Pokemon Go Gets in the Alolan Spirit for Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon's Release

Pokemon Go is having a surprise crossover with Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.Earlier today, the [...]

By Christian Hoffer

Pokemon Go is having a surprise crossover with Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Earlier today, the Pokemon Company announced that Pokemon Go now has avatar clothing items based off of outfits worn by the player characters in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Players can access one free set of clothes per gender, both of which are remarkably faithful to the styles seen in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. The male outfit includes a light blue tanktop, white shorts, a new bucket hat, a new type of backpack, and bright red shoes. The female outfit includes a sun hat, a floral tank top, khaki shorts, a knapsack style bag, and sandals.

The new outfits are Pokemon Go's second reference to the new Pokemon games in recent months. Pokemon Go also released a special hat based on Mimikyu, one of the Pokemon that first appeared in Pokemon Sun and Moon last year, during their Halloween event.

Pokemon Go has stepped up its synergy with the rest of the Pokemon franchise this year. To celebrate the launch of the new Pokemon movie this summer, Pokemon Go released a variant version of Pikachu wearing Ash Ketchum's original baseball cap.

While it's great that Pokemon Go is tossing in some references for fans of the current Pokemon games, players shouldn't anticipate any secret additions of Alolan Pokemon. Based on Pokemon Go's current timeline of adding two sets of Pokemon per year, we might not get to the "Gen 7" Pokemon seen in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon until 2019.

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon comes out on November 17th.

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