“ Ed always chooses the Water-type Pokémon as his first partner when he starts a Pokémon RPG,” the app wrote in a blog post. Pokémon GO’s celebration of… Ed Sheeran… runs through November 30, and during the event, players will encounter increased wild spawns of the water starter from the first five generations of Pokémon: Squirtle (with sunglasses!), Totodile, Mudkip, Oshawott and Froakie. For now, we know that his song “Overpass Graffiti” will play every night during the event, and there’ll be some Ed Sheeran apparel for your avatar. Apparently, there’s going to be an Ed Sheeran performance in-app, which we’ll learn more details about on November 22, when the event starts. Sure enough, today, Pokémon GO announced its collaboration with Ed Sheeran. He replied, “I’m afraid I can’t share anything just yet about the Tweet, but will be sure to include you once we can!” So, like any self-respecting journalist, I emailed my contact at Niantic to see if he’d spill the beans (under embargo, of course).
I’ll be honest: I’m not the biggest Ed Sheeran fan, but the hashtag #PokemonGO圎dSheeran made me laugh. Two days ago, Ed Sheeran posted a cryptic Twitter message, hinting at a soon-to-be announced collaboration with Pokémon GO.
