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Plus, everyone has Sun and Moon to play this winter anyway, and why bother facing off against that? But rather than trying to brute force the playerbase to return with these big new updates, I think it would be better to save them for everyone to enjoy during a time of year when it’s more appropriate. Obviously Niantic is going to get very itchy if their playerbase continues to decline over the next few months, but for a game that’s based on outdoor play, it really should not come as a shock that fewer people will be eager to play in the winter. I’ve said something similar about whatever events they have planned for the Legendary birds/Mewtwo, but it’s especially true for a huge expansion like Gen 2.
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Something as huge as the debut of 100 new Pokémon deserves a proper release when it isn’t going to be zero degrees in so many of the regions who want to play the new update.
#Gen 2 pokémon games update#
Perhaps the idea might be that in order to combat a drop in users this winter (almost no other video games have to deal with a seasonal/weather-based playerbase), that Niantic would roll out the update to ensure that players got out to play no matter what, because Gen 2 Pokémon would just be too tempting.īut I hate this theoretical plan, and I think it would be much more welcome if the Gen 2 rollout took place in say, April or May, when it’s actually getting warm again in most places. Niantic has killed the ability for Pokémon GO to be played inside warm buses or from the passenger seat of cars, and the prospect of walking around in the blistering cold (I live in Chicago) is a surefire way to ensure this new update would land with a thud. In many parts of the world, North America, Europe, Asia, it’s about to be the dead of winter. The other aspect of this is timing, namely, the idea that this update might come out soon.
#Gen 2 pokémon games full#
Is it not weird to expand without giving players the chance to collect the full 151 now?
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That’s Ditto, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo and Mew, for the uninitiated. If the Halloween Event was enough to get people playing again so that GO became the top-grossing app in the world once again, imagine what 100 Gold and Silver Gen 2 Pokémon will do.īut there are a few questions about the rollout of this that aren’t answered by the discovery of this data, which could point to an update weeks or even months from now.įirst and foremost, it would be a little strange to introduce #152 through #251 when in Gen 1, we are still missing #132, #144, #145, #146, #150 and #151 from the game. While Pokémon GO has been consistently adding new features like the Buddy System, this is essentially an expansion, practically a sequel, by introducing this many new Pokémon. The infusion of 100 new Pokémon into the game, including evolutions for existing Pokémon, would be a refresh unlike any other before it. Many avid Pokémon GO players have already filled up their Pokedex, or if they haven’t, they’re getting dangerously close, with only a few more evolutions or wild finds to go.