Can Pokémon GO trigger a new hype this year? With the planned features for 2017, the developers want to provide even more reasons to play.
According to the developers, there will soon be many reasons to play Pokémon GO and to spend time outdoors again. Over 65 million players engage with the augmented reality hit every month, inspiring the developers to continue improving the game. Therefore, this spring, cooperative gameplay will be introduced, which aims to provide you with a new gaming experience and may make the game even more popular.
Pokémon GO News – Planned Features in 2017
A few days ago, Pokémon GO won the award for Best Mobile and Handheld Game at the British Academy of Film, Television and Arts Game Awards. The developers express their gratitude for this award to the many millions of trainers who regularly log into Pokémon GO. Soon there will be more reasons to step into the world of Pikachu, Squirtle, and friends. In a blog post, the developers reveal what’s coming your way:
“We are still at the beginning of a great adventure. With the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere, players can look forward to new social and cooperative gameplay experiences that will provide trainers with new and exciting reasons to play in the sunshine again.”
One of these planned features could be the trading function. As the developers revealed, the trading feature won’t operate over the Internet, but will enhance the social aspect of Pokémon GO. Fans have been wishing for this feature much earlier in the game. However, there were good reasons why the developers waited with this function. The culprit is a very specific group of Pokémon GO players.
The planned cooperative experiences might also be closer than some trainers expect. In the code of the Pokémon GO Update 0.61.0 , interesting changes were found. Among other things, there were hints of raids that operate socially and cooperatively. The code features lines like “nearby_raid_notification_toast” “Nearby raid starting soon!”.
At the moment, experts assume that these raids will be used in Pokémon GO to plan and conduct group attacks on gyms. It may be possible to invite teammates from the same team to join in taking down gyms in the area.
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We are excited to see what Niantic presents to us in the coming weeks. Which feature are you particularly looking forward to?
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