Niantic's augmented reality mobile game Pokemon GO will soon be celebrating its sixth birthday. Pokemon GO and its community are still going strong, with the number of active users around 71 million worldwide as of 2021. Currently, the game has added around 730 Pokemon out of a possible 898, including a number of Legendary and Mythical Pokemon from across the generations up to Pokemon Sword and Shield.
In summer 2017, Pokemon GO rolled out its Raid Battle system that featured Legendary Pokemon in celebration of the game's first anniversary. Since then, the game has slowly introduced more opportunities to catch Legendary and Mythical Pokemon through Raid Battles, and later on with the introduction of Special Research. However, despite the soft rollout of Generation 8 Pokemon like Zacian and Zamazenta, there are still a good few Legendary and Mythical Pokemon missing from the game as of June 2022.
Gen 4: Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
From Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, there are three Mythical missing from the game. The game surprisingly did not run a special event to celebrate the launch of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, despite the title monster being one of the creatures not yet available in Pokemon GO. In early June 2022, the Mythical Pokemon Shaymin became available through Special Research for Pokemon GO Fest 2022 in its Land Forme, while its Sky Forme will be available starting July.
- #489: Phione
- #490: Manaphy
- #493: Arceus
Gen 6: Pokemon X and Y
It has been nearly two years since the creatures from Pokemon X and Y were introduced to the massively popular mobile AR game, including some of their Legendaries being featured as Raid Bosses. The introduction of Generation 6 Pokemon changed Pokemon GO's meta thanks to additions like Mega Evolution. However, there are still three Legendary and Mythical Pokemon missing that Niantic has yet to announce.
- #718: Zygarde
- #719: Diancie
- #721: Volcanion
Gen 7: Pokemon Sun and Moon
Just a few months ago, Pokemon GO began to truly start rolling out Pokemon from Generation 7, though at this point there are still around 76 Pokemon missing from the roster. The roll-out of Generation 7 Pokemon included many Alolan forms of classic Pokemon such as Raichu, Marowak, and Vulpix.
As of June 2022, less than a handful of Legendary Pokemon from Pokemon Sun and Moon have been introduced, though players have notably been given the opportunity to battle and catch the guardian deities of Alola, including Tapu Fini. Despite this, there are still eight Legendary and Mythical Pokemon from Pokemon Sun and Moon that are missing from Pokemon GO.
- #789: Cosmog
- #790: Cosmoem
- #791: Solgaleo
- #792: Lunala
- #800: Necrozma
- #801: Magearna
- #802: Marshadow
- #807: Zeraora
Gen 8: Pokemon Sword and Shield
During the summer of 2021, Pokemon GO launched a special event called Pokemon GO Ultra Unlock 2021 tat kicked off the roll-out of Galarian Pokemon from Generation 8's Pokemon Sword and Shield. Following that came the ability for players to catch various Galarian forms for Pokemon such as Mr. Mime and Farfetch'd. Both launched alongside their respective new evolutions.
There are a still a total of 76 Galarian Pokemon missing, with Sword and Shield mascots Zacian and Zamazenta being introduced as Raid Bosses in August 2021. Eight Legendary and Mythical Pokemon from Pokemon Sword and Shield are still missing from Pokemon GO.
- #890: Eternatus
- #891: Kubfu
- #892: Urshifu
- #894: Regieleki
- #895: Regidrago
- #896: Glastrier
- #897: Spectrier
- #898: Calyrex
Pokemon GO is available now on mobile devices.