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Not the answer we were seeing.
If, like me, you went to Pokémon Go Fest last year and received a shiny Furphru and was held by 14 February, which was to convert his form into a heart trim form, so you got frustrated that morning, because the developers did not give us the elusive trim.
Heart Trim Furfru can only be acquired on Valentine’s Day, and in the previous years, developers have not missed a beat to give trainers a chance to get it, this year was an exception, where the Pokémon form was not available at all, me and other trainers were released.
So when I got a chance to interview Pokémon Goz Director, Michael Stranka, why Scopaly recalled the Pokémon form this year, I needed to know what happened. Was this a mistake? Back to objective? what was going on?
As it turned out. Stranka did not even know why the form was missing. At least what we can tell about his answer.
“I probably don’t have much, I can say on one who can say without understanding the intentions there without chatting with our design team,” Steverka told the destructive. “We try to make sure that we are not leaving things, you know, in the game, because it can also be a bit boring. But yes, definitely heard and seen the response, and saw, and we will look for other opportunities to bring back those types of exclusion.”
I tried to push Sterka for more information, asking if there was any plan for any kind of makeup event or if the scopaly deal was the reason for the opportunity, but Stranka was in a hurry to shoot all of them, which was “definitely,”, but “not” in the game, “it would come back (eventually).
Considering other Pokémon in mind that niatic catchs for specific events, or only a bright pokémon appears in a certain time, such as shiny smears during the festival of colors. I wanted to suppress Sterka on the team’s decisions to get some Pokémon around these incidents, especially when those events do not return and Pokémon, such as heart trim Furfru, are lost over time.
“We never try to keep things only for specific events, but there are some time where you know that it makes sense to bring it out. And sometimes it ends as the same phenomenon,” Stranka said. “But similar with a bright smear, we never thought that there is something that should only be part of the festival of colors, but whenever it has the thematic relevance.”
Closing this question, I asked if this is now a case where a Pokémon, or form, or shiny, which has not appeared in a short time, will only come out, as Steranka has mentioned, when it is understood to happen when it is understood. And that the team will not be forced to do so on the basis of fan feedback, if it is not understood, Sterka gave a luxurious “yes” as its response.
Published: June 16, 2025 08:17 AM