Ditto now live in Pokemon GO, can be caught

We’ve been hearing rumblings about Pokemon GO adding Ditto, and now it appears to be official. A ton of players are coming forward with claims that they’ve managed to capture the Pokemon.

Nabbing it works as you would expect. Pokemon that you catch will have a possibility of actually being Ditto.

Here’s one of many screenshots that have surfaced within the past few minutes:

It was thought that Ditto would soon be added to Pokemon GO after some signs were found within code of the latest update. We expect that Niantic will make an announcement soon now that players have spotted the Pokemon.

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