I'm claiming this one after work
I wonder if people are going to start trying to make certain gym spots type focused?
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Pokémon Go is live on the Google Play Store
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I wonder if people are going to start trying to make certain gym spots type focused?
MrChocolate
Member
A grown up playing pokemon? Did you expect anything different?
Today, I was mocked by my whole office after I explained to them the game... And you know what? Fuck them, I'm going to be the very best.
I'm putting a ghost type in there
Ah okay, probably got it without realising then, hah!
A police station had to put out a statement about Pokemon Go. This is pretty funny.
C'mon and release here already.
That's great.LordOcidax
Member
I already have a 171 CP monster prepared for a Gym close to my house. BTW Level up Pokemons is a great idea too.
Already Torn
Banned
Small gym variety there lol
The Sum of Zero
Gold Member
Haha, I found Digrat.
Two of my closest gyms are in the middle of a fucking cemetary. At least I know where my Ghastly is going.
You can turn off the screen, but the phone has to stay unlocked.
How do you get more candies? Seems like you need a ton to evolve, and powering up is just wasting candies?
WORLD STARRRRR!!!!
Already Torn
Banned
I find solace in the knowledge that when I'm dead and gone, children will digitally lay Vileplums where I rest.Two of my closest gyms are in the middle of a fucking cemetary. At least I know where my Ghastly is going.
Catch more of that same Pokemon. You get 3 per capture and you can send dupes off to the lab for an extra one.
Bamboo 竹;209304057 said:
The weird thing is that Brazil is not even in the list of supported countries so it is weird to have ANY pokemon here anyway
My cellphone does not run it, but I will let my friends know that ! Thanks
JonathanEx
Member
Here's my team after day one. I've got control of three gyms, but obviously they won't last. Two of them I challenged for so that's nice.
Also, a Slowpoke was by the lifts in my office and that amused me. So you can see that too.
Two of my closest gyms are in the middle of a fucking cemetary. At least I know where my Ghastly is going.
You can turn off the screen, but the phone has to stay unlocked.
That's the spirit!
DeuceGamer
Member
Will this affect anything when it releases on the North American iTunes store? Not familiar with now iTunes works in that regard.
It's not out in the US or Canada yet.
Wyndstryker
Member
Encountered a haunter
Threw pokeball. He got out if the ball and escaped...
I'm a sad panda
Threw pokeball. He got out if the ball and escaped...
I'm a sad panda
Man, I feel spoiled work at a college here... the campus and surrounding blocks have 2 gyms and 19 pokespots! I guess it balances out the fact that so far I can only get the most basic pokemon ( normal, flying or bug types, think Rattata, Pidgey, Wurmple). Still, I feel like it's really easy to level them when you can find so many repeats. Also, it looks like the pokespots refresh every 5 minutes or so, so if you're just hanging out near one, you can pick it up multiple times.
Thatoneguy
Neo Member
Who needs to be...persuaded...to make Pokemon Go happen in the US? Asking for a friend.
I feel like if this wasn't Pokemon the hype would be next to nothing. The novelty of the game wears off super quickly - you're effectively just walking around with the app open and playing a pretty janky "swipe up accuracy" style game and that's mostly it. There's some light algorithms going on as to what Pokemon appears where but nothing too smart - you can literally sit on the toilet for a while (not moving obviously) and something will appear. Just feels very very thin as a 'game'.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
I wanna play ;__;
When is this out in the US?
When is this out in the US?
Any solution for Android? Ughhh I need a motivation to run/walk lmao
So no chance for a release in Brazil? :/
Pewpewlazors99
Member
Available in my region but not for my phone. Sucks too because I was part of the beta...
on the same exact phone
Corronchilejano
Member
Not officially out in Colombia yet there's places already set and Pokemon all over the place.
ZiggyPalffyLA
Member
What a joyless life you must live.
That is completely true. But, there are gyms and that's what will make or break this game. If there are plenty of people playing in your area, fighting over gym control will be incredibly interesting.
If you hold the phone upside down the screen will turn off but the game keeps running. So you could put it in your pocket and still be alerted of encounters, I guess
It's all stored on your profile so just redownload when it hits the play store
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Boom!! Got myself a dratini! One step closer to the best pokemon *^*
GamingOblivion
Banned
So is the game actually good or no?
Alboreo
Member
It's ingress with Pokemon. I feel like some will love it while others will be bored immediately. I personally think it's fun albeit very simple.
There certainly isn't much joy here, or game for that matter. I think the game could be awesome if it was more like actual pokemon with proper battles etc, but you're effectively playing a skinned swipe up accuracy game with AR and long breaks in-between. There just isn't much to it.
This might be the problem for me. I live in a village where there appears to be pretty much nothing surrounding me. There's one landmark near my office but I'm still yet to come across a gym today. The game should really account for this though, not all of us live in cities.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Fun little time waster. With a few nice updates, I can see it being something special. Right now, it's not bad though imo.
You mean Dragonair and not the worst dragon Pokemon in the series, right?
JonathanEx
Member
Where this has a much better chance of lasting longer than Miitomo is Niantic's experience of what releasing an app these days involves - you have to continually evolve it and improve, add new things, and learn from it. You can see on their blog they already have been doing that, adding more elements in rather than considering it 'done' and then only tweaking it after.
UmbraeCruxis
Banned
Nahh, all the other dragon pokemon have to growl and snarl to prove their tough shit. Dragonite doesn't have to. He's just a happy lug that you know is powerful. Dragonite is the best. (Goodra is pretty cool to for the same reasons).