Pokémon GO, the mobile Pokémon app sensation, will be getting a few new features on the iOS platform thanks to its work with Apple’s ARKit Framework.
The three major additions to the new system are:
- Scale: With AR+, Pokémon are now fixed to a point in space, meaning you can walk up close to a Pokémon to see to how they’ll look in the real world. Imagine looking up at a massive Onix or walking around a gigantic Snorlax blocking your path! This feature brings us one step closer to truly realizing Pokémon the way they are supposed to be represented in the real world. Pokémon GO AR photos will never be the same again!
- Awareness: Pokémon will run away if they become aware of the Trainers getting close, so be careful. You can sneak up close to earn an Expert Handler bonus, but think twice before running right up to that Charizard! You’ll need to be extra cautious so you don’t scare it away. An awareness meter will appear next to the Pokémon, and if the meter fills up, the Pokémon will flee. If it does, you can try tapping on the tall grass nearby, which may cause the Pokémon to reappear and give you an additional chance to catch it.
- Expert Handler Bonus: Think you have what it takes to be an expert Pokémon handler? While in AR+ mode, you’ll finally have the chance to prove it! If you’re able to catch a Pokémon while in close proximity, you’ll have a better chance at earning Great and Excellent Throw bonuses, as well as an all-new Expert Handler bonus that awards even more XP and Stardust.
Players using Android and iPhone models older than the 6s are out of luck for now, but Niantic may be able to expand the availability of AR+ in the future.
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Just came back from Star Wars. All i can say is WOW!!
I may be saying that tomorrow. Flying back home tonight and my sister really wants to see it and she has waited for nearly a week.
The ending is a bit confusing tho but i wont spoil it
Use spoiler tags. What was confusing? :0
The kid, it was force sensitive, why tho?
I don’t think he necessarily was? Even then I think this movie is making a point that some people just are force sensitive. It’s not a special thing
He force pulled that stick lol and he had more screen time than the other kids
These gray blocks look quite confusing. I can’t even decipher what the two of you are talking about.
Where have people been all this time? Many people are born force sensitive, where do you think all these padawans come from? Not from Jedis who are celibate.
Mediterraneans, Medachlorians, Megalopolis
The kid is obviously not just some random force sensitive. He had lines & actually helped out earlier in the movie + the ending involved him? Nah he’s someone important
The point of this whole movie is that no one is born important. It’s what you do that makes you important. He’s just a random.
Spoiler Tag this.
Ehhh
Thanks UnburdenedLegume for the advice against Olivia!
Her Anorith fell in one hit from Dusty’s Rock Tomb
Though her Lycanroc Pile Drived all, but Lola into the ground, but she carried her awesome Jump Kick and thus Rockium Z and Akala island Complete! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/04e4bea945ca1f1fc88403828eaa3ff29d377edffcb3be1125d39334decfa6e0.jpg
Happy to help
I BEAT GIOVANNI!
I BEAT GIOVANNI!
I ONLY WON BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF MIRACLES AND I GOT FROZEN TWO TIMES IN A ROW AND I STILL WON!
AAAAAAHHHHH
That’s awesome dude!
And going into it I have a question
Did they buff Niheligo at AF? Asking so I won’t worry about the fight
I don’t remember ever facing Nihilego in this game, I think they may have removed it because of the Ultra Space Wilds. Hopefully my memory isn’t that bad now
Alright just asking, Thanks!
It’s bad because you do face Nihilego. Also, not sure why this is a spoiler?
It’s not a spoiler really. Well, goes to show you that I should do my research first. I did it last month, which is apparently too long ago…
The game make so little changes early on it’s easy to forget everything until about….well, no, it’s easy to forget just about everything
Congrats! If you had X-Mewtwo though you should’ve used Mega Mewtwo Y to counteract Gio’s Mewtwo
I haven’t bothered with Rainbow Rocket
I’ll just let you know that I’m now sitting at $1.7 million in Pokecoins after doing it, so maybe that’s a bit of incentive for you.
I’m already bored with this rainbow rocket sh*t and I just started. Hearing the remixed theme was fun for about 2 times and then I got bored facing their awful rehashed teams of golbats and raticates that I’ve been fighting for 20 years now..and then add the horrible warp tile puzzles on top of that and color me disappointed
It would be nice but I haven’t even turned my 3DS on in over a week
Rose from the grave to talk a little bit more about the Unreal Engine posting of Creatures Inc. I gave the image some thought, as Creatures could be working on a variety of things. I’ll make a quick, simple list of what the possible title could be for the Switch.
1. Assisting GameFreak with the upcoming Pokemon Game (such as making newer 3D models for Pokemon); which means the next Pokemon title could be using Unreal Engine 4.
2. Sequel to Dectective Pikachu.
3. PokePark 3. lol.
4. An unknown spin-off game.
Either or, I admire that more Japanese developers are utilizing Unreal Engine 4 to ramp up development. Hopefully, the Switch could continue to get more killer titles!
Unreal Engine 4 on the Switch? ambitious
There is Unreal Engine games on the Switch. The upcoming Yoshi game runs on Unreal Engine.
Downgraded tho because not even the PS4 pro or Scorpio can run Unreal Engine on full capacity
Well, yea. Unreal Engine has settings that developers could work around to cater their game for whatever hardware their using.
There is actually about twenty titles using Unreal Engine that are in development for the Switch, according to Takayuki Kawasaki, a representative of Epic Games. Another example is the upcoming SMT V on Switch.
Question. can Mega’s be used in Photo club?
Once I get Lopunnite, I want a Mega Lopunny picture
No
Damn no M- Lopunny selfies then :/
Speaking of Gen 8, something I’d like to see is alternate clothing referencing other franchises (Persona), and considering the amount of 3rd Party Support the Switch is getting, I don’t think it’s too out there. Something I want that I know will never happen is maybe shirts or some type of clothing with Senketsu’s or Junketsu’s color (As well as the eye). It’ll never happen, but imagine that
You know it’ll be Link and Marios hats. Marios outfit is hung up in the clothing stores in Gen 7.
That could be cool
I honestly would laugh and wear Mario suit from the beginning if able to the end just to say
I once was Mario
I could assume that Link, Mario and some other popular Nintendo franchises could get some clothes
Obviously Nintendo franchises would come first, but I still think 3rd party franchises cold get some love (Persona)
Persona could have some neat ones. They probably also would use Sonic, Pac-man and other titles they already have partnered with
I imagine maybe Joker’s Mask as eyewear or maybe even a Shujn Academy uniform
Ultron just gave me a thought.
What’s everyone’s least favorite or most annoying puzzle in a game? (Ice puzzles in Pokémon, difficult level designs, ect.)
Tie between the airlock puzzle in Okumura’s Palace and the Mouse Statue puzzle in Shido’s Palace (Both Persona 5)
Mine is definitely Go Rock Squad base at the end of the game, it’s tiles are not easy to navigate and no matter how far you get if you make one small wrong move you have to restart (Only beat it once and took 100 attempts)
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe Lt Surge’s?
Most of them are usually nothing more than a minor brain teaser and I excel in those
Interesting, I remember I just sat there deliberately beat the trainers first then went down the line till I got both
The trainers are meant to confuse you in your puzzle
Least favorite is probably literally anything in LoZ games. They are always so annoying. It’s the reason I cant finish a link game.
In Pokemon… hmmmm maybe Lt Surge or Skyla from B2W2. Surge is just pure luck and not fun. Skyla just takes wayyyy too long
I remember I played multi player with a LoZ game on the 3ds at school once, but I literally did nothing helpful unless told to.
I honestly should stop disliking LoZ, it more is just I don’t like the design of the characters in games that aren’t BotW or the Toon Link ones (Yeah I dislike Link’s design in smash)
I just think the games are too hard. I dont really like Open world that much because I get lost so easily, and I hate the feeling of being lost.
I probably would like it, get lost, loose my way, gets frustrated, then play some other game
Want a real challenge game, the only Starfy game in English is pretty Tough (The final boss is the hardest boss I’ve ever faced by far *Also almost broke my Y button because of it)
Oh no I have to actually think to finish a game. Fam I beat Ocarina when I was like 11. It’s not that hard to figure out
The multiplayer one kinda sucks imo and doesn’t really represent the series well
Glad I could inspire such a hateful question!
I hate:
-Warp puzzles, spin puzzles, and ice slide puzzles from Pokemon.
-Gyroscope puzzles in BotW are easily top 5 worst things about the game, maybe the series in general. This speaks for really any game in general, but I also hate sneaking implementations in pokemon where you have to follow people or sneak around. In particular, Foresaken Fortress is so unfun that I may never play Wind Waker again.
Also for sneak: the Silent Realm in Skyward Sword. OMG that’s some sh*t right there.
Well it was more, you were annoyed at that one warp tile thing and I thought “Those are annoying hmm that’s a good question to ask”
Is that the place in Wind Waker where you fight the giant bird? Because I hate sneaking levels too, but I found it easy. But also I agree I can do without them.
You don’t fight the bird until you come back to the island. I don’t believe there’s as much sneaking the second time maybe..
I don’t know how it happened but four of the six Pokemon in my team caught Pokerus all of a sudden! Can someone tell me how rare this actually is? I’ve never really looked into it, but I’m feeling pretty special right now.
I think from Gen.4 Pokerus, its twice as rare…
So if its the first one, super rare. if you have another one already, then super easy
Twice as rare as what?
The original from Gen.4
It existed since then, but it probably became rarer to prevent people from abusing it
1 in 21,178.6 chance of getting it.
From what I read. Thats CRAZY rare. I remember I got pokerus in my Sun and it was amazing
Holy CRAP. HOLY CRAP!!!!!
I think this may be the first time it’s happened to me, and I understand why. Safe to say it’ll come in handy in the future.
I mean, Pokérus spreads to the nearest party member so it isn’t special that your whole team has it. Once it’s over the effect remains but it can’t spread so be sure to infect a Pokémon and put it into a box for future use.
About to fly back home in a minute and head to Poni Island in UM.
Be well and have a safe flight
Any pokemon you liked when you were younger but are neutral/don’t like at all any more?
For me:
-Manectric Line. I just find them ugly conehead weird dogs now.
-Plusle/Minun.
-Absol. Idk what happened here. Honestly I think part of it is the mega, I just do NOT like that thing. I used to think Absol was a cool and mysterious pokemon, but it just kind of went away for me
-Flygon. I still like it, but not as much when I think about what it should be. Bug/Ground with quiver dance and a mega…such a disappointment
Lot of gen 3 hate lol. Gen 3 used to have some of my favorites, but now it’s just a gen full of mediocre pokemon to me
Hmm…
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Sorry stupid phone!
-Persian, meh started realizing its just a cat with a tiny red jewel in its head
-Ledian, I like it, but kinds atm is just a bit neutral to me now
-Masquerain, still a bit sour it destroyed my team in SuMo being 10 lvls lower than my Turtonator
-Budew, was cute, but over time it got bland
Infernape. I thought this pokemon was kinda cool, but after being forced to use it in gen4 I started to dislike it more and morem but still thought it was ok. But now I really dont like it. It’s face is so weird to me. I dont like monkeys
Cant think of others atm
Yes! Vulpix is finished https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0c6d23cf9e66df51b15ec27b18cc66a7dff2dbf5c73ed1a27c9db1e72edfcec3.png
Hopefully next up is Diglett or Mankey (Did I also mention I got Linoone and Nuzleaf this morning?)
Do Mankey next.
Oh, I should mention I never buddied it, I still am trying to get Omastar (Should I use my two rare candies to get Omastar?)
It sucks that Ninetails max CP in Go is so low compared to Arcanine
Funny this thing is more powerful than my Arcanine XD
It’s my third highest just under Ursaring and Rhydon
Ok?… The Niheligo just fled mid battle? Weird anyway I got TM Psychic and soon should be getting Incinium and Lycanium Z
Current Team update
Furball (Torracat) lvl.28
Lola (Lopunny) lvl.29
Dusty (Lycanroc) lvl.28
Minty (Seel) lvl.28
Luna (Shiinotic) lvl.28
Clang (Jangmo-o) lvl.25
Wait what? Nihilego can flee from the battle at Aether Paradise?
I guess so… and I now feel like sh*t, I just got steam rolled by Hau because he spammed Pluck and I thought I could out Speed it with Seel, but was mistaken
I also Didn’t Know that until I saw it mentioned on Bulbapedia.
I FINALLY BEAT THAT LEVEL IN ODYSSEY
there’s a little skip you can do with the dinosaur guy. Thank god that’s over! ^.^
😀
Sooooo you dun cheated
It’s not a cheat because they put coins on the thing
They Put Coins on EVERYTHING, especially places you can only get to if you exploit game mechanics in a way the developers never intended for you to because doing so requires insane prescision
They clearly knew I would try to get there if they put coins there
Buying these last 8 moons is agonizing
There we go! 999 moons! Later on I’ll grind coins to get the outfits I need then I can say that I 100% completed Mario Odyssey! This and Zelda were the two sparks of joy I needed this year. They are just such magical games and I love them both dearly
You’re forgetting the third spark of joi
My friendsssssss
Okay the fourth I mean
Wha?
Look at my profile pic for clues
Oh!
And my octopus wife Marina
So that makes five
For me I have around 10
They better make an Odyssey 2, because I could have kept playing that game forever. There’s no way they exhausted all of their ideas through the development of the game. I wouldn’t be surprised if a sequel came out in 2019.
What if it’s all water levels and called Odyssea
What if it was a Zelda crossover and you could swim with the Zoras?
What if you were a Zora
I would be 100% down with an expansion pass for Odyssey
When you try to co-ordinate a large trade and the other person is making it more confusing than it needs to be. https://media.giphy.com/media/33iqmp5ATXT5m/giphy.gif
Guess who just found a second shiny Sigilyph…
MOTHERF__KING__CK__LAD
I WANT ONE
I just knew it would happen for some reason, I don’t know why. Sorry, apparently I’m building a shiny Sigilyph collection now 😛
Well that went a lot quicker than I expected lol https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fbed820e75e1f23f8a64e2a773ab0058365ebf24000d4aad9534df297a12672a.jpg
About to challenge the elite four! And I have to say I absolutely loved the cutscene right before going in! Don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t played yet!
If Ash gets Poipole ima cry tears of joy
-Gladion is going to partake in the island challenge to keep up with Ash, after seeing him perform 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt in the previous episode.
-Lillie is back to her old design
-Lusamine has setup a special group to tackle the UBs, should they invade Alola. They’re called Ultra Guardians and Ash & the gang are part of it
-Kukui asked Burnet to marry him
-Next episode involves Poipole in some shape or form
Just a quick summary of what happened in today’s episode. Can see why they skimmed the AF portion for USUM promotion.
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The only thing I’m excited for is the Poipole
And tbh, we know they will. I feel like Poipole will have an interesting reaction being a UB and all
Next episode is a Komala filler lol
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Pokedex Number:
Pufflurry
Classification: The Snowy Bird Pokemon
Height: 1’01”
Weight: 9.3 Lbs
Typing: Ice/Flying
Ability: Snow Cloak
Stats:
HP: 40
Attack: 28
Defense: 23
Special Attack: 70
Special Defense: 23
Speed: 70
Base Stat Total: 254
Pokedex Entry: Pufflurry nests are nearly impossible to find due to their strange and hard to reach locations. They possess a strange adaptation in their feathers have where they can adjust to temperature. They are naturally warm so they help in the cold. If the temperature is too hot, the feathers freeze to keep the Pufflurry cool. If this isn’t enough, they’ll huddle with other members to enhance these effects. Because of this, their nests are littered with molted feathers.
Pokedex Number:
Plizzard (Plume-Blizzard)
Classification: The Snowy Bird Pokemon
Height: 2’11”
Weight: 27.8 Lbs
Typing: Ice/Flying
Ability: Snow Cloak
Stats:
HP: 60
Attack: 60
Defense: 54
Special Attack: 95
Special Defense: 54
Speed: 95
Base Stat Total: 418
Pokedex Entry: Plizzard tend to perform the menial tasks of their flocks: such as hunting, material gathering, and egg incubating. Upon evolving, the frigid properties of their feathers get stronger to the point where a single feather can freeze an entire lake. When it is close to evolving, its wings will grow colder and begin to turn a bluish color.
Pokedex Number:
Revinter (Revive-Winter)
Classification: The Rejuvenated Pokemon
Height: 15’03”
Weight: 327.1 Lbs
Typing: Ice/Flying
Ability: Phoenix Grace
Stats:
HP: 80
Attack: 70
Defense: 65
Special Attack: 135
Special Defense: 65
Speed: 135
Base Stat Total: 550
Pokedex Entry: This Pokemon is considered to be among the most beautiful Pokemon and is held to the same standard as Milotic. This claim is usually made regarding its feathers that glow a vibrant and chilly blue. They are not just for show: Every feather is filled with an incredible amount of energy that has different properties depending on what touches it. It is said that pure people and Pokemon, including itself, can be healed or even revived by its feathers.
I can tell you that nobody was expecting this to be the Phoenix I mentioned
Oh looks it’s a glass cannon.
It is ;3
But it’s ability gives it an.. interesting role to be blunt
Thoughts on the actual mon? :3
What does the ability do?
Meh…I can’t judge until I see a picture, but if I’m honest it doesn’t seem like my kind of Pokemon, sorry I’m sure other will like it though.
:3
It’s basically a revive but it switches itself out. It works one time and heals back up to half health
Mine are Snowl and Glacissios (I think that’s what I called dit)
I think I’d use this!
We all would ;3
Not me
A snowy Phoenix I have a Peacock Phoenix (Peaphe and Paonix)
They should duke it out!!!
Ayyyyy
Paonix the beautiful inferno versus Revinter the frozen majesty
FIRE VS ICE
Well I’m not one for “concluding arc epilogue” but….I’ll let this one slide
The very first on screen marriage in Pokémon 😀
And dat Poipole
Yo im telling ya if Ash gets Poipole ima cry real tears
It’s a stretch, only time will tell, who knows maybe this’ll be the time Ultra Recon shows up to apprehend the Poipole and to deliver a warning about Necrozma
Because they’re still going to need a Beast Ball
I just want evolutions and some captures. Ula’ula is around the corner and his team is laughable
True dat they really just shifted all their attention into Nebbt and Lillie and I want to see some more…casual episodes but still driving towards a plot
What’s his team? I haven’t been following the anime.
Rowlet, Litten and Lycandusk
And Pikachu obv
Wow, not sure if they think they are catering to kids by keeping things cutesie (seriously not even mid stages), but now I do remember why I stopped following the anime.
His team is B/W level of embarassing but the anime content itself is very good. Lots of funny moments, story telling is good as well.
Pikachu
Rowlett
Lycanroc
Litten
Treeko didn’t evolve until Episode 66, Chimchar until Episode 132 (after the seventh gym), Turtwig until Episode 100, or Pignite until Episode 77. Anime fans need to chill lol
The only Pokémon that evolved before this point were Charmander (Episode 43, then again in Episode 46) and Froakie (Episode 52).
We’ve got Poipole, Sandshrew and Torracat merch coming anyway so he’ll probably have significant team changes by half way through next year, and the series isn’t going to end until 2019 by the looks of it.