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Following a tease from the official Pokémon Go Twitter account, three new members of Team Rocket have been revealed.
The three new characters are Cliff, Arlo, and Sierra, and they’re the admins of Pokémon Go’s version of Team Rocket. It’s unknown still what these characters will be doing, but the game’s loading screen updated last night to an image of these three trainers standing with Giovanni in front of the Viridian City gym, surrounded by Shadow Pokémon. A big fight is likely coming.
“Arlo” #TeamGORocket pic.twitter.com/gnXcvijZRc
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) October 2, 2019
“Sierra”
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) October 2, 2019
We don’t know how these characters will affect the world of Pokémon GO. Please stay tuned as Willow continues to investigate. #TeamGORocket pic.twitter.com/6DzmHodXz6
⚠️ ALERT, TRAINERS! ⚠️
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) October 2, 2019
This is the last image Willow recovered from the corrupted folder. We don’t know when or where this image was taken, but we DO know that these people are #TeamGORocket. All loading screens will soon display this image to warn all Trainers. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/Kza41gzQJz
Team Rocket was added to Pokémon Go in July. The grunts take over PokéStops, and players have to defeat them in battle to win the stop back. After beating the grunts, players can get a chance to catch a Shadow version of one of the Pokémon used in battle by Team Rocket. At the time, it did seem weird that a bunch of grunts were running around with no one leading the charge, as the games typically have high-ranking admins to take on after clearing out a swarm of Rocket grunts. Giovanni has been hinted at, but has not actually appeared in gameplay.
