Sinnoh region Pokemon in the wild.

Pokémon Go gets creatures from the Sinnoh region

Niantic has announced this morning that Pokémon originally discovered in the Sinnoh region, featured in Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum, will soon begin to arrive to Pokémon Go.

Last month, third-party app data provider Apptopia reported that Pokémon Go has brought in more than $2 billion, making it the most successful AR mobile game in the industry. Even though Pokémon Go dominated headlines when it debuted in 2016, research firm SuperData found more people played it this last summer than any time since its launch.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.