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Pokémon GO E3 News Round-Up

Demelza

Demelza

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While yesterday brought along a lot of news to do with Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon thanks to E3, today Nintendo Treehouse started off with a developer Q&A regarding Pokémon GO. Thanks to the session we have learnt the following information, as well as a release window for the mobile game.

  • Pokémon GO will include Pokémon from all generations eventually, it starts off with the first 150 because of the 20th anniversary.
  • Junichi Masuda is working on the music for the game.
  • A camera function will be included allowing you to take pictures of the Pokémon you meet.
  • Eventually Pokémon GO will give you the ability to trade with other players, but the developers want to wait until players have a good selection of Pokémon before adding the feature.
  • Pokémon GO is likely have some kind of connection to the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games in the future.
  • The idea of evolving Pokémon has changed as players now evolve Pokémon by giving them candy. You collect candy by catching Pokémon. This is because the developers wanted to keep players active rather than having to grind their Pokémon like in the main series.
Along with these smaller bits of information it has also been revealed that Pokémon Go Plus, the portable gadget you can use with the game, will be released late July. The accessory will cost $34.99 but allows you to catch Pokémon and collect items without having to use your phone. GO Plus flashes different colours depending on if you're near a Pokémon, item, weren't successful catching a Pokémon or if you've successfully caught a Pokémon.

While a solid release date for the game has not yet been confirmed, it was stated that they aim for it to be before Pokémon GO Plus is released.
 
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Keleri

Keleri

I'm salty about the re-used Pokemon Stadium 64 sprites but it looks cute and the field testers are having an exciting time by most reports! There seem to be a lot of ratattas so far, which is to be expected.
 
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