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Pokémon Go Tour Sinnoh to feature Dialga and Palkia Origin Formes

That’s their armless versions

Marco Wutz

Pokémon Go Tour Sinnoh to feature Dialga and Palkia Origin Formes
Pokémon Go Tour Sinnoh to feature Dialga and Palkia Origin Formes /

Looks like Niantic made a little bit of an oopsie while revealing the upcoming Pokémon Go Tour: Sinnoh, which is set to take place in February 2024 with an offline event in Los Angeles and an online event for the rest of the world. Originally found on the event page was an image showing Pikachu and the three Sinnoh starters at the side of one Pokémon trainer, looking at Dialga and Palkia in the distance – but not the regular versions of the Legendaries are featured. Instead, it’s the Origin Formes of the two Dragon-types that are depicted on the promotional art. The image was quickly deleted, so it looks like Niantic wanted to keep that reveal in reserve for now.

Introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Origin Formes of Dialga and Palkia essentially look like their regular versions minus their arms – a design decision that has not found popularity with all fans. They do look pretty goofy this way.

Pokémon Go Tour Sinnoh artwork with Palkia and Dialga Origin Formes.
Dialga and Palkia in their Origin Formes / Niantic

In any case, it looks like they will both be arriving as part of the event. The only question now is: Will they be treated in a similar fashion as their sibling Giratina, which is already present in the game in both its Altered and Origin Forme, or will Niantic implement the two through the Mega Evolution system like Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre?

Fans seem to have given up on getting actual form changing mechanics for all the Pokémon using that system in the main games, which Niantic has only implemented for very few species.

The two Origin Formes should be at least slight upgrades over their regular counterparts in most situations when it comes to PvE and PvP play, but that’ll mostly depend on the movesets Niantic will grant them.

Like previous Go Tour events, the Sinnoh version will allow players to choose between one of two editions of the event, slightly altering their experience. Naturally, these choices will be Pearl or Diamond to celebrate Gen 4.

Pokémon Go Tour: Sinnoh in Los Angeles will take place on February 17 and 18, 2024, while Pokémon Go Tour: Sinnoh Global will happen on February 24 and 25, 2024. Tickets to the live event cost $25 USD until December 31, 2023, after which they’ll be available for $30 USD. You can get them on the official website.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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