will also help Niantic in the sense that more "Pokémon GO" players will be encouraged to hatch eggs, which means they would be willing to shell out money for temporary incubators.
There are also speculations that the Easter event for "Pokémon GO" will have something to do with the Lucky Egg, which was first speculated to be the center of a St. Patrick's Day event that did not pan out.
According to Mic.com, this event might be what the Niantic employee was talking about back at the DICE Awards when he advised gamers to "save your candy."
While it is more of a St. Patrick's Day kind of affair than Easter, a Lucky Egg promotion is plausible simply because it fits the latter's theme. Fans imagine a surge of these all-important items during the holiday.
At the moment, Niantic is yet to announce a "Pokémon GO" Easter promotion, but Slashgear advises players to prepare for anything nonetheless.
