In Pokémon GO, a trainer has reached an insane milestone: He has apparently caught 1 million Pokémon. However, some players doubt this achievement, as these numbers are pretty crazy.
Which player is it? The account “kyarorina” from Japan is meant. A screenshot surfaced on reddit, documenting the 1 million catches.
The Japanese player would thus be the first documented trainer to have achieved such a number of catches.
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These numbers are impressive: When you break down the catches to a day, that would be about 800 catches per day since release. An enormous number that kyarorina must reach daily for over 3 years.
How credible is the image? The screenshot was shared by the YouTuber Reversal. He is a partner of Niantic and is considered credible. He has often shared information that has all been accurate.
On his Twitter account, Reversal also shared further images. There is a screenshot of the catch medal and a picture of the stardust.
According to the images, kyarorina has over 185 million stardust and almost 200,000 Rattata candies.
On reddit, Reversal also mentions that the Japanese player reaches the catch cap, which is the maximum number of Pokémon that can be caught per day, almost every day. He is also said to have a job that he attends to.
What supports this: Kyarorina lives in Japan. The major cities of the country are considered a paradise for Pokémon GO trainers. There are PokéStops everywhere, and there are endless spawns. If you can achieve such a goal in one place, it is definitely Japan.
Are there opposing voices? Some players believe that this goal cannot really be achieved. There is also no confirmation that the trainer played completely without cheats.
One should therefore be skeptical about whether it was actually achieved completely without cheating. However, many points speak for it.
Are there any other players like this? Kyarorina is just joining a line of various milestones with this goal. Most recently, BrandonTan from Singapore reached 1 billion experience points.
Other players have collected all available shinies or traded thousands of Pokémon for a crazy goal.
This player sells her artworks for rare Pokémon:
