Fashionable Minccino and Cinccino Arrive in Pokémon GO

Catching Fashionable Minccino and Cinccino in Pokémon GO: A Comprehensive Guide

Fashionable Minccino and its evolved form, Fashionable Cinccino, made their debut during Pokémon GO's 2025 Fashion Week event. This guide outlines the various methods for obtaining these costumed Pokémon, including the possibility of encountering their Shiny variants.

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• Acquiring Fashionable Minccino through Raids
• Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks
• Evolving Fashionable Minccino into Cinccino
• Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Availability
• Strategies for Catching Shiny Fashionable Minccino

Fashionable Minccino first appeared in Pokémon GO on Friday, January 10th, 2025, at 10 AM local time. This Normal-type Pokémon can be encountered as a 1-Star Raid Boss and as a reward for completing specific research tasks. Increased encounter rates are often associated with special events featuring the Pokémon.

Acquiring Fashionable Minccino through Raids

Fashionable Minccino boasts a stat spread of 98 ATK, 80 DEF, and 146 STA, reaching a maximum CP of 986 (potentially higher as a Raid Boss). While solo players can conquer 1-Star Raids, selecting effective counters is crucial. Victorious raids guarantee an encounter with Fashionable Minccino.

Fashionable Minccino Weaknesses: Fighting-type moves

Fashionable Minccino Resistances: Ghost-type moves

Top Raid Counters:

(Note: "Legacy" moves may no longer be available through standard means.)

Obtaining Fashionable Minccino via Research Tasks

Pokémon GO events often include research tasks that reward players with an encounter with Fashionable Minccino. Participation in the 2025 Fashion Week event provided several opportunities to obtain this Pokémon through task completion.

Evolving Fashionable Minccino into Cinccino

Evolving a Fashionable Minccino into a Fashionable Cinccino requires 50 Minccino Candy and an Unova Stone. Candy can be farmed through catching and transferring Minccino, while Unova Stones are typically obtained as Field Research Breakthrough rewards or from specific research tasks.

Shiny Fashionable Minccino: Availability

Yes, Shiny Fashionable Minccino was available during the 2025 Fashion Week event.

Strategies for Catching Shiny Fashionable Minccino

While raids guarantee a Fashionable Minccino encounter, the chance of it being Shiny is random. Increased raid participation improves your odds. Similarly, completing research tasks offering Fashionable Minccino encounters increases your chances of obtaining a Shiny variant.