As we all know Niantic has been hard at work on making Pokémon GO better than ever, and now that the servers are stable they can start focusing on new features – Introducing Buddy Pokémon!
As revealed in a post on their official website, each trainer can pick one Pokémon to become their buddy, which gives you new in-game experiences and rewards – such as that specific ‘mons Candy. They will appear alongside you trainer in the profile screen (and technically in the overworld as well), and can be changed whenever and wherever. No official day on when this update will go live, but Niantic promises that it’ll be “just around the corner.”
So who are you going to choose as your buddy Pokémon? And what other features do you want to see in the app?
//ozymandis
I don’t know if I prefer that Meganium gets a Mega Evolution called Mega Meganium
Or a special Z-move so the item is called Meganiumium.
Too bad it can’t have two held item slots. A “Mega Meganiumium” would be the coolest item ever.
10/10 best name of 21st century
“Mega Meganiumnium”
??
Maybe Megium Z?
WALLACE IS IN 2ND PLACE IN THA BALLOT!
You do realize they’re not going to update who won, right?
I know, but I still keep looking at it
No
Why not?
Am I now allowed to look at it anymore?
It is literally at the side of the page.
As long as it makes you happy lol
I wonder if the servers are better because this game lost 1/3 of its users really quickly?
Yep :] most likely
GPS is kinda bad still but servers don’t crash
Sorry, Earthen. I know you probably won’t take this too well, but I apologize for being mean. Yeah, you didn’t deserve all of this.
I’m sorry dude.
poor gumshoe. I really like him. not as much as miles though.
I swear I just cannot get away from legends without going to the bin with tiers
Every NU carries the same Mesprit and OU has everything I hate
I was dominating this guy until a freaking Latias endured my attack just to spam roost until I died
Play PU….but then you have to deal with the OP Articuno
Ughhhhh this would all be avoided if they sucked it up and made non-legends ladders
LC
Roost sucks!
and the worst part is moves get stale and the damage isn’t consistent
so they just wait until the move does less and less damage while they regain the exact same amount of health
that’s why they should make it that hp recovery moves fail in succession
Just checked my Go first thing that up was Shellder and Jigglypuff on radar and yet Rattata and Weedle spawned in my area
Oh and is it a smart choice to save my Electabuzz candies for one day when Gen.4 comes out? That would be awesome to first guy with Electavire
You should, but thats like in 2 years
I can wait that long
Where is everyone?
Hi
Hi!
Die
Pie
cry
Bill Nye the science guy!
Haha
*sigh*
i’m nursing my glass filled foot by playing wow
You should go to the doctor’s for your foot…. and the therapist’s for your WoW problem
hey i have been without a computer for nearly five months because my old laptop overheated so much
i’ve waited very long for an actual gamming PC so i can do stuff better so i’ve more then earned my Wow pigout secession
and its a great day eater since i got nothing to work on until Sun and moon which is 10 weeks away and 6 away from my birthday so now i can spend my time power leveling all my toons and their professions until things finally slow down
That’s never a good sign
and this isn’t even the first shard
i’ve had glass in my foot for over a week
That sounds like you need a doctor
the glass is gone (or most of it) it’s just the wounds that are getting on my nerves
I’ll choose haunter just to grind for a gengar
I’m gonna grind a few more my Starters, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Haunter, Meowth, almost every single water type in the game, and most importantly my Weepinbell to Victreebell
What’s your pokemon go pokedex at? mine’s 110 caught and seen
Mines at 57 caught 59 seen (A Rhydon and Golbat escaped me)
60 I caught Pikachu
nice, congrats
Jeez…I’m at like 71
121 Caught/122 Seen – a ???Cp Lapras escaped me after on Razz Berry/Ultra Ball/Curveball/Nice combo, I was sad for a few hours haha
wow that sucks, hope you catch another one! a farfetch’d got away from me on a trian when i was in japan, but i managed to catch another one, i was so thankful
yeah it does suck sadly, but ah well. Got a 10km on the go now so hopefully it’ll hatch into either Lapras, Aerodactyl, Hitmonlee, Kabuto or Dratini (praying for not an Eevee since I have all 3 evolutions + a 620cp Eevee and 100 candies haha
Only way I’ll get a Farfetch’d is through an egg since it’s continent exclusive haha
75 Caught 78 Seen
That’s a neat idea. Shame my mobile data ran out yesterday and I’m too broke to buy more. Gotta be saving up those coins for my Sun pre-order 🙂
Pokemon Go has been fun this summer, but very bug-ridden. I think it’ll be a lot better in like a years time when they’ve added more Pokemon and ironed out all the problems.
Wait, your data isn’t monthly?
I have 20gb of 4G/3G then it becomes unlimited but with a slower connection and I pay 20€ for that. I don’t use even 5gb xd
Holy Sh*T just captured Pikachu when I was coming home from picking up my brother also saw on radar but didn’t appear Poliwag, Tauros, and Psyduck and caught Squirtle with 267 CP and Gastly
Proven
I dont believe you
Also got one while capturing (ignore lady in background that’s my mom)
Rf
Wow. I don’t have Pikachu, but I feel bad that you don’t have Poliwag and Psyduck 🙁
I know
Ignore last one I know I can’t stand not having first stage of favorite water type yet today I’ve seen on radar at least 3 each
The pokemon GL is pretty cool. It hasa little log book of your game. If you haven’t reset your game since you got it like me, it has some cool little things you may have forgotten
I just realized that all the evil team logos contain the first letter of their names…
Duh???
Yeah that’s how I felt
No worries. We all have are dumb moments.
In my defense: Magma, Flare and Skull are hard to notice for the first time.
oh of course. No need to defend yourself. We all have our moments that we don’t realize things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMxKQOZqgRE
GRAMPFS
That’s OK. But I always knew from first glimpse.
I think I have discovered the perfect picture to describe Earthen:
xDDD
I mean this in the most loving way possible.XD
except nobody calls earthen cute
Truth is told here
Earthen is pretty cute to be honest.
you know i’m still here right
Yeah, we know. Now go back to being a demon hunter in WoW and fight stromrage again because Blizzard ran out of ideas for that game(in a story sense) long ago.
…you don’t have to be a douche about it…
I wasn’t trying to be; sorry if I made it sound like that. I simply meant that you said you haven’t had much time to enjoy the game, and I hoped you were and you know we say these things out of loving jokes. Like pointing out how a Rhyperior pretty much get’s ohko’ed by almost anything with grass knot. We don’t say it to piss you of, but rather to say that it sucks that a really well designed pokemon isn’t very good.
As for the shot at blizzard; yeah I meant that fully. Blizz ran out of lore for Wow long ago and have gotten to a point that their largely recycling old ideas to further extend the game. I love them as a company, and I”ll admit I play way more overwatch then I should, but I’ll point out their laziness at any point I can.
He’s adorable
If I breed an Eeveelution with Ditto, do I get an Eevee or one of the Eeveelutions lv1?
Why the hell would you get an eeveelution??? Evee is not a baby pokémon, and has no related incense, where the hell would you get that idea??
Sorry not trying to be rude, I’m genuinely surprised by the question lol.
I guess it would be easier if it bred eeveelutions, but it would make no sense so thank heavens that’s not a thing. Ya got to work hard for them. Plus it means if your eevee has an undesirable nature, you can repurpose it (as long as you don’t need egg moves)!!
No I just want to know when I store an Eeveelution and Ditto with the Day Care if the resulting egg is a new Eevee or just the Eeveelution on lv1. Its a very simple question really lol.
It’s eevee. Eevee’s the basic, so that’s what would come out of the egg
And I gave you the answer (if not in the clearest fashion I must admit). No, it’s a new eevee. In what drunken land of post-logic would you get an eeveelution?
You had a bad day, didn’t you
Actually my day was fine, I’m just baffled by such a question even being asked and I’m having trouble conveying my disbelief in a friendly rather than rude manner :p
If that putative demo does stupidly spoil the whole of S&M, I’m really gonna try my hardest to stay away from that info and enjoy discovering stuff when the games come out. However, there are definitely a few bits of information I’m definitely gonna inquire after, such as:
-Number of new pokémon, number of legendaries, whether there are fossils, whether by some world-breaking miracle we somehow have cross-gen evolutions
-Number of Alola forms, and whether they’re all Kanto pokémon
-Whether there are any new megas
-wether there’s any indication of decent postgame content
-Whether ash-greninja is in the game/ whether there’s any indication they’ve included god-awful synchro or whatever it’s called as a new feature
I feel these are the sorts of questions I’d rather know the answer to before going in, rather than be disappointed (and after XY and ORAS I feel I’m definitely more likely to be disappointed by the answers and thus would like to be warned as I was for those games)
Eh if it leaks this early I’m going all in. There would be no way I could stay away for that long.
If it leaks, it leaks. I’m not gonna go out of my avoid the inevitable.
Honestly depending on the demo date of release I might be at uni when it’s out and thus have enough on my plate to stay away without much trouble (though it’s still gonna be an uphill battle).
But yeah I don’t fully back myself on succeeding in staying away, though I feel the prize is worth the effort. That said if all that’s left to discover is 20 pokémon and 10 forms like last time, I’m not sure that’s worth staying away for. That’s the kind of reason I want that general information. Fingers crossed the batch is a decent size and game freak don’t go to overboard with official reveals, and fingers crossed the demo isn’t rushed out again.
RUMOR ALERT! What I’m about to say could be completely fake. This German website claims a trusted source has shared that Nintendo will release an unannounced Nintendo Direct on Tuesday, September 6th at 4PM German time (7AM PST) which will announce the NX. This would beat out Sony and Apple’s September 7 events. This is the benefit of Nintendo Directs: they can beat out the competition by foregoing initial press conferences. It would also explain the very early September Direct we just had out of the blue. This could be fake, but it makes sense from a media and attention perspective. Let’s hope they show a Pokemon tech demo or something like that!
http://10do.de/News-Viewer-Home.110.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9956&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=5
That’d be quite cool, though I’m not sure preempting Sony and Apple with a surprise announcement is that good a strategy. In any case I’ll be in the jungle with no wi-fi by then so I’m damned to be clueless anyhoo. It’ll be interesting to emerge 10 days later and feel like I’ve been under a rock if the NX is indeed revealed or if GF drop a bombshell.
I think it would be a quick 10-15 minute Direct that reveals the name and a concept trailer, possibly with an announcement of trial events and press conferences in the future. If such a thing were to happen on Tuesday, I expect it to happen solely in response to Sony and Apple, nothing more.
I’m rooting for it to be called the New Nes, so they can make the logo an N with a 2 hanging. Anyone else got name ideas?
Ultra Nintendo Entertainment System. The UNES.
That would be cool, though I’d also love to see a games trailer to give us a taste of the launch lineup and see the sort of thing their making for the system, as well as build up incredible hype.
I’d like to see a game where you live with your Father and your Mom is the Champion.
#feminism
No. It’s just the only games that you actually see your dad is RSE/ORAS . It would be nice to live with him
But you don’t actually live there anyway, since you’re on an adventure most of the time. I’d actually like it if the Parent character played a more active role.
Yeah, it would be nice to ‘live’ with him. Aka ditch him when you turn 10
The parents of the protagonist have never been champs, the most we got was a Gym Leader Father.
Also I don’t know how much sense it would make to keep that a secret from your character. Does he know about his mother? Did his mother leave them, so she could be champion full time? I demand answers.
Then again the question of the protagonists father have never never been answered (other than gen 3).
You know your mom and that she’s the champ. She was the champion of the region, she fell in love with a challenger (your father) and they got married. She tells you that story before you battle her and then after you battle her, she says she’s going to spend more time with you and your father.
the universe would explode
What about if the protagonist’s parents are secretly the evil team’s bosses? Then the story culminates in you finding out and having to defeat them
When you are defeated
Mum: “Sigh…like father like son/daughter”
So what are people thinking? Is the 6th going to be just another regular update with the usual new Pokemon/forms/characters or do they something different/extra for us? Think they’ll announce a date for the release of the demo?
It will probably be normal, just our luck
No
Starter evolutions, 2-4 new pokemon, 2 new alola forms and new feature/character/story aspect
I think Alolan Raticate, Pikipek evolution, and possibly Fossils and for Corocoro Starter first evolutions
Strarter Evolutions.
2-3 New Pokemon.
Game Details.
Rockruff and Starter Secrets.
While I agree they could show the starter evolutions I do wonder if they’d skip the secret of Rockruff until later in the month when it’s talked about in CoroCoro. Either way I’d say the starters stand a good chance.
What if the secret connection between the Starters and Rockruff is just that they have unique Z-moves? How disappointing would that be?
I really want slightly different designs depending on the player’s looks like in those leaks.
That might be really cool..like if you don’t like the base designs for the starters it might help that you can slightly change their designs.
Doubt it. When they first mentioned the secret it said that it was something that just the four of them had in common. I doubt their secret would be something that a bunch of other Pokemon can do. Plus even if it was why would they introduce it on Snorlax rather than on them?
I don’t think it is the secret, but I also wouldn’t be exactly surprised if it turned out to be something lame lol
It is a secret tho……When Junes CoroCoro came out and revealed Rockruff it specifically stated that the four of them held a secret. lol
No, I’m saying I don’t actually think this is the secret, but I do acknowledge that there is indeed some sort of secret
Ooooooooooooh!!! hahaha Ok I gotcha now lol
okay since September 6th is going to give us some more info on Pokemon Sun and Moon it’s time for some ideas.for my Ideas I like to see: a Dust Bunny a Poison/Fairy,a Jackalope a Grass/Fairy,a Jackrabbit an Electric/Fighting,a steam train that evolves into a bullet train Fire/Steel,a sea sponge-Water that evolves into a karate sponge-Water/Fighting And a plankton Bug/Water.
A steam train Pokemon? Yeah thats not happening.
Yeah and a Keychain pokemon will never happen either. Don’t forget the idea of a magnet pokemon
Magnemite line And Klefki. T_T
We bought to many balls! Now we gotta catch them all, so all aboard the steam train!! Choo choo!
I wonder if there’s another inanimate object that will be based For a Pokemon?
WHY WONT MY EEVEE EVOLVE? ITS TAKING TOO LONG!
SS team
Badges: 4
Bayleef lv25
Graveler lv26
Eevee lv23
Flaaffy lv25
Heracross lv26
Gyarados lv30
Because it hates you apparently
Nobody hates me
You been massaging it?
Nope but I’ll head to Goldenrod now for haircut
Good
Its also holding a Soothe Bell
Have the lady in goldenrod check its happiness
Where can I find her
Her house is over near the bike shop
Its still possible to trade between Soulsilver and Platinum right? Just FYI
Yep yep
Yep. Same gen.
maybe the next inanimate object Pokemon will be a slice of pizza which evolves into a whole pizza which evolves in a pizza box,the slice of Pizza,Whole pizza and pizza box are all pure fire type. 😀
Alolan form hawaiian pizza
Who the heck puts Ham on Pizza.
It’s good tho.
I’m joking about all the people who hate pineapple on pizza, unlike me.
Do You know what Village Pizza and Pub is? (Or is that an Illinois thing?)
or maybe the next inanimate object Pokemon will be based on a pineapple,which evolves into a pineapple Cannon,which evolves into a pineapple Tank and all of those pineapple type Pokemon are Electric-Types,well the first one is electric while the other ones are Electric/Steel. 😀
This was posted on an earlier article, what is it? http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/4180/6396/original.jpg
And this? http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/4180/6398/original.jpg
That last line just killed all credibility lmao
Lol I just noticed that. Goes in the bin then
I also hope GF is more creative than that Team Majestic “take over the world” bullshat
well team flare was all “Genocide” Bullshat.
That’s true..hopefully skull is a bit more unique though
Tea will replace Soda Pops
Buckingham Palace is the E4 Palace with the Queen as the champion
Phone boxes act as Fast Travel Points.
Rain will be a common weather condition on most routes.
I Sniff a Fake!
BIN…..hehe.
i’ve had bowel movements more believable then this drek
This gave me a stomach ache