Pokémon Go: Now we know what Shiny Jirachi’s timegating is about…
A Masterwork Research in Pokémon Go, unlike normal Special Research, comes with its own set of consuming challenges, and that’s how it is for the Masterwork Research “Fulfilled Wish”, which was activated as part of the Hoenn tour and can be bought by interested trainers for just under 6 euros. The interest in Granted Wish is high because you are promised an encounter with a Shiny Jirachi.
And the fact that Masterwork research in Pokémon Go is a bit more extensive could already be seen in the case of Fulfilled Wish from the first step, for which you should catch 385 Pokémon each from the Kanto, Johto and Hoenn regions. Of course, the hard-working trainers have long since completed this step and then came across a sobering realization: Step 2 is not challenging, but a disgusting and very lame Timegate.
Timegating from Hell for Shiny Jirachi
For Step 2, you should have ten Super Buds – something that probably won’t pose much of a challenge even for casual gamers. And also, you should earn a heart with your buddy for 14 days in a row. Please how? It’s not a challenge, it’s just a lame, time-based content lock-up, i.e. a timegate. Because earning a heart with a buddy takes less than three seconds a day. Maybe five if the game doesn’t load that fast. Definitely less than a minute.
Accordingly, the Pokémon Go trainers were curious about the tasks they would be given after 14 days. And lo and behold: another timegate follows! Step 3 of Wish Fulfilled requires you to spin a Photo Disc of PokéStops or Gyms for 20 days in a row. I’m sorry, what, another Timegate?! Isn’t Masterwork Research notorious for presenting Trainers with seemingly impossible tasks – rather than just putting them off?!
Why that is: Assets are only now in the game
Pokeminers dataminers reveal the reason for these unsightly delays. Because apparently the special encounter screen for catching Shiny Jirachi wasn’t even in the game until APK 0.265 – and certainly during the Hoenn Tour in February 2023 when the Masterwork Research became available in the shop!
Those Trainers who put the money for Wish Granted on the virtual counter and are now disappointed with a 34-day Timegate are venting their frustration openly. They’re asking that the people at Niantic should put fewer lame events into the game and focus more on the stuff that’s already in the game.
The trainers who paid for the research are also wondering if the steps for Granted Wish might be adjusted later – as said, timegating isn’t particularly challenging for players, just pointless frustration. It would be a nice service for the customers if a masterpiece research were also made into a masterpiece afterwards.
Reference-www.buffed.de
