Pokémon Go! Revisited

[BLUEVOODU]

A couple years ago, Pokémon Go arrived and everyone was addicted.  It was one of the most popular Cell Phone / mobile games.  At the time, the game caught 5 new world records - Pokémon Go - Guiness Book of World Records.  Gamers were walking about trying to find the Pokémon around the street... and capture them.   Pokémon Go came and went... the game died off quickly after a series of updates that were seemingly unpopular.  However, it appears gamers are talking about this game again.

If I remember correctly, @Mai Valentine and @Kinikko used to play.  Does anyone else currently play or have you recently got back into the game?   Does this game and style of game still appeal to anyone?


Comments?  Thoughts?  Post it up!

[targetrasp]

Doesn't the Pokémon Let's Go pokeball work with pokemon go? haven't they got some sort of interconnectivity going on?

[BLUEVOODU]

That I have not seen... BUT... I checked it out.  It appears you are 100% correct:

Grab a Poké Ball™ and begin your journey - pokeballplus.nintendo.com

Per the Website:

• Take your Pokémon wherever you go - Take your Pokémon for a stroll in your Poké Ball Plus out in the real world.  When you're out and about, you can gently shake your Poké Ball Plus and the Pokémon inside will make a sound* and the Poké Ball Plus will vibrate.
• Search for Pokémon without looking at your smartphone -  Play Pokémon GO without checking your smartphone screen. When a Pokémon appears nearby, Poké Ball Plus will light up and vibrate. A simple button press lets you throw a virtual Poké Ball, and different LED light patterns will let you know if you've caught the Pokémon.  As long as your Poké Ball Plus is connected to your smartphone and the Pokémon GO app, it will also count your steps so you can hatch Eggs and get Candy for your Buddy Pokémon.

There is a device compatibility list at the Official Pokémon Go Website.

I must admit, This is some what of a cool feature.

[Mai Valentine]

I don't play much but that's mostly because you get more out of it if you do a lot of walking. I play it a lot when I'm at conventions, but day to day life doesn't really give me much opportunity. I could probably walk around at work, but there's no Pokestops nearby so I would eventually run out of Pokeballs.

[BLUEVOODU]

lol that sucks... how far away are Pokestops for you @Mai Valentine ?

We used to have something in between 2 neighbors houses.. I guess it was a super powerful or awesome Pokémon...  everyone would stop there and try to get it.

[Mai Valentine]

I started playing again a couple years back and got more into it. There's also more Pokestops close to my house now (about four in my apartment complex and a few more along with two gyms about a 10 minute walk away).

Although admittedly right now I've stopped playing again for a bit because now I have most of the regular Pokemon and the spawn pools aren't great right now. I do community days when it's a Pokemon I have an interest in (Bagon Day) but only play long enough to grab a shiny for ones I don't (Bounsweet).

The area I live in is still rural enough that gyms are really spread out and it's almost impossible to coordinate major raids without using Discord so I mostly remote raid using another app (it's legal don't worry) and I stopped bothering with Shadow Raids after how hard it was to do the Mewtwo shadow raids.

Anyway I have a lot of thoughts about Pokemon Go but I'll stop there and maybe see if anyone else has anything to add as well. 

[BLUEVOODU]

@Mai Valentine - nice post!  Have you got back into Pokemon Go again?   Do you have others you play with?  If you want, you can use our Discord to help coordinate... It would be 100% awesome for them to join and if you used the Discord for multplayer sessions (etc).

What other thoughts do you have?  Most people I know have now stopped playing again, but... it would be interesting to pick it back up.  My backlog is so large now... it's getting embarrassing... lol 

[Mai Valentine]

I'm playing pretty regular since Pokemon Go has stops and gyms at Walmarts now. I'm able to spin the stops and take on raids pretty easily. I'm kind of annoyed that Mewtwo hasn't been in raids for a long time now since it's  the only Pokemon I need to finish the Kanto Pokedex. I don't know enough people that live near me who play that I might be able to trade with. I hope with the new ownership (Scopely) they may finally do remote trading.