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After sort of skipping a generation, Niantic and Game Freak are bringing back interlinked features between the main series Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>games and Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>. This new iteration centers around Gimmighoul and the ability to get an exclusive form not found in Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet <\/em>and Violet<\/em>.<\/p>

Last November, Gimmighoul was teased and officially revealed through Pok\u00e9mon Go <\/em>weeks <\/em>ahead of Gen IX\u2019s launch. It was mostly a visual crossover at the time, but following Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>Day 2023, the interlinked gameplay is fully available. <\/p>

Related: What are Gold Pok\u00e9Stops and what do they do in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

While you can encounter both of Gimmighoul\u2019s forms\u2014Chest and Roaming\u2014in Scarlet <\/em>and Violet<\/em>, you can only catch stationary Chest Form. And while you can find Roaming Gimmighoul in the overworld of Paldea, you can only interact with them to get some additional Gimmighoul Coins, and catching them is impossible.\u00a0<\/p>