A Pokémon GO player has come across a big surprise upon returning after a long break. Specifically, it was an extremely rare Pokémon that, as of today, can no longer be obtained in the Niantic game.
Pokémon GO has evolved a lot since its release in 2016, both in terms of the large number of Pokémon we now have available and the number of activities we can do. If you are one of those users who abandoned the game shortly after its release, it is likely that today you may find something “special“, just like this player did.
The user named Minimum-Order posted on Reddit explaining their situation. After several years without playing, they decided to try Pokémon GO again. According to the user, they picked up an egg from a PokéStop in 2016, which they kept in the incubator since then. When the egg hatched, a Staryu came out, a first-generation Pokémon. However, what made this Staryu special was one of its attacks, called Quick Attack, which currently does not exist in Pokémon GO.
This belongs to the legacy moves. These moves are the ones that a Pokémon could learn in the past, but that no longer exist in Pokémon GO. Many Reddit users urged the owner of this peculiar Staryu to keep it, as it had just become one of the rarest Pokémon in the game.
We hope to see if the Redditor will share the evolution of Staryu, to become Starmie!
