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July 15, 2026

Pokémon GO to Hold Makeup Event After GO Fest 2026 Bugs — Mega Mewtwo Y Debuts, Remote Raid Limits Lifted

🇯🇵 Originally reported by GAME Watch

Translated from Japanese with commentary

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BODY: When a global celebration stumbles, the apology had better be worth showing up for. Niantic and The Pokémon Company clearly know it: after technical problems disrupted the "Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Global" event, the pair have announced a makeup event that hands players something they've long wanted — a lead-role appearance from Mega Mewtwo Y and, crucially, no cap on Remote Raids.

The compensation event runs on July 26 from 10:00 to 19:00 JST, a nine-hour window designed to let trainers reclaim the experience the original Fest promised. The headline draw is Mega Mewtwo Y, one of the most coveted Mega Evolutions in the game, appearing in raids for the duration.

The most significant change, however, is structural rather than cosmetic. During the event, the usual daily limit on Remote Raid Passes is removed for every trainer — not just those who purchased tickets. That means players can join raids from anywhere, as many times as they can manage, without bumping into the standard cap that normally throttles at-home participation.

For a game built on physical movement, lifting the Remote Raid restriction is a meaningful concession. It acknowledges that the players hit hardest by server-side bugs were often those who paid in — and it lets them catch up on missed Mega Energy and rare encounters without leaving the house.

The insider take

Remote Raid limits have been a sore point in the Japanese player community since Niantic tightened them years ago, so seeing the cap dropped entirely — even for a single day — reads as a notable goodwill gesture here in Tokyo. Domestic players tend to judge these apology events by how generous the raid access is, not the flashy featured Pokémon, and unlimited remote participation is exactly the currency that lands. Expect Japanese raid-coordination groups on Discord and X to mobilize hard for that nine-hour window.

Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).

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