If you've been following our extensive coverage of Pokemon GO [Free] over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a certain tinge of disappointment intertwined with the announcement of Legendary Pokemon being obtainable through the new Raid Battle system. This despondency isn't because of their scarcity, or even the relatively convoluted manner of obtaining the rarest of the rare creatures, but mainly owing to the fact that the Legendary Beasts have been sadly neglected from Niantic's press releases thus far. The roaming Legendary Pokemon from the Gold, Silver and Crystal games are undoubtedly the best trio, and so I am unfathomably delighted to announce that from today, Raikou, Entei and Suicuine will begin to appear within Pokemon GO.
The most interesting - and notoriously controversial - aspect of the Legendary Beasts in the main Pokemon games is their tendency to flee from Pokemon battles almost immediately, and Niantic have made an effort of translating this feature into the distribution of the monsters in Pokemon GO. From August 31st to September 30th, the Electric-type (and indisputably superior Pokemon of the three) Raikou will be available in the Americas; Fire-type Entei will be located in Europe and Africa, and Water-type Suicine is found in the Asia-Pacific region. However, on September 31st these regions will all change, and on October 31st each Legendary Dog will reach their last and final resting place for their last month of Raid Battles. The idea of Raiko...