The Mega Evolutions in Pokémon GO currently have a bad reputation. They are difficult to obtain and not incredibly useful. Two of the biggest YouTubers for the game now have 3 ideas on how to improve the feature.
Here’s the situation with Mega Evolutions: At the end of August, the special evolutions in Pokémon GO were introduced. Through special research, you can obtain Mega Bibarel, and there are the Mega Forms of Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur through raids.
The criticism surrounding the evolutions is significant. Too much money needs to be invested to use the evolutions effectively, and anyway, Mega Pokémon only last 4 hours – far too short for most trainers.
Niantic already had 5 adjustments ready, which are already active or will be partially implemented in the coming weeks. However, many trainers still find this insufficient.
YouTubers say: Here’s how Mega Evolutions could be improved
Who are the two YouTubers? Daniel “Spieletrend” Schilling is the largest YouTuber for Pokémon GO in the German-speaking area. He has over 334,000 subscribers on YouTube and is a partner of Niantic.
Nicholas “Trainer Tips” Oyzon is the largest Pokémon GO YouTuber in the English-speaking area. He has a total of 954,000 subscribers and is also a partner of Niantic.
This is what Trainer Tips suggests: In his video from August 31, Trainer Tips talks about the numerous events that Niantic has announced for September:
However, he also mentions in the video that the events were likely created before the negative feedback. He is sure that the Mega Evolutions will receive a major overhaul.
Trainer Tips generally suggests that Mega Evolutions should no longer be so tied to raids. This wish has already started to be fulfilled, as Mega Energy can now also be obtained from quests. In the future, buddy Pokémon should also bring Mega Energy.
In line with this suggestion, he states that the special research that will be released for Mega Gengar at the end of September is a good start.
This is what Spieletrend suggests: The Austrian criticized the Mega Evolutions in his video on August 28:
In the video, the YouTuber makes several suggestions on how to improve Mega Evolutions:
- He generally mentions that Megas should not be so tied to raids
- Mega Evolutions could, for example, be connected to the best buddy – if your buddy is at the highest level, then it can be mega-evolved repeatedly or only once a day, but without additional costs
- There is only one Mega Energy for each Pokémon, and you do not need to specifically collect energies for individual Pokémon
- Mega Evolutions could be performed once with the Mega Energies and then be completely free afterward
What does Niantic say about the criticisms? Niantic has already noticed that the current system is not well received. The first adjustments are not sufficient for many trainers. It is highly likely that the developers will make further changes.
Whether the YouTubers’ suggestions will be taken into account remains to be seen. However, it is quite possible since they are the voice for a large community, and similar suggestions have also been made by trainers.
If you want to perform Mega Evolutions currently, take a look at our comparison of the evolutions. There we show you which Mega Evolution is the most worthwhile.
