[STEAM] ‘Lesson learned’: Pokémon GO fans call foul after Disguised Form Mimikyu hoodie hits shop post-event

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The window to claim rewards for Pokémon GO’s most recent event, A Shockingly Good Time, has officially closed. Now, however, a new update to the Style Store is short-circuiting the player base—for all the wrong reasons.

Outside of spawning a wave of Electric-type Pokémon, the event pulled in players for two reasons: Mimikyu made its debut, and two themed hoodies were added to the mobile game as wearable cosmetics. One of those items—the Busted Form top, a Mimikyu hoodie worn with the hood down—was available for direct purchase in the shop. The other, the Disguised Mimikyu Top (hood up, and arguably the better look), was locked behind the final tier of the event’s $5 deluxe pass.

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Players could only earn levels in the pass while the event was live, and they had a couple days to claim any rewards once it ended. Now that the rewards-claiming ******* has wrapped, Niantic’s latest update to the game has fans in an uproar. In a move some fans are deeming as “scummy,” the developer added the Disguised Mimikyu top to the Style Store today, letting fans purchase what many believed was an event-exclusive cosmetic item for 250 PokéCoins, or roughly $2.50.

“Well that was a waste of $5,” one disgruntled player

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. “I assumed the awesome hoodie would not be available for purchase and I had to have it. Lesson learned.” Others echoed the same sentiment, saying they only purchased the pass thinking the Disguised Mimikyu top would be exclusive to the rewards track.

To make matters worse, the Busted Form top also costs 250 PokéCoins, its original price point when it was first added to the store. That means players could have bought both cosmetic items for $5 after the event ended, instead of spending the cash on the pass. If they bought both the pass and the Busted Form top, that would’ve run them roughly $7.50.

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thread pointed out that the deluxe pass offered additional benefits outside of the Disguised Form hoodie, like Premium Battle Passes, extra Stardust, and other useful items. But if you were someone who forked up the extra cash for the pass solely for the top, it makes sense why you might be frustrated to see it added to the store with a smaller price tag.

Niantic has yet to respond to players’ backlash regarding the addition of the Disguised Mimikyu hoodie to the Style Store.

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