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[Ibuki]

Mobile 'real life' Pokémon collecting, battling and trading.

A collaboration between Niantic, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.

Masuda involved in game design and music.

Iwata was originally involved in the project's start, Pokemon Snap was an inspiration.

It seems like it is based off of Niantic's mobile game Ingress which is an augmented reality MMO that you play in real life locations.

Optional accessory called Pokemon GO Plus, a Bluetooth enabled wristband that lights up or vibrates for notifications in Pokemon GO, can be pressed to perform in-game actions.

Announcement trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUwVYUKii4

 

[Toki767]

It's Ingress with Pokemon.

 

[Dicer]

Looks neat, hopefully early 2016...

 

[gosox333]

we know almost nothing about it yet

wait until they're done jesus

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

such a lust for catching

 

[Zalman]

Developed by Niantic. Iwata was in on this too.

 

[Avixph]

Seems like it's going to be a lot of work.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I hope it ends up being a good game.

 

[Jigorath]

lol

at least wait for the trailer to be uploaded

 

[Firestorm]

It literally is. Ishihara even says it's because he got hooked on Ingress.

 

[Bsigg12]

But what is it?

 

[ash_ag]

Pokémon in real-life. Dreams and Adventures in real life.

 

[Shift Breaker]

This is not a Square Enix puzzle game that I expected from the name. I'm disappointed.

 

[Josh5890]

Hey guys, I already caught a level 101 Mew!

 

[DJIzana]

This is not a Square Enix puzzle game that I expected from the name. I'm disappointed.

Lmfao! I actually am disappointed too! I expected something a little more revolutionary from Nintendo! Even if it's on mobile!

 

[Kriken]

such a lust for catching

WHO?! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?!

 

[hamchan]

Err....anymore information?

 

[Joey Ravn]

Second barebones OT today, sigh...

Uh. It's not an OT. OTs go up on release. This is an announcement thread.

 

[soultron]

We live blogging up in this thang.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Here's the trailer they showed, no gameplay btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymk_Cu3ywC8&feature=youtu.be

 

[MarkusRJR]

Crossposting from the stream thread:

Really excited. I was worried about losing mainline games to mobile, but this is just a Pokemon spin-off done in the style of Ingress (one of my favorite mobile games). Super awesome sounding.

 

[Ultima_5]

This announcement is so somber =

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Edit: beaten

 

[Dicer]

Uh. It's not an OT. OTs go up on release. This is an announcement thread.

Ok sorry, second most barebones announcement thread today...

 

[Reveirg]

Nintendo cockblocking Square-Enix again. >_>

 

[soultron]

Will this be in any way similar to the Google Maps thing Nintendo did a year or three ago?

 

[batbeg]

Loved Ingress for a little bit. I'm not huge on the Pokémon franchise but I could see it being a fun element to bring to it.

 

[Regulus Tera]

But what is it?

An Augmented Reality game where you go to points of interest in the real world to catch Pokémon.

 

[ZeroX03]

Ok sorry, second most barebones announcement thread today...

The announcement is still in progress.

 

[Ultimadrago]

An Augmented Reality game where you go to points of interest in the real world to catch Pokémon.

But can you EV Train them?

 

[Sealtest]

Here's the trailer they showed, no gameplay btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymk_Cu3ywC8&feature=youtu.be

I won't lie that scene with mewtwo brought a smile 2 my face, if only.

 

[RagnarokX]

Imagine if they make it like the actual games and pokemon are native to certain regions and certain "routes". Want to catch a Pikachu without trading? Gotta travel to Wyoming.

 

[Ultima_5]

An Augmented Reality game where you go to points of interest in the real world to catch Pokémon.

What if you live in small towns that don't have points of interest

 

[Pappasman]

The actual app is going to be so lame compared to that cg trailer lmao.

 

[Jigorath]

What if you live in small towns that don't have points of interest

Move.

 

[Teknoman]

Here's the trailer they showed, no gameplay btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymk_Cu3ywC8&feature=youtu.be

I won't lie that scene with mewtwo brought a smile 2 my face, if only.

Trailer looked cool as hell...but too bad the game...or any Pokémon game in the near future, will never be like that. Way too hype for the inner kid and current fan in me.

 

[Bsigg12]

An Augmented Reality game where you go to points of interest in the real world to catch Pokémon.

Oh ok. When I posted that, the title hadn't been updated with the Ingress section. Seems like the Pokemon Company will slowly start making a transition to mobile with more and more stuff. I'm sure they'll make a ton of money through this though.

 

[MattyG]

such a lust for catching

 

[Zubz]

I still don't know how I feel about this, but I know I'm going to pick it up.

 

[L.O.R.D]

Look like google April Fools 2 years ago

 

[soultron]

Imagine if they make it like the actual games and pokemon are native to certain regions and certain "routes". Want to catch a Pikachu without trading? Gotta travel to Wyoming.

Didn't MGS Portable Ops do something similar to this with radio frequencies or wifi networks that were exclusive to certain global regions?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Laughed at Snorlax sleeping on a bridge. Nice trailer.

The actual game (maybe?) doesn't look so hot though.

 

[texhnolyze]

An Augmented Reality game where you go to points of interest in the real world to catch Pokémon.

How about the battles?

Look like google April Fools 2 years ago

Indeed.

 

[Joey Ravn]

The trailer severely put me off the game. But then again, I haven't been able to play anything on mobile for more than five minutes. It's not for me.

Ok sorry, second most barebones announcement thread today...

Much better

 

[SalvaPot]

The weird watch they revealed right now its going to be the new PokeWalker.

 

[Regulus Tera]

What if you live in small towns that don't have points of interest

Japanese company develops social game that only really works in Tokyo, news at eleven.

 

[batbeg]

What if you live in small towns that don't have points of interest

Churches. Churches represent ninety percent of my points of interest in Tulsa lol.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Where's the Windows Phone version though


aaayyyy

 

[ZeroX03]

Japanese company develops social game that only really works in Tokyo, news at eleven.

It's developed by Niantic, Inc., a San Fransisco based developer.

 

[RecursiveFault]

Look like google April Fools 2 years ago

That was actually fun, so I'm down to try this app for a day or two and then forget about it