Switching to Team Red, Blue, or Yellow in Pokémon GO will be possible. Niantic plans to work on allowing you to change your team in the future. However, the team switch seems to be a long way off.
Team switch not possible so far: In Pokémon GO, you choose early on which team you want to belong to: Red, Yellow, or Blue. Once you have made that selection, you have to stay in your team.
Advantages and disadvantages: In the game, there are advantages due to the teams, such as team bonuses in Raid battles. This gives you a few more Premier Balls. A disadvantage players see is that they are not in the same team as their friends. They would like to switch.
Text on support page revised
A Reddit user named bakytn noticed that Niantic’s text about the team switch has changed on the support page.
Before: The German translation says “At this time, it is not possible to change your team.”
After: In English, however, we learn: “Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to switch your team. We plan to add this feature to Pokémon GO in the future. We are first working on a few other major features. Therefore, there is currently no estimate of when team switching will be possible.”
This text has apparently been changed recently.
Clearly stated: As for when the team switch will be possible in Pokémon GO, Niantic does not give the usual vague indication that the feature is coming “soon”. They clearly state that other features will take precedence before they work on this function.
What is certain: What is clear is that a team switch feature in Pokémon GO is planned.
Joy among the trainers: This “announcement” delights many trainers. They write on Reddit that they wish for such a feature to play Pokémon GO better with their friends or family.
Trainer jakbutt writes: “My brother, my father, and I always play together and have lots of fun. The only problem? All three of us belong to different teams. Maybe we were naive, but we had no idea how important this team selection would ultimately be. […] It doesn’t matter to me to be on the dominant team or with the underdogs. I just want to be on the same team as my family.”
Have you also wished for a team switch in Pokémon GO? Or are you against it?
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