Pokémon Go might be kidnapping your Shinies to round out the year

Just in time for the end of the amazing (relatively) 2025, Pokémon Go players are being treated to their Shinies disappearing inexplicably. These super-rare variations of Pokémon are the crown jewels of some players’ collections, and many now report that they’ve just vanished into thin air.

The most common reports come from players claiming their Shiny Cetitans (evolved Cetoddles) disappeared from their collections for no particular reason. They logged on and bam, no rare Cetitan to be found. And it seems this isn’t the only Pokémon that’s been going MIA these past few days, as other players claimed their Shiny Shundo and other Pokémon disappeared, too.

However, these rare Pokémon variants came back for some players after a few days of vacationing in the void of the internet, pretending as if nothing had even happened. This could just be a minor issue with the back end, which one player indicated could have to do with the favorite marker, as Pokémon marked with the star could end up suddenly disappearing.

There are good odds that players would mark their rare Shinies as favorites, leading to this age-old bug triggering and kidnapping their prize Pokémon. Whether this is truly what caused the issue is as of yet unknown, but it’s quite a parting gift for the end of 2025.

Hell, maybe the Pokémon just wanted to chillax and make good use of the holidays and spend some time on a nice warm beach in the southern hemisphere. Or it’s just regular mobile game shenanigans. Probably the latter.

In other news, Pokémon Go is currently going through its new Precious Paths season, which kicked off on Dec. 2. Two new Pokémon, Clobbopus and Grapploct, have been added to the game, alongside costumed Pokémon like Charjabug and Dedenne and a whole lot more new and exciting content.

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The release of Time Warp team 2 might be at least a couple of weeks away from the time of writing, but the FC 26 community can take advantage of all the leaks available on social media.

So far, EA Sports has remained tight-lipped about what’s going to arrive during the festive calendar once Winter Wildcards is over. Social media rumors suggest that the Time Warp promo will be the next campaign in Ultimate Team, and it will be a two-week affair.

Let’s look at all the cards that have been leaked.

All FC 26 Time Warp team 2 players (leaks)
FC 26 Time Warp team 2 release countdown

All FC 26 Time Warp team 2 players (leaks)

Here’s the complete list of leaked cards that are predicted to belong in the second team of the Time Warp promo.

Cristiano Ronaldo
Philipp Lahm
Jamie Vardy
Casemiro
Pavel Nedved
Homare Sawa
Sissoko
Thomar Muller
Kyle Walker
Kenny Lala
David De Gea
Mario Gotze
Manuel Iturbe

More names are expected to be leaked when we are closer to the final release date. The whole first team has already been revealed, and it contains some big names from the world of global football. While the whole team will be available in packs, you can expect to find new cards via objectives and SBCs.

FC 26 Time Warp team 2 release countdown

As mentioned above, the second Time Warp team won’t be available before the first week of January 2026 ends. It will replace the first Time Warp team that enters Ultimate Team on Friday, Jan. 2. The following countdown will expire once team 2 is live in Ultimate Team on Friday, Jan. 9.

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The countdown is based on the following timings.