Pokemon Go announced that it would be delaying the introduction of two variant Pokemon due to “recent developments.” Niantic announced that it would not launch a planned collaboration with Pokemon Air Adventures on July 22nd, citing unnamed “recent developments” that are likely related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The planned collaboration would have introduced a new costumed Pikachu that would only appear in Okinawa, as well as the shiny variant of Corsola, another region-exclusive Pokemon that appears in Okinawa and other areas. The collaboration would have been the first event to introduce a region-exclusive costumed Pokemon and was also a rare example of a costumed Pokemon getting added due to a collaboration with another company. Niantic did not state when the collaboration would actually launch, but promised to share more information once details were finalized.
