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[Biske]

How does new Pokemon have anything to do with balance of candy? Whatever that is.

On topic, can we assume Pikachu has now been replaced in eggs by Pichu and will hatch from 2k eggs? And from the video I'm guessing Togepi comes from 5k eggs.

Doubt it, being the jokers at Niantic probably still gonna be hatching pikachus too. Hatching pokemon sucks. This is the shittiest way to do it. These guys have learned nothing.

they could have done something like 50 new pokemon, even "hey 25 new pokemon!!"

But "eeeh go hatch some eggs fuckers and get a few new pokemon, maybe, also pikachu has a hat"

 

[Mega]

Yeah, good luck with this Niantic. It's cold as balls now.

This. It only works if we can quickly find what we're looking for. Did they fix tracking where pokemon are on a map? Bulk conversion of pokemon into candies? Crappy pokemon become harder to catch as you level up? I had to quit because Go became an unbelievable and unnecessary waste of time.

 

[TheGhostSix]

Meh for eggs.

Also, should have started with, guess what, the starters.

But anyways. Here we go again.

 

[Berordn]

How does new Pokemon have anything to do with balance of candy? Whatever that is.

On topic, can we assume Pikachu has now been replaced in eggs by Pichu and will hatch from 2k eggs? And from the video I'm guessing Togepi comes from 5k eggs.

You get so much candy from catching a Pokemon. Candy is required to evolve and empower them.

If there are new Pokemon species, there's less candy available for a given one, making some of those evolutions harder to get, especially if the addition of these new species replaces spots where old ones spawn.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

I still think they should have done Johto pokemon during late July/August or something. It would've been amazing if during peak hype for the game, people suddenly started finding completely new pokemon and freaking out.

 

[border]

Ahahahahahahhaha. I have a friend who wouldn't shut up about how Gen 2 was right around the corner, and they are going to have a crazy Christmas event. Now it turns out that there's only like three Gen 2 Pokemon that you can't even catch. And the Christmas event is a fucking hat on Pikachu.

I'm not sure what's more shameful -- the fact that this is such an obvious ploy to sell Incubators for real money, or the lack of effort Niantic wants to invest in the game.

 

[RyanW]

Looks like Togepi's evolution is in as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRo...gepi_can_evolve_for_50_candy_meaning_you_can/

 

[Regulus Tera]

Baby Pokemon suck


I have nine eggs waiting to be hatched too so I gotta go through that before even seeing these fuckers

 

[Razmos]

If I had to guess, the pokemon they've probably added are:
Pichu
Cleffa
Smoochum
Togepi/Togetic
Wynaut/Wobuffet
Tyrogue (unlikely due to its evolution mechanics)/Hitmontop
Elekid
Magby

 

[Otaku Coder]

Bulk conversion of pokemon into candies?

They actually added that last week I think...

 

[Brazil]

The trickling down of new 'mons is a million times more interesting than a single, large scale dump.

 

[Okami Haundo]

This. It only works if we can quickly find what we're looking for. Did they fix tracking where pokemon are on a map? Bulk conversion of pokemon into candies? Crappy pokemon become harder to catch as you level up? I had to quit because Go became an unbelievable and unnecessary waste of time.

I live near a medium-sized city, and I just got the new tracking feature. Aside from that, they added bulk conversion of Pokemon with the latest update I think? I know I've done it a few times now.

 

[MacTag]

Time to get GSC out on 3DS Virtual Console.

 

[Already Torn]

If I had to guess, the pokemon they've probably added are:
Pichu
Cleffa
Smoochum
Togepi/Togetic
Wynaut/Wobuffet
Tyrogue (unlikely due to its evolution mechanics)/Hitmontop
Elekid
Magby

Crobat better be there

Wynaut for sure won't

The trickling down of new 'mons is a million times more interesting than a single, large scale dump.

This is bad reasoning.

 

[Fbh]

Cool. But it's not going to get me to install the game again

 

[Brazil]

Time to get GSC out on 3DS Virtual Console.

Oh God yes.

 

[LordKano]

This. It only works if we can quickly find what we're looking for. Did they fix tracking where pokemon are on a map? Bulk conversion of pokemon into candies? Crappy pokemon become harder to catch as you level up? I had to quit because Go became an unbelievable and unnecessary waste of time.

The new tracker system is available almost everywhere IIRC, and the conversion of Pokémon to candy too.

 

[Makonero]

If I had to guess, the pokemon they've probably added are:
Pichu
Cleffa
Smoochum
Togepi/Togetic
Wynaut/Wobuffet
Tyrogue (unlikely due to its evolution mechanics)/Hitmontop
Elekid
Magby

Aside from Wynaut, I think this is accurate. Missing Igglybuff though.

I hope there's a Dunsparce just to screw with folks.

 

[corn_fest]

Wow, so they're going to finally add a trickle of new Pokemon what, like months after the game came out?

Niantic has no idea how to run a mobile game.

 

[JonathanEx]

I quite like this as a gradual introduction, as long as it's a strong distribution of those eggs otherwise it'll just piss people off quite badly. They take a lot of effort to hatch, so to do that and it be Gen 1 all the time would be proper shit.

And Pikachu in hats is the greatest updates ever.


I think for the next stage of Johto roll-out, being a big bigger ones will help.

 

[jnWake]

Wish they had added the Gen 1 evolutions too. I want Crobat!

 

[Razmos]

Crobat better be there

Wynaut for sure won't


This is bad reasoning.

Aside from Wynaut, I think this is accurate. Missing Igglybuff though.

I hope there's a Dunsparce just to screw with folks.

Woops, I always forget that Wynaut is gen 3. And I just plain forget about Igglybuff lol

 

[oti]

Only select Pokemon. From eggs.

Yeah, no thanks.

Yeah, what a dumb way to go about it.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Should have been Alola forms

 

[MulderYuffie]

Was hoping for more t least they are coming though anyone know the "few others" are yet?

 

[Chylo]

Can't and won't pull me back but god damn that festive Pikachu is adorable.

 

[PSFan]

You get so much candy from catching a Pokemon. Candy is required to evolve and empower them.

If there are new Pokemon species, there's less candy available for a given one, making some of those evolutions harder to get, especially if the addition of these new species replaces spots where old ones spawn.

That depends on the spawn points in your area really. In my neighborhood there's points all over. I can go to the beach a couple blocks from my house and there will literally be 10 Magikarp flopping around. Other places will have a bunch of Rattata or Pidgeys. Some of those spawns could be changed without upsetting anything.

 

[Hoo-doo]

The trickling down of new 'mons is a million times more interesting than a single, large scale dump.

No. We should all just rage.

Spoiler

Obviously you're right.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Any alola reps yet?

 

[rockx4]

Niantic basically trying their best to kill the game. It's been dying since release with lack of updates. This Gen2 rollout is lame. They're not even trying to get people to play again.

 

[Already Torn]

No. We should all just rage.

Spoiler

Obviously you're right.

Look at all the interested people in this thread

 

[Makonero]

They should change the landscape too. Instead of green, just white snow everywhere. Something to switch it up.

 

[Okami Haundo]

Niantic basically trying their best to kill the game. It's been dying since release with lack of updates. This Gen2 rollout is lame. They're not even trying to get people to play again.

I love posts like these! As if massive amounts of people would continuously have the free time to mob parks and Pokestops year round. I can't argue that Niantic could be doing a "better" job, but the game is far from dead.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Look at all the interested people in this thread

Sometimes gamers don't know what's best for them. They want everything as soon as possible at all times.

Dumping 150+ new pokemon in the roster all at once would just cause another spike of interest that'll die off fast. It makes a lot of sense to introduce them gradually.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

lol you guys really thought they'd have all 150+ Gen 2 Pokemon, modeled, rigged, animated, textured, programmed and catchable with full compatible data stats and candies barely 6 months after launch?


lmaooooooooo

edit: Dumping all that shit in at once would be suicide. It would be as if you were in the middle of building a Lego Millennium Falcon, and someone dumped every Starwars Lego set ever made in one pile on top of it. Fuck that. A slow rollout is actually manageable for us and the devs.

 

[HardRojo]

Only a select few and from eggs only? What!? Would've preferred them to push the date and release more Pokémon along with being able to catch them in the wild.

 

[Biske]

Look at all the interested people in this thread

It's just baffling trying to understand their thought process.

These suuuper slow, super incremental updates, for a game with hundreds of pokemon. At bare minimum should drop 25-50 pokemon at a time, in the wild.

That I could see making players want to venture out again.


Eggs though? I got sick of hatching eggs a long time ago. You only need to hatch a handful of pidgeys and zubats and then 3 or 4 Onix's before you learn "not. worth. it."

Would have been a great opportunity to even let us evolve folks like Onix and get some fun use out of em finally.

 

[Razmos]

lol you guys really thought they'd have all 150+ Gen 2 Pokemon, modeled, rigged, animated, textured, programmed and catchable with full compatible data stats and candies barely 6 months after launch?


lmaooooooooo

Isn't it the exact same models from the 3ds games?

 

[Already Torn]

Sometimes gamers don't know what's best for them. They want everything as soon as possible at all times.

Dumping 150+ new pokemon in the roster all at once would just cause another spike of interest that'll die off fast. It makes a lot of sense to introduce them gradually.

And introducing them gradually will generate no interest at all. One is clearly better

 

[LordKano]

Look at all the interested people in this thread

Thankfully this forum is not representative of the real world at all. You would think the game is dying and nobody's playing it, otherwise.

 

[Complistic]

I was so in to it, but I bailed with the sightings/nearby change. This is clearly not meant to be fun.

 

[Jofamo]

lol you guys really thought they'd have all 150+ Gen 2 Pokemon, modeled, rigged, animated, textured, programmed and catchable with full compatible data stats and candies barely 6 months after launch?


lmaooooooooo

Done, done, done and done. They've had these models and animations ready to go since Pokedex 3D launched on the 3DS, what... like 4 years ago? They put the hard work in then to make sure things were forward compatible for years to come.

But I support them rolling it out this way. I already bought 3 incubators and I haven't played in months.

 

[Troubled Bat]

I just want Politoed.

 

[sj00]

Sometimes gamers don't know what's best for them. They want everything as soon as possible at all times.

Dumping 150+ new pokemon in the roster all at once would just cause another spike of interest that'll die off fast. It makes a lot of sense to introduce them gradually.

I was ready to jump back in! Quite excited, at that. With this though, that temptation to get back in and play again, for however long- is gone.

 

[FZZ]

LMAO

Damn Niantic hold this L

Sun & Moon stay winning

Pokemon Stars otw

 

[Already Torn]

Thankfully this forum is not representative of the real world at all. You would think the game is dying and nobody's playing it, otherwise.

The game is dying though

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Imagine if this is how it worked with real Pokemon games lol

 

[Brazil]

The game is dying though

Sure.

 

[border]

Sometimes gamers don't know what's best for them. They want everything as soon as possible at all times.

Dumping 150+ new pokemon in the roster all at once would just cause another spike of interest that'll die off fast. It makes a lot of sense to introduce them gradually.

10-20 new Pokemon in the wild every week would generate interest over a sustained period of time.

Introducing a only handful of Pokemon through egg-hatching will generate only disappointment and discontent.

 

[LordKano]

The game is dying though

Open your phone and look who's in the top 5 of most-earning mobile games.
On mine the game's second.