Pokémon Go launches two dozen Gen 5 creatures today

Unova set of regional exclusives, too.

News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 16 Sep 2019

Pokémon Go adds its first Gen 5 creatures from Pokémon Black and White's Unova region today, starting at 9pm UK (1pm Pacific) time.

And now, we have a list of what will be released.

At least half a dozen Pokémon families will be available to catch in the wild and evolve, including Unova's three starter Pokémon: arrogant grass lizard Snivy, preppy fire hog Tepig, and the attention seeking otter Oshawott.

Gen 5's cat, pigeon and horse species Purrloin, Pidove and Blitzle also make the cut. (Think Meowth, Pidgey and Ponyta).

In raids, meanwhile, we'll get dog, rat and metal thing breeds Lillipup, Patrat and Klink. (Think Growlithe, Rattata and Magnemite.)

There are new region exclusives, too. Monkey trio Pansage (Asia-Pacific), Panpour (The Americas and Greenland) and Pansear (Europe and the Middle East) get split up around the globe. Meanwhile, the anteater-like Heatmor and ant-like Durant are eastern/western hemisphere specific respectively.

And finally, there's a new evolutionary stone. The Unova Stone will wrap up all of Gen 5's various new elemental stones akin to how the Sinnoh Stone acted for Gen 4. You'll be able to start finding Unova stones in seven day Research Breakthrough rewards, and use them on Pokémon like Lampent.