Pokemon president on the Let’s Go games, 2019 entry, Poke Ball Plus, Pokemon GO, more
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In a recent issue of Famitsu, the Japanese magazine published a pretty lengthy interview with Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara. Ishihara had plenty to say about Pokemon: Let’s Go: Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee as well as the 2019 entry, the Poke Ball Plus, Pokemon GO, and more.
We’ve gone ahead and prepared a full translation of Famitsu’s interview. Read the full discussion with Ishihara below.
Pokemon GO had its largest player base in May since summer 2016
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Some of Pokemon GO’s features and content updates are putting the mobile game back on the map. According to market analysis firm SuperData Research, the title had its largest player base last month since summer 2016.
Pokemon GO generated another $104 million in May. It’s a 174% increase year-over-year.
In general terms, Pokemon GO was the fourth highest-earning mobile title worldwide last month. Honour of Kings, QQ Speed, and Fantasy Westward Journey took the top three slots. Pokemon GO was the top non-Chinese mobile game of the month.
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Alolan Rattata starting to appear in Pokemon GO
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Another Alolan Pokemon has been spotted in the wild for Pokemon GO. If you’re out exploring with the game, you may come across Alolan Rattata (and therefore Alolan Raticate as well). We’re hearing reports that the Pokemon is live in various parts of the world.
Players seem to be surprised that Alolan Rattata is here. Niantic hasn’t officially announced its arrival, but you can nevertheless add it to your collection.
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Pokemon GO friend and trading systems available for everyone
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Yesterday, Pokémon GO introduced friends, gifting, and trading systems for level 30 to 40 players. Now, the friend and social features will be available for all Trainer levels, and trading can be unlocked at level 10. The drop was expected, as a similar situation occurred when Raids first launched for players between levels 38 and 40.
Trading in Pokémon GO works much differently from their main series counterparts. You will have to level up your friendship with somebody to trade Legendary or other Pokémon. Additionally, you will have to be in a certain proximity to that person to engage the trade.
Most recently, Niantic introduced Alolan Pokémon to the game through wild encounters and gifted eggs, giving players an additional array of monsters to catch before the remainder of the Generation 3 Pokémon are released.
Friends and social features are now available for all Trainer levels, now is the time to send your first #PokemonGOfriend Request! Trading is now available for Trainers level 10 and above. pic.twitter.com/bTTLPkzLcq
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) June 22, 2018
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Alolan Exeggutor is back in Pokemon GO
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Alolan Exeggutor was added to Pokemon GO in late May, with its event wrapping up by early June. The Pokemon disappeared at the time, but has since returned. Alolan Exeggutor can be found freely roaming in the wild.
Some Pokemon GO players are saying that Alolan forms with regular Kanto pre-evolutions can be seen in the wild, hence this creature’s return. Other Alola variants are hidden inside Pokemon Eggs, but since fully-evolved Pokemon don’t hatch from Eggs, they could be out in the wild instead.
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Pokemon GO adds Regice in Raid Battles, Regirock and Registeel to follow
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Pokemon GO has added a new Legendary Pokemon. Starting today, Regice can be found in Raid Battles worldwide. The Pokemon will be live until July 19.
Regirock and Registeel are also planned for Pokemon GO. Both should be rolled out in subsequent weeks.
Side note: Solrock and Lunatone have now switched regions to commemorate the Solstice.
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Pokemon GO – friends, trading, and gifts now live; level 40 currently required for adding friends
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The new friends, trading, and gifts features announced for Pokemon GO this week are now live. However, there is a caveat.
In order to add friends, you’ll need to be at level 40. You’ll receive a notice about this if you attempt to use the functionality at a lower level. This is likely to be a temporary restriction, though it’s unclear when Niantic will make it available to a wider array of players.
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Squirtle featured for Pokemon GO’s Community Day in July
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Niantic has confirmed that Squirtle will be the featured Pokemon for Pokemon GO in July. As usual, the creature will come with an exclusive move. 1/4 Egg hatch distance and 3-hour lures are also planned.
The next Pokemon GO Community Day takes place on July 8. It’ll be your chance to get out and play with others in your local community parks.
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Pokemon GO datamine: images for Alolan Forms, player reputation, more
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As is practically tradition at this point, dataminers have gone to work on Pokemon GO’s latest update. There aren’t any massive findings – especially since new features like trading were just announced yesterday – but there are some interesting tidbits.
Here’s the full rundown:
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Pokemon GO finally getting friends, gifting, and trading features
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Niantic has revealed brand new functionality coming to Pokemon GO. New features involving friends, gifting, and trading are all on the way.
Here’s the full rundown from Niantic:
