Summary
- Pokemon GO glitch turns Giovanni's messages into something terrifying and funny, freaking out players.
- Fighting Team GO Rocket has perks like rare Pokemon, but encountering a glitched Giovanni is not common.
- Fans find the weird Giovanni glitch amusing, comparing it to aliens in a movie. Bugs in Pokemon GO can be frustrating but usually get fixed.
A Pokemon GO player who had a seemingly normal encounter with the nefarious Team GO Rocket leader Giovanni ended up getting spooked by a weird bug. The Pokemon GO glitch turns Giovanni's threatening messages into something a bit more fearsome, and perhaps a bit funny.
For many Pokemon GO fans, fighting Team GO Rocket's Giovanni is just a part of common gameplay. Pokemon GO players don't have to fight Team GO Rocket, but doing so can offer a lot of bonuses and benefits, including rare Shadow Pokemon. However, most fans of Pokemon GO aren't greeted by something like this when they win.
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Reddit user FlanofMystery shared their weird gameplay moment with fellow fans. FlanofMystery had just wrapped up the Shadow Lugia Raid, and was receiving the last message from Team GO Rocket's Giovanni, who they had just bested. However, something went wrong and the game froze, apparently impacting how Giovanni's model loaded. As a result, Giovanni's body looks fairly normal, but his head and neck have gone completely wrong, with his head appearing behind his body, his neck missing, his eyes bulging out, and his teeth fully visible. It seems as though parts of his body either didn't load, or that the viewable layers are out of order, causing some things to appear behind when they should be in front.
Pokemon GO Players React to Weird Giovanni Glitch
This moment has struck some fellow fans as weird, yet amusing. One compared Giovanni's appearance to the aliens in John Carpenter's film They Live. Another joked about his bugging eyes and visible teeth, saying that he was surprised that the player had beaten him, while another said the player made him mad. It's not clear if the player was able to successfully claim their win and reward after the game crashed, but this is definitely an abnormal scene for a game that typically sees its worst jumpscares come in the form of an occasional photobombing.
Unfortunately, while the game is lacking in jumpscares, it's not lacking in bugs. Pokemon GO players have faced everything from their player avatars becoming giants to being seemingly bullied by Team GO Rocket. Some of these bugs have had more significant impacts on gameplay, like making it nearly impossible to achieve good or better throws when catching Pokemon due to hitbox issues. Thankfully, Niantic is usually pretty quick about fixing the most egregious of issues in its mobile game, but it's nonetheless frustrating for players to go through.
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Pokémon GO is an immersive open-world multiplayer RPG that enables you to live your own RPG adventure in augmented reality. Find and evolve all Pokémon and battle with other players in AR online in this multiplayer adventure RPG.
COMPLETE YOUR POKÉDEX AND INCREASE YOUR TRAINER LEVEL!
Catch your favourite Pokémon as you explore the open world in augmented reality, trade them with other Trainers, or get the chance to catch a Pokémon after winning a Raid. You can also collect Pokémon by hatching eggs through walking! Evolve your Pokémon in your Pokédex, gain levels to catch more powerful Pokémon and earn adventure rewards during a Raid in multiplayer or online PvP battle.
EXPERIENCE THE ADVENTURE IN MULTIPLAYER AND PvP!
Start your own adventure and challenge other Trainers online in PvP during epic Gym battles or in the GO Battle League. You can also enjoy multiplayer by facing off with other players in PvP battles to win rewards, or team up with other Trainers for a chance to catch Pokémon after a Raid Battle.
CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!
Customise your avatar, join one of the three teams and pick your Buddy Pokémon from your Pokédex to journey by your side in this AR adventure RPG.
SWITCH BETWEEN THE REAL WORLD AND THE VIRTUAL WORLD WITH THE AR+ MODE!
Bring the RPG to the real world and search for Pokémon in locations around you. With the AR+ mode, Pokémon appear right in front of you — Catch it with your PokéBall and add it to your Pokédex.
Catch your favourite Pokémon in AR as you explore the world and battle online with other Trainers in PvP and Raid battles.
