Pokemon GO

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 10 Comments

Pokemon GO’s global launch has expanded once more, and in a significant way. The mobile game is out now in 26 new countries. This includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The official Pokemon GO Facebook page posted about the news a short while ago:

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Select GameStop locations are holding special Pokemon GO events this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, these stores will be dropping lures every two hours between 10 AM and 8 PM.

You can see if there’s a GameStop near you participating here. The same link will also let you determine if any GameStops are PokeStops or Gyms.

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Eevee is one of many Pokemon to be found in Pokemon GO. However, it can evolve into one of three creatures: Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Flareon.

Choosing your Eevee evolution is actually rather simple. For Jolteon, simply give your Eevee the nickname Sparky. For Vaporeon, name it Rainer. Choose Pyro to nab Flareon.

Here’s a look at the trick in action:

As for where these nicknames came about, the Eevee Brothers from the original anime were named Rainer, Pyro, Sparky who owned a Vaporeon, Flareon and Jolteon respectively.

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Update: If that wasn’t enough, here’s a video from earlier in the week when people were going nuts in Washington’s Downtown Park (Bellevue) after a Squirtle appeared:

Continuing the insanity that is Pokemon GO, a stampede formed in New York’s Central Park last night when players came across Vaporeon. This isn’t the easiest creature to catch, so when it was detected at around 11 PM, the crowd went into a frenzy.

Again, we’re not going to be posting too many off-beat news posts stemming from Pokemon GO, but things like this are tough to resist. It’s just crazy seeing the types of things happening!

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Update (7/15): Bumped to the top. Pokemon GO is now at the same spot in Italy and Spain. Not Portugal though!

Original (7/14): Let me know if you’ve heard about this kind of story before: Pokemon GO topping the charts. With the game’s arrival in the UK, that’s the situation we’re seeing once again.

Pokemon GO has managed to reach the top spot on iOS in terms of gross revenue. We don’t have an exact time on this, but it apparently rose to the top in just a matter of hours. Can’t say I’m entirely surprised by the success!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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SurveyMonkey is back with another report on Pokemon GO. The latest article takes a look at the game’s ability to retain players.

The bottom line: retention and revenue numbers for Pokemon GO are extremely good. SurveyMonkey says that roughly seven out of ten people who downloaded the app return the next day. The average of next-day return usually falls to three out of ten returners.

SurveyMonkey has some other stats as well. Based on their estimates, Pokemon GO’s average revenue per daily active user is at around $0.25. That’s very impressive given that it’s “twice the average for casual games, and higher than even the famously profitable Candy Crush Saga.” Yesterday, it’s estimated that just under 26 million Americans played Pokemon GO.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Mobile, News | 4 Comments

John Hanke, CEO of Niantic (co-developer of Pokémon GO), has stated that he wants Pokémon GO to be out in about 200 different regions. He also noted that the company’s other, similar game Ingress took about two months to reach that point, but he declined to comment on a timeframe for Pokémon GO’s releases. According to Hanke, the company is also currently working on strengthening the servers to deal with the current popularity and any future rollout.

Hanke also made note of two regions that could face release difficulties: South Korea and China. In the case of South Korea, the country has limits on Google’s mapping functionality, due to security concerns with North Korea. However, Hanke stated that “there are solutions to that.” As for China, the country has many regulations that Niantic would have deal with.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Pokémon GO’s worldwide conquest continues, as the game is now available in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Pokemon GO can be downloaded on both the Google Play Store and iTunes.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 13 Comments

We’ll be seeing Pokemon GO very, very soon. If all goes well, it’ll be out by the end of the month.

Pokemon GO will be compatible with iOS upon release, after you apply an update. With Android though, it’s less clear. Nintendo UK’s product page mentions that as of this month, compatibility with phones using Android “is under development.”

Here’s what the page says in full:

For use with the Pokémon GO app, by Niantic Inc. App update dedicated for Pokémon GO Plus required (planned for 2016). It will also require a compatible smartphone.*

* Compatible Smartphones:

Pokémon GO Plus will be compatible with iPhone 5/5c/5s/SE/6/6s/6 Plus/6s Plus and operating systems iOS 8 – 9.

As of July 2016, the Pokémon GO Plus compatibility with phones using the Android operating system is under development.

A curious inclusion there! Will Pokemon GO Plus not be ready for Android at launch?

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments

Pre-orders for Pokemon GO Plus went up around E3 time, including the Nintendo UK store. But just like in North America, they sold out fairly quickly. They are at least back up again here.

If you’re in the U.S., there unfortunately aren’t really any options at the moment. Amazon and GameStop both sold out of pre-orders quickly. We’ll let you know if they do happen to return.

We’ll also mention that the Nintendo UK listing says Pokemon GO Plus will be delivered by August 31. This may be a second shipment for the game, hence the later date.

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