After a Pokemon Go Data Miner leaked a new coin-type Pokémon on Friday, and the mysterious Pokémon made its debut in the mobile game on Saturday, The Pokémon Company has previously shared updated details about the creature Pokemon scarlet and Pokemon purple‘s publication. The new Pokémon, named Gimmighoul, is more complex than previously expected – it’s not just because of the shape, as can be seen in Pokemon Go. Instead, Gimmighoul is also part of a treasure chest where it hides in a large pile of gold.
Gimmighoul’s chest shape is what players can expect Pokemon scarlet and violet; According to his lore, the roaming form without a treasure chest was seen in the Paldea region of the games but was never caught. However, this form behaves differently in Pokemon Go
Gimmighul, like many ghost Pokémon (including the recently revealed Greavard), seems to prey on humans: “When Gimmighoul senses a person or Pokémon approaching, it ambushes them. It then uses spirit energy to control its target, forcing it to collect coins.”
Here’s the one from The Pokémon Company official description of Gimmighoulalso known as the Coin Box Pokémon:
It hides in a treasure chest and moves slowly
These gimmighul hide in sturdy treasure chests. While this gives them solid defenses, the Treasure Chest’s weight causes Gimmighoul to move slowly, making it difficult to travel. It’s not uncommon for a chest-shaped Gimmighul to be mistaken for an antique and taken home or sold to an antique shop
Gimmighoul controls humans and Pokémon and makes them collect coins
When Gimmighul senses a person or Pokémon approaching, it ambushes them. It then uses spirit energy to control its target, forcing it to collect coins. Because it often hides in warehouses, corner shops, and other places that humans and Pokémon don’t frequent, it tends to be in constant control of those it encounters.
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Image: Game Freak/The Pokemon Company, Nintendo
Gimmighoul’s Roaming Form
It appears that Gimmighoul has a second form called Roaming Form Gimmighoul. This kind of gimmighoul doesn’t hide in a treasure chest. It’s small, carries a single coin on its back, and can be found hidden all over Paldea. However, since they run away as soon as a person approaches, not a single trainer in Paldea seems to have ever managed to catch one.
Pokemon scarlet and Pokemon purple are coming to Nintendo Switch on November 18th. A Connection between these games and Pokemon Go is expected to arrive sometime in 2023, which will allow catching Gimmighoul. Connectivity can be like similar Pokemon Go Players were able to catch the Pokémon Meltan that relied on connectivity Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee on Switch, although neither Niantic nor The Pokémon Company have shared details on Gimmighoul’s roaming form rollout.
