The announcement of the 8th Anniversary Party event in Pokemon Go has surprised many players as it lacks one important Pokemon bonus present on the last two occasions. The event is just around the corner in but fans are disappointed with a feature unavailable this time – evolving Party Hat Bulbasaur. The other two starter , Charmander and Squirtle, had their Party Hat versions evolvable to and in previous anniversary events.

So players, like Reddit user ‘HiOnFructose’ were baffled by the missing bonus and wrote, “Well, there’s always next year’s anniversary event” while sharing the ‘For the better, right?’ meme in a post. The iconic / -type Bulbasaur evolves into , a formidable force in the and , as well as a top-tier attacker in its Evolved form. With Party Hat versions of its fellow already in their collection, many were eager to use this powerhouse in their teams.

A trainer commented: “I was gonna say since it’s all starter spawns, they should enable the evolution moves for them all, but with hat Bulbasaur still unable to evolve that would just add insult to injury.” That said, a fan had a theory about this limitation to the beloved starter in . They wrote, “I always thought they’d never do a party hat Venusaur because the hat’s orientation would force it to clip through Venusaur’s forward-facing leaf.

” They further added that the obvious solution would be to put the hat on the side, but concluded it might not be possible. However, this wa.