A promotional email for the computer graphics conference SIGGRAPH 2017 has revealed that Niantic will be releasing a rare Pikachu on Pokémon GO.

Representatives from Niantic, Inc will be panelists at the event to be held in Los Angeles in late July.

Under a list of new experiences to be had at the conference it is mentioned that Niantic, Inc will “release a rare Pikachu”. It is unclear what exactly is meant by a rare Pikachu – whether it will be a different model, a shiny, or a Pikachu with a different hat as has been distributed in previous seasonal events. It is also unclear whether this Pikachu will be exclusively distributed at SIGGRAPH, or whether it will be released at SIGGRAPH before being released globally.

There is speculation that it will be a Shiny Pikachu that is distributed, with some citing the recently updated Pikachu model as an indicator for this. However at this stage this is only one of many possibilities, none of which are confirmed.

We’ll bring more as it comes!

Source: Daily.pokecommunity