Big changes - and Gen 4 - are coming to Pokémon Go soon

Strap on your backpacks and hike up those jorts, trainers - a big update has been announced for Pokémon Go.

The big news is the arrival of Gen 4 Pokémon in-game, which are arriving "soon", according to Pokémon's official blog post and a teaser video, which you can watch below.

There's no Stephen Fry doing a David Attenborough impression this time, but there are several teases of the Sinnoh-region critters we first saw in the Nintendo DS games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The ones teased seem to be the Grass-, Fire-, and Water-type starters Turtwig, Chimchar and Piplup respectively, plus the ominous Ghost- and Dragon-type Giratina, one of the game's toughest legendaries.

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