Pokémon Go fans angry over exorbitant Zarude ticket price

Pokémon Go fans are furious over the high price of the Verdant Wonders event, which involves acquiring a Zarude.

Pokémon fans have criticized the main games’ move to a DLC format because they often add content that players feel should be included in the base game from the start, such as more difficult post-story content.

On the other hand, the series offers a lot of content for free, with an almost live-service approach to things like Teracrystal Raids and distributions of Legendary/Mythical Pokémon via Mystery Gift codes.

The opposite is true for Pokémon Go, which is a free-to-play game but earns money by selling in-game items. This includes tickets to unlock special research tasks, many of which guarantee encounters with Legendary/Legendary Pokémon. Mythical.

Pokémon Go Fans Furious Over Expensive Zarude Event

A user on the Pokémon Go Reddit created a thread criticizing the Verdant Wonders event, which will sell tickets for €7.99 guaranteeing an encounter with Zarude, a Mythical Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

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Fans flocked to the thread to complain about the expensive event, especially since it follows other paid events like Pokémon Go Fest 2024.

“I’m not paying €8 for a Zarude,” said one fan, while another said: “Overpriced remote raids, overpriced event tickets. In 2 years, hyper balls will be rare or store-exclusive drops. They have to milk the players until the end.”

“The tickets are becoming exaggerated. Everything is ticket this and ticket that. I don’t mind the really cheap ones,” one user wrote, “But now they’re releasing tickets and you don’t even know what you’re getting later, like the Wonder ticket… it’s getting a bit ridiculous.”

“Ps I also remember a time when for big events you got all the bonuses. Now you only get the bonuses if you bought the ticket.”

“They are crazy about it. I don’t think I would pay $8 for a Zarude. Guess they’ll find some suckers who want it in Home,” one user pointed out, while another added: “Legitimately pay to play. Rotten business ruining the game year after year.”

The price of the Zarude encounter is bad enough, but its proximity to other events is another problem. Ultimately, Pokémon Go is a business, but Niantic runs the risk of driving fans away from the game if the best content is constantly stuck behind expensive one-time purchases.