Thanks to a best friend in Pokemon Go, I was invited to an EX-Raid for the newest Pokemon, Deoxys. Deoxys is Generation Three’s Mewtwo which also happens to be Psychic. The Pokedex describes him as a DNA Pokemon which has to do with the different forms he can found in. That leads many to question if future EX Raids will feature his alternative forms. Unfortunately, Deoxys underperforms Mewtwo in all categories and unless a change is made it will really not be anything more that another Pokedex entry which is unfortunate given the lore behind the Pokemon.
In addition, with the release of Generation Four Pokemon, it also puts it into that bucket of a checklist Pokemon as there is now more interest in the waves of new entries and evolutions instead of Deoxys. However, Niantic I believe is being creative in the release of the new EX Raid Boss. When EX Raids were released featuring Mewtwo, it was exciting and moved the community to figure out ways to get him. However, as many months passed it became more challenging to get enough EX Raid passes distributed to coordinate and complete the Raid for a chance to catch Mewtwo. However, with Deoxys I think that they will rotate his forms periodically to maintain the interest in doing the battle for a chance to get new forms.
I also think that with the release of the invite system, more trainers will be able to participate and coordinate efforts to gather and complete the battles. This is another demonstration of Niantic creating engaging content for the fanbase which despite the amount of content over the last couple of months, continues to consume it. It will be interesting to see how they keep it up although they now have secured content for months with the release of the latest Generation.
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