Today marks Pokémon GO’s first ever real life event!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktrQAJNbAc
REWARDS UPDATE: Despite difficulties at GO Fest, players around the world have completed all the Window Challenges and unlocked legendaries! Lugia will be given out to all GO Fest ticket holders, and Lugia raid battles will start to roll out worldwide over the next two days. Since Team Mystic contributed the most during the challenges, Articuno Raid Battles will start to roll out in the same time frame as well. In addition to the legendary birds, the following GO Fest bonuses will be active around the globe for the next 48 hours:
- Double Stardust
- Double Candy
- Double XP
- Increased Pokémon encounters
- Reduced hatching distance
- Reduced buddy distance
Located in Grant Park on the coast of Chicago, Illinois, Pokémon GO Fest promises plenty of Pokémon fun for ticket holders:
- Catch a wide variety of Pokémon, including some that have never been seen before in Grant Park (regional exclusives, as well as Unown are strongly hinted at)
- Unlock the exclusive Pokémon GO Fest Chicago medal for your profile page
- Take advantage of the Pokémon GO Fest walking course, lined with PokéStops that award special 2 km Eggs which can only be obtained in Grant Park
- Cool off and recharge in one of the three team lounges, where you’ll meet your fellow Instinct, Mystic, or Valor teammates
- Commemorate the experience by snapping photos with your favorite Pokémon at the many photo opportunities around the park
- And much more!
Can’t attend? No worries – you can still take part in the fun! The millions of PoGO players across the globe can work together with the thousands of trainers in the park to complete challenges throughout the day and unlock amazing in-game rewards globally! Earlier this week Niantic revealed that the first ever Legendary Pokémon will be one of these rewards – but it will only appear in Grant Park if trainers around the world successfully meet the capture goals set throughout the weekend. If trainers in Chicago manage to defeat the legendary, it will start appearing in Raid Battles everywhere.
A special Twitch and YouTube livestream (see above) for players that are unable to attend is available to view for the latest news coming out of Pokémon GO Fest! Including Challenge Window updates, exclusive interviews, and the reveal of the first Legendary Pokémon!
Will you be taking part in the global awards and challenges, or are you one of the lucky few who will be attending the festivities in Chicago?
First and don’t care,
Then don’t comment lol
Maybe you shouldn’t comment
Nice comeback, did you get that from a two year old?
yes, you
Oooh sick burn, you must’ve got that from someone a bit older. Four, five?
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They made Legendaries available a whole year after the original came out. A little late dont you think?
Lol legendaries should’ve came out 2-3 months after the game, not a whole year
Is it me or there’s been a lot of Pokemon go news lately? Also, they should had introduced legendaries when the game was starting to lose relevance, not when the game is already irrelevant to most people.
In my opinion, I think this is the perfect time to release legendaries!
The raid system provides a realistic power level and task deserving of the term “legendary”. Tie it in as part of real life events, and it really brings everything together and gives meaning to traveling for something like GO Fest; can you imagine how uneventful legendary captures would be if they released it before the gym reworks? Moreover, if Niantic stays on this trajectory they’ve set up (releasing the previous generation’s legendaries, along with a few from the latest gen, inbetween each generation release), we’re going to have really steady updates and content in terms of Pokemon coming to the game! And honestly, we Pokefans always find something to complain about, so if they did it before now people would be saying today that they released it way too early. lmao
I guess you’re right, legendary battle wouldn’t be the same without the raid system, I could argue that they should had introduced the system earlier but it takes time and they had a lot of glitches to fix as well
Pokemon Go is dangerous, so it’s bad
Eh, GO is just as dangerous as texting while walking, and you’re looking at a map half of the time while playing which helps to make it a little less dangerous.
Pretty sure my Google Map app doesn’t show traffic or obstacles on the way :P.
Don’t use your phone while driving or cycling or crossing the road, period.
Who the hell goes on Pokémon GO walking across the street, or in wilderness/on uneven ground?
Tbh most of the Pokémon GO deaths and injuries were the person’s own fault 😡
Of course, it’s not really the game’s fault. So I don’t get why people complain about the game ‘causing’ these accidents.
True, people like to blame the game for some reason
http://pokemongodeathtracker.com/
Ugh, stop spamming, I know you’re that ShockGate guy.
#exposed
no, I’m not ShockGate.
Oh yeah, I guess it was just a coincidence that you have the same IP and a similar email adress?
Sorry, It’s my fault. I have using My brother ID.
man, i haven’t been using this ID for awhile. sorry about the spams, my brother has been using this ID without my permission and he has issues.Apparently he made use of it since i forgot to logout of Disqus.
Lowkey pressed because all the challenges are happening from 11pm-7am my local time, so I can’t really participate
hmmm just like me
Tbh I feel for GO! To be more of a success it needs more intuitive PvP and trading :0
Ngl I heard somewhere that trading could break the game
When trading is eventually implemented, hopefully Niantic makes it so that you can’t trade region exclusives or event exclusives – otherwise, yer, it would def break the game. haha
But then how would poor people who can’t travel complete the Pokedex?
Sacrifices have to be made :T
Alrighty I got all my Power Gear and like 3 more wins to rank 9
so if i’m, gonna be the rolling thunder i’ll need to keep scrubbing gear until i get
Ink Saver Main
Refill
Running
stop it
I thought it was odd no one was at the other one at this hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1BYtqTK1OM
There we go, subbed and not edited
Awesome!
as much as i dislike Alolan Marowak this one has spunk
Idk why
I hate how skinny it is and I don’t like their explanation for why it became a ghost type
I get the idea of it wanting to combat Grass types but it still doesn’t make a whole lot of sense
you make no sense
Right back at ya
It’s a reference to Gen 1 and Marowak’s ghost. The fact Marowak came back as a distinctly shaped ghost and not a featureless phantom may show a spiritual affinity, and the fact it already has a death theme (bones and orphans) shows that Marowak may be more prone to developing ghostly features than other Pokémon
S U C C
Agreed
Made tacos with Meat and Guacamole from Scratch… Proud of Mahself… *burp*
Nurse Joy wished me Happy Birthday 2 days early, lol. I should look in settings if I wrote it wrong
https://youtu.be/A-AqHaYKVhA
lol this stream is so bad. John Hanke getting booed was the peak of it all lol
???
I think hes talking about Pokemon Go stream
Oh ooops
The whole event is a disaster: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1409739
Omg that’s amazing
I just feel bad for both sides. Niantic is struggling to keep up with their enormous amount of screw ups (like over booking the park so now their are thousands of people waiting in the heat for hours).
The people that came paid money for nothing because the game isn’t even working. And the youtubers who are hosting are constantly being booed. It’s really bad….
The park isn’t really overbooked, they have issues with to connection so checking in everyone has been troubled and therefore everyone has to wait a really long time.
Oh I see… So it’s just the server issues that are slowing everything down. I mean, if you think about it, it is a deserving anniversary event cuz it’s super nostalgic of when the game first came out lol
But still, I feel for both Niantic and players….
It’s almost as bad as the Sonic anniversary stream if not worse
Idk about that
Nope. Definitely worse. It’s so bad, that at this point it isn’t funny. People are straight up rioting.
Are they?
yup.
Is there a stream that isn’t a blank image of “Pokémon Go Fest” I can find
That’s literally all the stream has been so far besides the couple of minutes of booing.
Try going on twitter there are plenty of videos of the crowd there.
I actually feel really bad about this. It’s so embarrassing for them. If it had worked this would have been a great push for GO, but this is a really bad look
I know…
I was excited that this could be what Pokemon GO needed to get back into the spotlight. But unfortunately it’s just making it worse….
Damn… This is really upsetting.
Maybe the fest can redeem itself later? idk :/
I’m hoping. It’s off to an atrocious start tho. Let’s see if they can dig themselves out of this whole.
Also the music is so bad lol
Tru, the music is outright club music
This event might actually be the component to completely destroy the last of its reputation
I know… It’s terrible.
Yeah I think that a better way to have made the event is to have several places globally reserved with a smaller cap at each then what is at Chicago. Then it could hold more people, the servers crashing would be less of an issue and they would make more money from the masses
That’s what I thought they would do…
And in a way that did do that. All of Europe is having local events in each city, but the US is only in chicago…
I feel they could’ve done stuff like a hunk of Central Park even for USA as well
Knowing from experience people hate people here and crowding us together is not a smart move
Why can’t Splatoon have y-axis on the right stick when motion controls are on. The whole controls feel clunky and no motion control makes you even worse.
Motion Controls are a must
YEAH BUT WHY CANT I USE THE STICK FOR GROSS VERTICAL MOVING
Idk. Could you use it in the first Splatoon? I can’t remember
Nope it was the same.
Apparantly the reason why they do it is because the angle of your controller irl is the same angle you’re aiming you’re gun at. So it’s best to just reset with Y.
Maybe there’s a toggle in the options, but you’ve probably already checked. :/
No, the toggly gets disabled when you select motion control. It is intended this way, which sucks.
I want to see how many times I died, I only use Splashdown as a means of instant refill
Keep count
I can’t even recall who you are
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I’m starting to like her design as much as I resented it at first
wtf do you mean you resented it you heathen
Idk the hair was a real turn off at first
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Not anymore tho
I swear, if I say that Marina sucks someone will search for me, find me and
Why do you say that to everyone lol
Edge
Edgiest Pokejungler?
YouSeraph because he supposedly admits it
Nah Seraph is ironically edgy
I vote Shady
I didn’t want to vote Shady because it’s kinda an obvious answer 😛
Shady or Earthen when he is depressed
Shady
Least edgy jungler?
Definitely
Kurusu
Me 😀
I can say its not me
Kurusu for sure
He’s as edgy as a butter knife
Funniest joke I’ve seen all day LOLZ
he’s edgy as a soccerball
Don’t force it
Nah that’s Buttergeek 😉
The force is strong in this one
And who’s the edgiest?
..you
Fair enough ………I have a nightmare about this shit
?? uhh really why?
Kurusu is the nicest one here….I think.
Finishing the triad of questions: on a scale of fluffy ball to Infinite, how edgy are you?
like…. a table? like sometimes I might make someone get their head torn the fuck open when they hit their head on the corner but for 99% of the time im just a table
I tend to change from time to time: So i’m like a cardbox (idk) at my best and a paper sheet at my worst.
People are asking for refunds at Pokemon Go fest lol
Meh I can understand, but it’s a bit sad to me
Everyone will get a full refund and $100 in Pokémon Go currency apparently.
What’s the issue? I haven’t been keeping up with this.
I wont stop until they know my main
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@Seraph
@SpectralSeraph:disqus (£10 this doesn’t work for me)
It worked :0
Congrats 😀
thank youuu
YES
https://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/163292777049/tonight-at-7pm-pt-the-inkbrush-will-be-in-stock
Wait are the weapons on a rota or is being added to the game?
its being added. like its in the files but they are making it available to buy now
Save me
wake me up
im a zapfish i need saving
Here it is. The finished Marina https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c41fdf092eb57a06d2140106975d73db6e2f58c17d5594ecbae8b981c6ef3b64.jpg
Hmmmmmmmm do i like pierced navels?
do you? idk
Anyone try the new local multiplayer in Splatoon? Is it any good? Like, can you play online with the two of you?
Local as in with two switches? It’s got its fair share of issues but it’s doable. Local as in one joycon each? Nope.
There’s no one-on-one battle mode like in Splatoon 1?
nope
Damn. Why did I buy this game again…
its fun tho :/
It is! I was mainly joking. I just suck at the singleplayer and I hoped I could play some new local battle modes with an extra pro controller or so.
Im so glad this windows update fucked up my computer so I can’t use my tablet until the driver reinstalls .-.