Pokemon Go Is Getting Its First Mega Legendary Pokemon Soon – CNET [CNET]

Mega Latios and Mega Latias are debuting during the upcoming Air Adventures event.

Following its big Mega Evolution revamp, Pokemon Go is introducing its first Mega Legendary Pokemon. Mega Latios and Mega Latias are making their debut during the upcoming Air Adventures event, which will also feature special Pokemon spawns and research tasks. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming event.

Event schedule

The Pokemon Air Adventures event kicks off May 3 at 10 a.m. local time and runs until May 8 at 8 p.m. local time.

Mega Legendaries

Headlining the Pokemon Air Adventures event are Mega Latios and Mega Latias, which will be appearing in Mega Raids for the first time. Any Latios that you catch during the event will know the Charged Attack Luster Purge, while Latias will know the Charged Attack Mist Ball.

Featured Pokemon

In addition to Mega Latios and Mega Latias, you’ll encounter the following Pokemon in the wild and in lower-tier raid battles during the Air Adventures event:

Wild spawns

• Flying Pikachu
• Charizard
• Jigglypuff
• Meowth
• Psyduck
• Doduo
• Magikarp
• Mantine
• Wingull
• Swablu
• Drifloon

7 km eggs

• Togepi
• Mantyke
• Emolga
• Noibat

Three-star raids

• Charizard
• Lapras
• Togekiss

Other event features

On top of the featured Pokemon, eggs will be hatching more quickly during the Air Adventures event. Any eggs you place in incubators will hatch at half the distance they typically require. You’ll also be able to get new, themed stickers from PokeStops, gifts and the in-game item shop.

In the meantime, Pokemon Go is holding a Mega Evolution event featuring Mega Kangaskhan, and Therian Forme Landorus is appearing in five-star raids until May 3. You can see everything else happening in the game this month in our Pokemon Go May events roundup.