Pokemon Go Fest players are being photobombed by Team Rocket Boss Giovanni

Pokemon Go Team Rocket — (Image credit: Niantic)

The last Pokemon Go Fest of the summer is taking place in Yokohama, Japan right now, and one expected face has joined in on the action. Team Rocket’s big boss man Giovanni has been popping up alongside wild Pokemon on AR snapshots taken by those attending the event. At this special event, players have the opportunity to catch a shiny Poliwag, along with a hat-wearing Pikachu, but the presence of Team Rocket’s leader was not something anyone was expecting to see out in the wild.

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Outside of the fest in Japan, a special Pokemon Go gift event is currently running until August 19. The event raises the amount of gifts players can open and hold at a time. At the moment, you’ll be able to store up to 20 gifts and open 30 each day. During the event players may also be in with a chance of receiving an egg with a shiny Bonsly.

Team Rocket blasted into the Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago back in June, and soon after, the 'R' shirt wearing bunch started invading Pokestops. With Giovanni's first appearance, it seems quite likely that we'll be seeing him come to Pokemon Go very soon, but what he'll be doing exactly remains to be seen. Giovanni is well known for wanting to collect rare Pokemon, so could it even be hinting at some kind of special event in the future? For now, we'll just have to wait and see.

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Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor, Games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.