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Pokemon Pass mobile app released, use it at Target to get a free shiny Pikachu and Eevee

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The Pokemon Company has stealthily released a new Pokemon app on the App Store and Play Store called Pokemon Pass. By using the app, players will earn goodies such as stickers, and perhaps more interestingly, Pokemon to send to your game. Apparently replacing having to bring your handheld with you to event locations, you can now visit participating retailers and scan a QR code through the app to receive Pokemon to be transferred to your Pokemon Let's Go game. Kicking off the launch of the app is a promotion that will give you a free Shiny Pikachu and Shiny Eevee, if you travel to any Target stores within May 11th and June 23rd. Currently, this is only available for those in the United States.
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! players can add a uniquely colored Pokémon to their game by visiting a US Target store between May 11 and June 23, 2019. Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! players can get a Shiny Eevee, while those playing Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! can get a Shiny Pikachu.

To receive one of these Pokémon, you'll need to download the new Pokémon Pass app for select iOS and Android devices. Pokémon Pass is available to download from the Pokémon Trainer Club account owners when they're at designated retail locations. If you're an account owner and enter a participating Target store, Pokémon Pass will use geolocation to automatically notify you of nearby reward offerings. The app will then guide you through several prompts, including one to scan a special QR Code found in-store, so you can claim your Shiny Pikachu or Shiny Eevee.
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This could lead to a lot more impromptu pokemon promotions. I hope they expand this in the future and this becomes the norm for sword and shield.

How cool would it be if they allowed mobile trading in sword/shield as well? (Pipe dream I know)
 
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Jacklack3 said:
inb4 us get's 1000% increase in people not from the us going there
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If these qr codes are unique, people are just gonna sell them online

If they aren't unique, get ready for mass distribution via twitter
 
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If these qr codes are unique, people are just gonna sell them online

If they aren't unique, get ready for mass distribution via twitter
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Please read the whole thing. The QR code scanning only is available when the app detects that you are at a Target using geolocation.
 
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TheNerdWIzard said:
Please read the whole thing. The QR code scanning only is available when the app detects that you are at a Target using geolocation.
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Oh so then like jacklack said, people are just gonna spoof their GPS like they already do in Pokemon go.
 
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SkittleDash said:
UK doesn't have Target... I feel like Nintendo hates us... lol
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Something is wrong here.... :creep:

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I hope this doesn't become the standard way of distributing events. Not only do I not have a mobile phone capable of running the app, but the only device I own that can possibly run the app is an iPad Mini 2 (non-cellular model) that is jailbroken.

I feel like this is going to exclude people that can't afford high-end phones and cellular connections from events in the future.
 
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Holy cow the amount of salt in this thread is ridiculous...

It's just a game, y'all. Even if you live in the US these are definitely not worth a dedicated trip to the shops over - it's just a couple of data blobs on a server somewhere. It's just something cute/fun for children.

If you feel that strongly about stuff like this, just hack your system. Then you can get literally any Pokemon you want in seconds, just like the pros.
 
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