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New PokemonGo App Update – No Gen2 but GPS drift and Apple Watch fixes

David S, Game Announcements, Pokemon GO

Hey gang!  It’s been quite a stretch of quiet from the folks at Niantic regarding the game.  Beyond the usual 2 week nest migrations (Nest Migration #11 happened January 12th, 2017 and happens every two weeks), some expansions of the Starbucks Pokemon Gym/Stops to more locations, and RAMPANT Gen 2 speculation, there’s been nothing of any real merit.  Although they’ve broken their silence about the game and an updates this is still pretty non-eventful.  Today via blog post they announced that an update is coming to bring Pokemon Go for Android to 0.53.1 and for iOS 1.23.1.

The one giant omission from the patch notes is any reference to legendary Pokemon nor more Gen 2 Pokemon.  Disappointing for sure.

 

 

 

 

 

The Apple Watch “fix” is so that the Apple Watch displays eggs obtained from PokeStops.   The biggest concern to players seems to be a tweak for the “GPS drift.”  The notes detail change of distance tracking for GPS drift which will have a HUGE impact to gaining km’s for eggs, buddy, anything distance based for the game.  Some users including this writer like to open the game even when not actively being played as the character will randomly move around acquiring location from the GPS within the phones.  Not a “hack” or major glitch by any definition as on guesstimates alone there’s no way people are getting more than maybe 1-3 kms extra out of GPS drift, that’s again having the phone open ALL day.  Let’s hope the folks at The Silph Road have some existing data to see how big an impact this has on players.  They seem to be pretty awesome on picking apart updates, getting data, and analyzing the game very well, check them out here and sign up to help ID nests around your area as well.

Seems to be yet another squeeze to push folks to only get the km’s from either walking or biking.  Let’s hope we’ll at least see something new and exciting here soon…

Pokemon Go’s Halloween Event – Was it enough to bring back players?

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Niantic rolled out its first player centric event since game launch, the Halloween event.  For the event (which at the time of this writing this writer still sees Halloween benefits even though it was to end 11/1/16) players received an assortment of Halloween treats; from higher spawn counts for Halloween type Pokémon’s, double candy points, and much shorter distances for buddy candy.  But was it enough to bring the masses back to the game?

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From the player perspective, it seems to have been very player centric and beneficial to players.  This writer has seen more than he cares to in terms of Meowths, Ghastly’s, Hypno’s, Drowzee’s, and Haunters for sure but this was a great opportunity to use these hyper spawned Pokemon’s to do a few things:

  1. Players have a chance to get some high evolution Pokemon’s they might not have prior to the event via evolving them or simply catching them
  2. You can churn them into candies and level up very easy (add an egg and you’re talking massive EXP’s to get more than one level)
  3. More EXP from simply catching all these Poke’s that spawn over the last few days.
  4. MORE CANDY!
    1. Let’s be honest there was tons of candy to be had via the reduced buddy candy. Walk distance was cut by ¾ths!!!  This is HUGE for getting candy for the other hard to level Pokemon’s.

This was an awesome opportunity to really make out well in terms of leveling your player and your favorite Pokemon’s!

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Now for Niantic and the business.  Did they benefit and what’s the chances for more events?  Looking at the recent press on the matter that answer seems to be a resounding YES!  Forbes.com reports that Niantic saw a 133% jump in revenue, the app creep back to the top of the Highest Grossing app chart, and goes on to reference data saying the revenue jumped 133%.  Another source Geek.com echo’s the statements from Forbes with pretty graphs and putting a value of about $23 million to the Niantic coffers.  Pretty impressive!

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It seems there’s a very good chance players of Pokemon Go will benefit from future events based on the fact Niantic catered heavily to the players with the Halloween benefits and the positives to the company and app.   Let’s hope we can see either a Thanksgiving or Christmas event coming out soon!!

Let us know your comments and thoughts on the event!

Welcome to Pokemon GO Extreme Fans!

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Introduction

To those of you just finding us I would like to extend a sincere, “Welcome!” to each and every one of you. What you see before you is the very beginnings of a new fan/info blog for the latest craze to sweep the world, Pokemon GO. We hope to provide for you a wealth of knowledge, insight, tips, tricks and good old fashioned fun in regards to society’s latest insanely popular addiction that is the Pokemon Go mobile game. We ask for your patience as we are in the process of starting up this blog and hope to have things up and running with content within the upcoming days and weeks. Hopefully, in due time this will become your one-stop destination for all things Pokemon GO.

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About Us

We are 2 brothers who, like much of the world are addicted to technology, games, gadgets, etc. Mike S., is the founder, creator and writer for one of the world’s biggest fan-blogs for another hugely popular mobile game, The Simpsons Tapped Out. You can discover that world of Simpson-mania over at TSTO Topix. Topix has been a vital source of info and insight for Tapped Out for almost 4 years and has come to be known as one of the greatest resources for Tapped Out. Mike’s goal here is to help you discover, enjoy and learn as much about Pokemon GO as he has helped provide for The Simpsons Tapped Out. 

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David S., is taking his first dip in the pool of gaming blogging but will be a force to be reckoned with as he brings decades of gaming and technology knowledge and experience to the table. He is a high-ranking employee of one the US’s leading cable/internet providers and is eager to help in providing all of you with one of the most comprehensive sources of Pokemon GO help around.

We hope that you stick around and witness our growth from what you see now to a huge source and companion for this insanely popular game. Please subscribe to our site and receive every new article in your inbox so there’s no waiting for content. We are officially “Under Construction” and cannot wait to be fully operational . Again, welcome to all of you and please stay tuned!

Disclaimer:

We are simply fans of the game Pokemon GO. We are providing you with this website and its contents by gathering info on our own through public means. We are not affiliated with nor do we work for or answer for Nintendo, Niantic or any company related to or responsible for Pokemon GO. 

We do not intend any infringement of copyright by using any images of the game, show other sites or any affiliates. If there is any problem with the use of any image please specify in the comments below and we will get to you as soon as humanly possible. This site is all about having fun playing one of the best games ever made.