That Pokémon Go Hack That's Been All Over Your News Feed Is Legit
It's not even been a month since Pokémon Go came into our lives; What a month it's been! For those who have quit their jobs to become full-time trainers (or are spending an inordinate amount of time post-work hunting) but have yet to catch some of the rarer Pokémon, CEO of Niantic John Hanke confirmed at San Diego Comic Con the Eevee evolution hack you've been seeing everywhere is real, CNET reports.
For those who are just now hopping aboard the Poké train, go back to 1998 and watch years of the cartoon from the beginning those lil Eevee babies you keep catching had three original evolutions: Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Flareon, pictured from left to right below.
They are electric, water, and fire Pokémon when evolved respectively, though in the original game, an Eevee could evolve eight different ways. This is important because no other Pokémon has near that many evolution possibilities.
Anyway, instead of taking the risk and evolving three of your Eevees into three Jolteons, Hanke validated the theory that's been on Facebook for weeks that if you rename the Eevee before you evolve it, you're able to manipulate which evolution will occur.
If you want a Jolteon, name your Eevee "Sparky." If you want a Vaporeon, name it "Rainer." If you want a Flareon, go with "Pyro." These are the names of the OG Eevee brothers who appeared early on in the cartoon series. There was a younger brother named Mikey, NOWLOADING reports, but he just had a baby Eevee, so no need to name your Eevees Mikey unless it feels right.
The Guardian reports this trick should work at least once per evolution, but it's unclear how much you'll be able to control Eevolutions after you've done one of each.
Only one way to find out: Quit your job, run around. Stop at nothing til you've caught 'em all. Upon catching, re-name them. Rinse. Repeat. Report back for the greater good.
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