{"id":16503,"date":"2022-10-31T17:32:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=16503"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T07:16:27","slug":"20221031-16503","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20221031-16503\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2019s newly added Zorua ends one player\u2019s years long \u201cPikachu only challenge\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>A Pok\u00e9mon trainer who set out to only catch Pikachu in <strong><em>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/em> <\/strong>has seen their self-imposed challenge come to an unfortunate end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter user @UltipZ_ingress is a die-hard Pikachu fan who set out on a sweet, but perhaps crazy, challenge to only catch Pikachu in <em>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/em>. It appears they began their journey in September of 2017 and even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltipZ_ingress\/status\/1475807423290294272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that they captured their 10,000<sup>th<\/sup> Pikachu in December of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@UltipZ_ingress continued catching Pikachu after reaching the 10,000 Pikachu milestone, but this month disaster struck. As @UltipZ_ingress puts it, \u201cA Pikachu I caught transformed into another Pok\u00e9mon.\u201d One of the Pikachu that @UltipZ_ingress had captured was actually a Zorua.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221031-224798-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Zorua and Zoroark were recently officially added to <em>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/em>. Zorua is a Pok\u00e9mon that first appeared in <em>Pok\u00e9mon Black<\/em> and <em>White<\/em> and is known for its Illusion ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/em>, Zorua will appear in the wild disguised as your Buddy Pok\u00e9mon. For example, if you have Bulbasaur set as your Buddy Pok\u00e9mon, Zorua will appear as a Bulbasaur and shed its disguise to show its true form only after being captured. It\u2019s this ability that brought tragedy to @UltipZ_ingress\u2019s challenge. @UltipZ_ingress thought they had captured another Pikachu only for it to reveal itself as Zorua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6355\u307e\u3048\u305f\u30d4\u30ab\u30c1\u30e5\u30a6\u304c\u7a81\u7136\u5909\u8eab\u3057\u3066\u5225\u306e\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u79c1\u306f2017\u5e749\u670817\u65e5\u304b\u3089\u30d4\u30ab\u30c1\u30e5\u30a6\u306e\u307f\u3092\u6355\u307e\u3048\u308b\u7e1b\u308a\u3067\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3GO\u3092\u59cb\u3081\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u4e88\u671f\u305b\u306c\u3053\u3068\u3067\u7a81\u7136\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u4eba\u751f\u3092\u7d42\u3048\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3GO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3GO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%94%E3%82%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A6?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30d4\u30ab\u30c1\u30e5\u30a6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OLt55liJXy\">pic.twitter.com\/OLt55liJXy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30a2\u30eb\u30c1\u3010\u79cb\u7530\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u2615\u30de\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u3011 (@UltipZ_ingress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltipZ_ingress\/status\/1586309052673368065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>A Pikachu I caught suddenly transformed into a different Pok\u00e9mon. I\u2019ve been playing <em>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/em> with the self-imposed restriction of only catching Pikachu since September 17, 2017, but my life as a trainer has suddenly come to an end.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>@UltipZ_ingress expressed their shock after years of playing by saying, \u201cIt was like an assassin disguised as the thing I trusted the most..\u201d However, @UltipZ_ingress also received comments saying, \u201cIt was announced that Zorua would be added, so it\u2019s your own fault for not gathering the information.\u201d @UltipZ_ingress later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltipZ_ingress\/status\/1586521258195562496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reflected<\/a> on the event and admitted as much saying it was a blunder brought about only by their own lack of gathering information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@UltipZ_ingress plays a variety of location-based games besides <em>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/em>. Considering that they play a wide variety of games, it\u2019s likely that they didn\u2019t keep up with the information about Zorua being added. However, @UltipZ_ingress has hinted that they plan to rise from the ashes and take on yet another challenge, much to the admiration of Twitter users. We look forward to seeing what @UltipZ_ingress\u2019s rebirth as a new trainer has in store.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20221031-224798\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-10-31 12:20 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pok\u00e9mon trainer who set out to only catch Pikachu in Pok\u00e9mon GO has seen their self-imposed challenge come to an unfortunate end. 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