Starbucks Pokemon trainers (or friends of trainers) have apparently leaked images today that purport to reveal an upcoming promotional event for Niantic’s Pokemon Go. While most of the document describes the game, how to make a Pokemon Go inspired frappuccino, how to handle the event, and what the game actually is, a few of the images contain much more revealing text.
While it’s easy to get distracted by the drink and game descriptions, the very first line reads, “The world of Pokemon GO is about to expand with new Pokemon and a new Starbucks beverage!” and the note that the promotion begins with the new PoGo update on Thursday, December 8th (emphasis ours). Of course, this might all be subject to change if Niantic or Starbucks feel the leak threatens business, so we’ll file this under rumor for now, but the pile of evidence is only growing in the meantime.
We also don’t yet know whether the new Pokemon are Generation 1 legendaries (white and purple for Mewtwo?) or are related to the Generation 2 data previously mined. We’ll just have to wait a couple of days to find out, and then? Frappuccinos for everyone!
