New Features Coming to Pokémon GO!

As per usual, Niantic has revealed some details about their upcoming Pokémon GO update before it goes live!

The first is a new medal system that gives you a bonus to your catch rate: as you capture more Pokémon of the same type, the higher your medal level will become, and the higher your catch rate will be for that specific type. You can get a Bronze, Silver and Gold medal in each typing giving you a +1, +2 and +3 bonus to the catch rate respectively. When catching dual-type Pokémon the catch rate will be an average of the two medal bonuses.

And just revealed today is an enhancement to the gym system! Now when you train your Pokémon at a gym of your own team you will be able to bring six Pokémon (instead of the original one), and the CP of the Gym’s Pokémon will be temporarily lowered to better compensate the CP of your Pokémon while training.

Niantic gave no official date of when the update will be available in the App Store and Google Play Store – only promising that they’re coming “soon.”

Do you think these updates will be helpful in your quest to catch ’em all the original 151? What else do you want to see Niantic roll out in the coming updates?

//ozymandis

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          • PJ have already said they’re going to provide warnings on articles that might mention leaked stuff, so they might also enforce bans on people who leak stuff.

            I think Serebii said they wouldn’t support any mining as well.

          • The comments is where I want to be, and I’ve already heard some people *cough*earthenwarrior*cough* say that they’re going to spread the info all around the comments. I’ll keep up with the real news, and I’ll probably stay relatively active in the forums (I need to be there for PJL), but what I primarily and here for is the comments. It’ll be worth it though, so long as there is enough secrets in the game. I do want to know some things though, like a certain battle facility.

          • Give it 2-5 days and they’ll have him contained.

            I should use the forums more, but whenever I go on they’re usually pretty dead or there’s nothing I want to discuss.

      • If I was head of pokemon, I’d make Niantic include Alola pokemon (alola formes and new pokemon alike) before Johto in November to promote the games. Maybe you’d get a few GO’ers to play.

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        • I’m not sure if that would be a good thing or not.

          Loads of people asking “So where is the CP?” and “how come I don’t have to throw the ball myself” or “I don’t like sitting down to catch them” or “they’re too easy to catch” or “there’s too many of them”.

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          • Only if we can lie to them and convince them the typing rules are different XD

            “No, Splash definately deals damage, maybe you’re pressing the button wrong.” XD

  1. I missed the article I’m actually interested in. 🙁 I mean I can still post things but most people will only see them here. So obviously I’m thrilled at the file size, that’s huge. This opens up so many possibilites, post game region, PWT, new post game island, maybe BATTLE FRONTIER!?!? Anyway, what confuses me is the 4 GB SD card thing. Does that mean the demo will be larger than .8 GB, or is that just for save data?

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  2. Actually on topic, I don’t really play GO much anymore. I’ll pick it back up when Johto comes out; it was fun when the commons/uncommons were new and fun, but the only ones I don’t have now are dragonite, charizard, etc. (The ones that I’ll only get by getting really lucky) Humorously enough, my mom is the only person I know who is still playing, she’s absolutely addicted to that game. xD

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  3. Sorry for posting this on the main site, but TONIGHT IS THE FINAL NIGHT FOR PJL TOURNAMENT BATTLES!!! You’ve had 4 weeks as of tomorrow, which was plenty of time. After this we’ll finalize competitors (I think there’s a three way tie in divison 1) and then begin the type choice tournament.

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    • Well I’m still opted out now I lost all the ones I did and my problem everyone of my other opponents are never available when I am or they never showed up

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  4. So is Ash gonna be the OT on Greninja? I really don’t like that we can get him because it doesn’t make sense. Why would it turn into Ash Greninja if we’re not Ash

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  5. I went grocery shopping today, and for some reason I felt like I had to check out the Pokemon merchandise (which I never do), and when I did I saw that there was a Banette plush. Long story short, I’m now down $12 because of my favorite Pokemon.

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      • Two E-mails this e-mail was a school account that closed but can only be used on things like Pokejungle so I made another account for my regular non-school google account so if this ever fails to work Diglett bros. will be transformed into me and will take my place

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  6. I never fully realized how massive SM will be. With all of these new features (Island challenge, The PC gimmick, the new Wifi Plaza, Z Moves, Island Guardians, Ultra Beasts, etc.), I think SM will be the largest Pokemon game by far. Not only that, SM has like 2x the amount of GB than XY and ORAS.

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    • ok but Serena and Ash have had more development as a “couple” than any of the other companions. Now they are getting rid of her and turning the anime into complete shit once again.

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      • Yeah what would Ash and Serena dating honestly add to the story? Then they would just have to keep her around longer. Having Ash in a relationship would detract from his journey.

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          • I don’t think it would add that much even if he were 18. Mid twenties to early 30s maybe, but at 18 it would still make perfect sense for him to not be involved romantically and to still want 100% focus on friendship and adventure.

        • I agree, but it wouldn’t work with the current format since the target audience are still children, even though most people who actually watch it are between 16-22

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          • I’m so sick of that excuse. Gravity Falls, Steven Universe and Over the Garden Wall are all mature and respect their audience. Kids don’t deserve the same crappy repetitive non-sense. Heck even when I was younger I found the anime to get super boring and monotonous as I figured out the formula was just make a bunch of nothing episodes to feature pokemon.

            The fact that kids entertainment is just expected to be mindless garbage angers me to no end.

          • To back this up:
            One Piece is actually aimed at children and teens despite featuring much bloodshed, having a large adult fan base and having one reaaaally long continuous plot line with many intricate continuity connections between arcs.

            In the manga, something that has been left a mystery since about 1998 has just this year been revealed, 18 years on.

            I’m sure there are similar anime this can be said for. It’s only America (and in part Britain) that (90% of the time) treats its young audience like they’re thick when it comes to cartoons. Gravity Falls was a saving grace while it lasted.

          • I hate that the pokemon anime just gets a pass for being
            a) Pokemon
            b) “for kids”

            It is just a bad show. I was really excited when I heard that XYZ was good. But now they are just bringing it right back down to boring slice of life with no stakes or character archs. The anime is a bad show and I dont think there is much anyone could say to argue that

          • They could fix it but they won’t.

            Look at Pokemon Chronicles – that was pretty damn good from what I remember.

            And it would be really easy to make something serious, they were getting there with origins and they got close with these shorts, but they just keep denying the possibility because they desparately want to keep all flagship Nintendo series as ‘child friendly’. Pokenchi is the worst of all.

          • Those shows also don’t have over 900 episodes where the character doesn’t age or get rebooted every 3 seasons for the next batch of kids..

          • So what do you want then? Serena to always travel with Ash until they get married NEVER because they don’t age?

          • It doesn’t make it okay! The adventures manga has been going on for almost as long and works because it treats its readers with respect, shows character development and aging and actually changes! Everytime a new game comes out, we get new characters to follow! it isn’t the same idiot running around accomplishing nothing.

            I was really wanting Serena and Ash to get together, Ash to win the Kalos league and reboot the anime so we could get some new characters. that would SAVE the anime honestly. Instead we are just getting ash being an idiot once again.

          • I agree about the manga even though I’ve never read it.

            I’d be ok with them scrapping Ash and starting again, but I don’t think he needs to get married off. Making him finally the champion of Kanto would be reward enough.

      • I concur, I get fed up with every film and series, irrespective of genre, having to have the main characters shoehorned into a relationship.

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    • Best solution: don’t ship.

      Accept that Ash is an asexual monk.
      Either that or he’s secretly in love with Pikachu, but I don’t think the world is ready for that.

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        • I know people that attempted relationships at 10-12.
          Besides which, that always brings up the question of how he never ages.
          He looked like he’d aged a bit in XYZ, but then time reset itself and he’s going back to school.

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          • Sadly I do too. -_- It’s a pointless waste of time and energy if you ask me. At that age a “relationship” means basically just sitting together at lunch or something, it’s dumb.

          • A relationship doesn’t have to imply intercorse though.

            It also sometimes means hugs and kissing though, even at that age.

            I dunno though, my first relationship was when I was 14 and I regretted it greatly.

            There was an incident a year or two later that was more like a fling which was much better but got stopped thanks to betrayal from someone I trusted.

            Eh I dunno. I’m not very good at relationship stuff. Heck, I’m not very good with social stuff in general.

          • Yup.

            Just retcon all the times he actually got into tournaments and involved with legendaries.

            Classic Pokemon Anime writing.

    • It was always a stretch but it’s got more legs to stand on then you. xD I’m no amourshipper, but it’s definitely got evidence, the most of any Pokemon ship.

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  7. I wonder if Skill Swap and Role play will have any utility with Passimian. And in a similar vein if Passimian could learn Entrainment. Also would a Smeargle with Instruct be in any way more useful than Oranguru itself? Just a few random thoughts of things to possibly try.

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      • True, but I’m thinking about whether you could replace it with the evil that is Dark Void Smeargle. It really depends on how it works defensively and if the move you’re instructing the other Pokémon to repeat would hurt the instructor I guess.

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  8. Vanishing now because I’ve lost track of how many hours I’ve been awake.

    My streak of normal human hours is broken ; n ;

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  9. In efforts to cope with my “month of leave”, so to speak, I’m planning a small marathon if you can call it that. I’m going to try to finish HGSS, play BW2, and finish it off with Red where it all started before SM. I spend a lot of time on the Internet, this’ll free up my time a lot.
    ——————-
    Side note, you know how hoenn had trumpets as a theme? Well I think a game that had bells as a musical motif would be cool.

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    • I’ve been doing that for a while now! I started with OmegaRuby, then went to SS, then Black, then White 2, and about to start Y, which I can hopefully finish before I play Sun.

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  10. Considering how big the demo file is, if I see any sign of it being data mined, I’ll be going offline until the games’ release. I don’t want to leave you guys for so long, but I’ll do what I have to do to avoid such large spoilers.

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      • Yep… me too… its going to be very unpleasant to be away that long… since its been almost a year visitng the site everyday….

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          • I first came here on the xy leaks( could’ve been on the bw leaks… but im not sure)…. if the site was up ont the electivire magmortar period of leak… maybe, cause i remenber being on serebii by that time…. i know for sure on xy… cause it became a favorite cause the community! I spent a good time o serebii foruns…. but people were very…. unfriendly…. this pre main game season i enter here everyday….
            and i loled with some of you nasty commentes

    • The only thing I want to know is a pokemon list. Would it be too much to ask PJ to post separate articles if it does get datamined? One for the pokedex and the other for other stuff?

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    • Aw man, I don’t wanna leave D:

      I’m just hoping all of that data is for the models and textures and stuff by it probably isn’t. Come in GF I really want you to learn from last time

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    • I’m going to do the same thing too because I want to go into this blind for once. It sucks when the whole game is just revealed to you by hacking the demo

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  11. So can anyone suggest me a good, not so expensive, sd card? I only have 4 gb…. and i need a 16gb…. or 32gb… 64 is overkill… i wont use it…. unless the “4ds” uses the same card!

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  12. Hmmmmm I wonder what ol Stufful and Bewear’s move set would be
    Bind/Pound
    Tail Whip
    Helping Hand
    Baby-Doll Eyes/Play Nice
    Flail
    Karate Chop/Arm Thrust
    Comet Punch
    Charm
    Scary Face
    Covet
    Work Up
    Body Sam/Retaliate/Mega Punch
    Rest
    Wring Out
    Hammer Arm

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    • Yeah the starters are definitely getting something interesting I think. I don’t think it’ll be just specific Z moves or Z forms anymore. I’m still leaning towards split forms for their finals. It’d be something long lasting that would set the gen 7 starters apart from all the others. If it was just z moves or Z forms they could inevitably give the others them too, but split forms are something special that they’d have to be “born” with. lol

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