[iOS/Android] Pokémon GO

Most likely we'll have to pay for potions and Pokeballs. Similar to that of the actual game.
 
They'll probably give us a way to earn them for free, but I'm sure like in the minigames they had from the Eshop, earning them will be tedious.
 
Here's a recent article updating us on GO!. No official release date it seems, but no new official footage of the app either.



This is the biggest attempt by Nintendo to revolutionize Pokemon gaming into augmented-reality through mobile platforms like iOS and Android devices.

Nintendo has not yet mentioned any official date for the mobile game release but there are speculations that the game will be released sometime in February this year.

It has been said in reports that Nintendo is doing the best they can in developing the game in order to show gamers that "Pokemon GO" is really worth the wait.

The concept of the "Pokemon GO" is to play the game via mobile devices wherever and whenever the player wants. They can go outside the house and walk a few blocks to capture, trade, battle and even train Pokemons. There will be a supporting accessory that the player should have when playing the game. It is the "Pokemon Go Plus." This is a wristwatch-like device that runs via Bluetooth signal to detect Pokemons around. If the device is detecting one, the player can then experience being a Pokemon master.
Players can get very rare Pokemons--which is, of course, very enticing--but these will only be available in selected areas. They can have the option, though, to trade Pokemons with higher, lesser or equal value. There are also training gyms available for Pokemons to level up but going to the gym would need a little effort since it's not that accessible.


Niantic CEO John Hanke has shared their goal during an interview with Venture Beat. He explained, "We had that as a design goal. If we're going to build a game that works with location, it has to be fun for people anywhere to play, in small towns as well as San Francisco," he added, "If we designed something that only worked in San Francisco, it wouldn't be a real success. We wanted it to work globally."

Pokemon gamers will just have to stay tuned for updates about the game's awaited release date.
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To summarize, an official release date hasn't appeared yet, and it seems that the wristlet may be required. Gyms are "less accessible" (inb4 you have to find a real gym or something), and pokemon will vary regionally.
Also no listed genre

Edit: No official beta release for testing publicly, so don't go lookin for it. It's mot real ),:
 
Yeah, that a fake website trying to get you to sign up your card and information. Be careful about those kinds of things!
 
I wonder if the next Koro-Koro leaks are gonna be about Pokemon Go. I think it might be since I doubt we might get any news about the next Pokemon games for a while.
 
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In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the launch roll-out for Pokémon GO has been revealed. In this interview, Tsunekazu Ishihara, head of the Pokémon Company, says that the app will roll out in Japan, Europe, and North America first and then launch in South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. No date has been revealed as of yet. In this interview, Mr. Ishihara also stated that they are working on another big project away from Pokémon GO.

Credits goes to Serebii

Hopefully, there some kind of trailer in the future of at least seeing how the game looks and works.

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During the South by Southwest convention in Austin, Texas, otherwise known as SXSW, John Hanke of Niantics Lab held a panel on augmented reality gaming and within this panel, it appears that the first footage of Pokémon GO has been shown. During this footage, an overlay of Google maps was shown with a trainer and Ivysaur. This then instigated a battle using augmented reality with the camera to catch an Ivysaur. PokéBalls were thrown before switching to a Master Ball where it was caught. The footage also indicated about the usage of Crystals. The usage of them is not currently known, but we'll provide more details on that, as well as this game, as it comes.
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What do you guys think of this? :think:
 
Well, we didn't get any footage of actually finding said Pokemon, so I won't have a full inpression until then. The appearance is nice, though it seems rather jumpy if the camera moves too far off center.

But I know this: Only a scrub would catch a nonlegend Pokemon with a Masterball. B| XD 

The Crystals might be the ingame kind of currency you could trade in for items or more pokeballs, but that's just a wild guess.
 
I think the crystals might be some sort of trading thing or some sort of currency. I've seen some other screen shots of the APP and I think you might have a walk just a bit to reach some Pokemon. Then again, I don't think it'll happen but I think it'll be cool to help people walk off some pounds, like me. lol.

I hope we get more info about it soon and let's just hope that everything isn't all worth real money. I hope that's what the crystals are for.
 
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