Pokemon Go players frustrated with “mediocre” Road to Sinnoh rewards
The Pokemon CompanyPokemon Go events can be a great way to stock up on resources and find cool Pokemon, but several players felt let down by the rewards for Road to Sinnoh.
If you’re a Pokemon Go player, you’ll know that events can be a great way to pick up unique rewards, handy resources, and rare Pokemon. They’re generally pretty fun and themed accurately – although this isn’t always the case, as one player shared online recently.
Taking to r/pokemongo, a user shared their thoughts on the recent Road to Sinnoh event, kickstarting a discussion with other fans on the rewards and what should be expected from Pokemon Go events going forward.
Pokemon Go players “upset” with Road to Sinnoh haul
Pokemon Go player JakeCruiser92 shared a screenshot of their Pokedex in this post and noted that they’d been looking forward to completing their Sinnoh line-up with the event, only to feel let down by the lack of Arceus, Manaphy, and Phione.
Frustrated, they commented on the lack of encounters and Shiny encounters, and then referenced how plenty of Hisui encounters were available, saying, “Should they have just called it the Hisui Tour?”
One fan in the replies noted that The Pokemon Company seems to want to do something special with Arceus, Manaphy, and Phione, agreeing that it made sense before asking, “But what about the remaining Rotom forms and Hisuian’s.”
Some Pokemon Go players in the replies tried to explain it with lore, with one saying, “Sinnoh and Hisui are basically the same region, just named different through time”.
The original poster agreed but noted, “I just thought they would release the last three Pokemon from Sinnoh (which came out 18 years ago) before releasing more Pokemon from Hisui (which came out 2 years ago).” Some fans pointed out that there may be paid events on the way for these Pokemon.
Other fans clearly felt JakeCruiser92’s pain. One fan said they were pretty upset about the tradition of a yearly tour completing a Pokedex being broken by the game and saying, “Seems they can’t do anything consistently.”