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[JoeM86]

So, I just got sent this. I'm investigating but this is a bit out of my wheelhouse.

It seems at SXSW in Austin Texas today, Niantic Labs CEO, John Hanke had a panel called "The Future of AR Is Already in Your Pocket" and it seems that it may have had some Pokémon GO stuff in.

I got e-mailed and tweeted this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHgCmnVvfTI

It does sound like John Hanke, but I'm still uncertain. Any help sorting authenticity would be appreciated.

Edit: Another angle found on Twitter from someone who was there https://twitter.com/TomWoodhead/status/711307513145102336

 

[AcademicSaucer]

If thats the gameplay, well ...

 

[Card Boy]

Look pretty rough. Will have to see an actual battle.

 

[cookturkey]

God, I hope not. This looks terrible.

 

[L Thammy]

Is it being played on the NNX controller?

 

[BahamutPT]

It really lines up with my expectations for Pokémon Go.

 

[Yukinari]

There are people out there who will use their Master Balls to catch Fearow and Tentacruel.

Thanks Professor Oak.

 

[Tambini]

Looks shit

 

[torre_avenue]

WHY WOULD USE A MASTERBALL ON AN IVYSAUR?

 

[DNAbro]

Looks real enough

 

[Escalario]

WHY WOULD USE A MASTERBALL ON AN IVYSAUR?

Was gonna say.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Who would have guessed a mobile game would be disappointing.

 

[notaskwid]

Here I was thinking "can't be worse than Spirit Camera".
Then I saw the video.

 

[oti]

If thats the gameplay, well ...

What exactly do you expect out of a Pokémon AR game?

 

[ElMexiMerican]

Definitely not feeling this, but who knows. I'm sure they have a lot of time to improve it if this is real.

 

[DNAbro]

What did you guys expect?

 

[Lord of Ostia]

I mean...what was everyone expecting? This seems similar to what I expected, just a little rough around the edges since it isn't time for release yet.

 

[Altered Juice]

mobile gaming....mobile gaming

 

[Jawmuncher]

Looks rough. Concept might save it, but a lot of people are gonna be a bit let down after how much that video hyped it.

 

[Aostia]

Why the disappointment?Isn't that video roughly what we should expect from GO? AR Google map game with pokemon models?

 

[bon]

Pretty much what I expected.

It's gonna be popular but it's no replacement for the handheld Pokémon games.

 

[bobbychalkers]

WHO THE FUCK THROWS A MASTERBALL AT AN IVYSAUR? mad scust right now....

 

[Hot Coldman]

WHO THE FUCK THROWS A MASTERBALL AT AN IVYSAUR? mad scust right now....

IDK Ivysaur is pretty good. She can beat Solid Snake in a fight

 

[JoeM86]

Found another angle

https://twitter.com/TomWoodhead/status/711307513145102336

Looks legit now

 

[notaskwid]

What did you guys expect?

"Can't be worse than Spirit Camera"

 

[oti]

Pretty much what I expected.

It's gonna be popular but it's no replacement for the handheld Pokémon games.

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

These games are all about the meta game.

 

[Shift Breaker]

Can't complain about throwing a master ball at an Ivysaur. I've never seen one in the wild in any Pokemon game I've played.

 

[Killer Queen]

What did you guys expect?

Yeah like seriously.

 

[Roldan]

Anyone that already played anything in AR should know what to expect... >_>

But nah, being a Pokemon game in a platform that everyone owns means guaranteed success.

 

[Visualante2]

ＡＳＨ ｕｓｅｄ
ＰＯＫé ＢＡＬＬ！

Ｉｔ＇ｓ ｎｏｔ ｖｅｒｙ
ｅｆｆｅｃｔｉｖｅ．．．

Ｗｏｕｌｄ ｙｏｕ ｌｉｋｅ
ｔｏ ｐｕｒｃｈａｓｅ ａ
ＧＲＥＡＴ ＰＯＫé ＢＡＬＬ
ｆｏｒ ｊｕｓｔ ＄０．９９ ＵＳＤ？

 

[ayarger]

The jankiness of Ivysaur's movement throws any feeling of polish straight out the window. Gotta fix that. Perhaps they could lerp it at the very least.

 

[Cindro]

No idea what else people were expecting. Having played Ingress, this still seems like it will be awesome. Pretty neat too that you have to actually aim when throwing your Pokeball.

I just hope they don't blow it with the battle and faction systems.

 

[Exterminieren]

Pre-release AR game in "looking a bit shonky" SHOCK.

 

[bman94]

That's a ugly Pokemon model.

 

[diaspora]

WHO THE FUCK THROWS A MASTERBALL AT AN IVYSAUR? mad scust right now....

Mobile gamers.

 

[DangerMan]

That looks really really bad. Guess I can keep on going through life without getting a phone.

 

[jdstorm]

WHY WOULD USE A MASTERBALL ON AN IVYSAUR?

I'm guessing because you can buy them for a small* Microtransaction. So you would have the opportunity to have caught every Pokemon with a masterball



* will be something ridiculously expensive

 

[Rizsparky]

WHO THE FUCK THROWS A MASTERBALL AT AN IVYSAUR? mad scust right now....

Yeah he should've used it on a Fearow or Tentacruel,

 

[Fat4all]

I knew it.

I knew it.

Better Pokeballs for real money.

Oh god, it's gonna happen.

 

[Nightbird]

Looks about like what I expected.

 

[BahamutPT]

There are some "Crystals" at the bottom of the post-capture screen, so I'd assume those are the in-game currency (or at least one of them).

 

[ReyBrujo]

I guess only Ingress players knew how Pokémon Go could potentially look. I've been playing for over 3 years, and yes, this sides up with what I hoped. Actually, I thought it would automatically take picture with the camera and use it as background, but the gameplay itself would be extremely simple, as everything Pokémon.

 

[Razmos]

Looks pretty much like what I was expecting.

 

[batbeg]

Looks like what I expected, and I'm sure I'll get even more enjoyment out of it than I did ingress.

 

[213372bu]

Exactly how I thought it was going to be as far as catching goes.

No way are they going to make people run around town and miss Pokemon.

They're going to make it easy to catch/with IAPS.

Looks like they have stats and crystals though, so I'm guessing you can "battle" friends, but it'll be really simple. Like a numbers game and not actual Pokemon battle.

 

[Loxley]

That looks really really bad. Guess I can keep on going through life without getting a phone.

I mean...it's pretty obviously a very early build.

 

[MattKeil]

Can't wait for this to become Nintendo's biggest source of revenue so all the haters can spend years wondering how it all went wrong.

Exactly how I thought it was going to be as far as catching goes.

No way are they going to make people run around town and miss Pokemon.

That's the whole point, going around to real places to find where Pokemon live.

 

[Living Proof]

Well...

I guess I'd like to see actual battles and basic functionality outside of whatever the hell that was before passing judgement. Already underwhelming though

 

[Aostia]

I mean...it's pretty obviously a very early build.

They even delayed the beta and cancelled a gdc panel. ..

 

[JoeM86]

I mean...it's pretty obviously a very early build.

It's going for field tests very soon (like the next two weeks) and is expected for release this year. It has been in development for years.

It's not very early.