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Pokémon Go |OT 2| Servers...gotta crash 'em all!
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Thank you, I think I'm gonna hold on to my candies.
Niantic is not communicating.
That would be cool.
That's what I've read, yeah.
??? just means that it is higher than your highest. Could be by 1, or by 200.
PSFan
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Sounds like you are taking this game way too seriously. It's a F2P game that's designed to get people interested in the IP enough to buy the regular games at 40 bucks. It's not that hard to get the "rarer" Pokemon in the games you pay 40 bucks for, so it shouldn't be that hard in a Pokemon game that's free.
And it's not based on travelling in the sense that you should book a trip around the world. It's more like walk around your neighborhood to see what you find and also what you can find while running day to day errands around town and stuff.
Why do I keep wasting my fruit and superballs on weak Pidgeottos and Raticates? It just feels wrong to leave them be. *sigh*
Good weekend though. Stable servers, lots of water Pokemon at the Baltic beach, hit level 18 and finally got a Pikachu, a pretty strong one actually.
Good weekend though. Stable servers, lots of water Pokemon at the Baltic beach, hit level 18 and finally got a Pikachu, a pretty strong one actually.
The right way is 75 of a single species, where the evolution is already registered to the dex and have the pokemon listing sorted numerically.
LOL if that's what you actually think. Embrace the mobile future breh
Don't you get extra XP for the first capturing/evolution? So in the ideal situation it is not registered yet? That outweighs the extra animation time or not?
What level are you? I don't even have half that much stardust, didn't use any and I'm almost 20.
Well I got 12 Pokémon which are different species, so the rest of the 75 will just be Pidgeys and Rattatas I think.
You might be onto something, but I didn't try that method yet since I prioritized clearing space in my box.
I pop a lucky egg when a bunch of 5/10km eggs are about to hatch, then mass evolve whatever I have. Someone did make a good point about grinding stardust from 1-20 before the capture rate murders your pokeball stock. But that isn't a big issue if you have a lot of pokestops nearby. So I guess it depends on your situation.
PSFan
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Nintendo themselves said it, "breh". Get over yourself already.
PSFan
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Not as cute as your delusions that make you think you're some kind of "expert". Stop assuming things.
The game is making over $2 million every day from in-app purchases. No one who is only playing Pokemon Go is buying a 3DS to play the mainline titles.
PSFan
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They have a stake in each company involved in the game. Not to mention they own the trademarks to the IP.
They don't have to buy a 3DS. They can get a 2DS for under $100. And we'll see who will be buying one as November gets closer.
No, it is not designed to make people buy the mainline games on 3DS. In fact, it's Niantics who is in charge here. Nintendo is mostly just racking in money on the percentage they own of the property.
Well, I already have a 3DS but never played a Pokemon game other than Go and I absolutely consider getting a mainline game now.
This might indeed be an exception, though, and I doubt that's Nintendo's goal with this.
And they still won't. They're spending loose change on lures and lucky eggs to bolster the mobile experience.
All the mainline Pokemon games on the planet don't do what Pokemon Go is doing.
That doesn't mean anything. Does Nintendo tell the Pokémon Company how to design the mainline games? Look, if you don't know the details of the deal, don't spout statements like they're facts.
Spiritreaver
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Good lord. To say not a single person on this planet is not going to want to play one of the mainline games because of Pokemon Go is borderline idiotic.
Fuck, I bet there's even a kid out there in Japan that wants to go see that movie that bombed hard now because of it.
No, the game was probably not made to sell the mainline game, but I'm sure the idea of it selling/rejuvenating the brand came up one or twice.
I am watching the anime RIGHT NOW for the first time in YEARS because of Pokemon Go. I bought Pokemon Blue VC for the exact same reason.
Fuck, I bet there's even a kid out there in Japan that wants to go see that movie that bombed hard now because of it.
No, the game was probably not made to sell the mainline game, but I'm sure the idea of it selling/rejuvenating the brand came up one or twice.
I am watching the anime RIGHT NOW for the first time in YEARS because of Pokemon Go. I bought Pokemon Blue VC for the exact same reason.
I also doubt it, it's diffiult to move customers from a market but not impossible.
That's why Nintendo is making abet on the futur here. If it helps to make mainline serie more successful Nintendo will continue to invest money in mobile games.
We all know that and Iwata also explained it a lot.
Exactly. If people cared about the console games as much as Pokemon Go, the 3DS would be flying off the shelves.
PSFan
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It's actually GameFreak that designs the mainline games. Maybe you're the one who shouldn't spout statements as facts if you don't know the "details of the deal".
Me too!
Of course, some people will want to buy the mainline games, and some won't. There's really no either or.
trugs26
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On the contrary, I feel like people who have a problem with this design are taking it too seriously. Who cares if some Pokemon are hard to get? This game is designed around the idea of collecting things, so it makes sense that some things are just straight up hard. Deal with it.
Also, it still is that hard to get rare Pokemon in the $40 games. Literally there were Pokemon only at specific events at major cities. They were the legendary (or mythical) event Pokemon. I dealt with the fact that I couldn't get those Pokemon since I lived in a small town where the events weren't held (in fact, the events weren't held in my country very often either). But again, these were legendary Pokemon, so I was okay with the idea that I couldn't easily attain those due to my location.
One way is to book a round trip to get those Pokemon. But you can also get lucky through eggs hatching, and I'm sure the inevitable trading system will alleviate the issue. But I still love the idea that outside of those means, finding them in the wild remains a rare circumstance. I still think the natural extension of "moving around the neighborhood" for rare Pokemon is to only obtain them in region specific areas.
PSFan
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You're the one acting like an internet tough guy and demeaning someone and calling them names because they disagree with you.
Spiritreaver
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Agreed. I do play the mainline games, but had Pokemon Go not come out I wouldn't have considered the anime or VC games. I was just waiting on Sun/Moon. People are playing this game for a lot of reasons. For a lot of people it's the social aspect, others it's the exercise, family fun, nostalgia trip, a new way to experience the franchise, etc. I can definitely see how someone would express interest in the main series, but others would be content with just the mobile experience.
At the end of the day, it's still good for the franchise.
Which season are you watching?
I gave S19E01 a watch last night, and it was actually pretty good. I didn't like the supporting cast who were a little too childish compared to Misty or Brock, but it looked prettier and didn't have much filler compared to Season 1. But I might actually just start from the very beginning.
Majukun
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my little town has been pretty balanced in terms of team composition...gym change colors daily and every team has at least a bunch of gyms at any given time..yesterday i was able to get 3 gyms in a row and redeem before someone else just swooped in and took them back..literally half an hour
Ehh. It got my brother and his wife both to buy a 2DS for Sun and Moon. Anecdotes, but it is working on some level.
Obscuritas
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It's not useless: even if you catch a low-level pkm, you can always use your stardust and candies to upgrade its CP (and therefore its level).
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