For most players Pokémon GO is a game that adds extra fun to walks and journeys, picking up new 'mon as you find fresh spots in which to engage in some augmented reality. It's also developed a strong community of players that meet up and play together, so the social element is key to its ongoing popularity.
Some players blend all of that good stuff and add a dose of extra enthusiasm, however, to catch 'em all. Hawaii-based Robert R. Wallace has caught all available 'mon son far - 145 - through a mix of travelling, social play at Pokéstops, and some hard work in hatching a lot of eggs. He's picked up 'mon that are supposed to be exclusive to certain continents through hatching eggs, though he did travel to California to grab Tauros.
In a nice touch, Wallace has told Gamnesia that he plans to give away his best 'mon to young players in his area once the trading features are brought into the app.
He's not the only player that loves the game this much (BBC has reported on a UK gamer that's caught 'em all) and over the weeks there have been plenty of reports of fans that have travelled in pursuit of 'mon and even left their jobs. Once trading is added that likely won't be necessary for those trying to fill out their Pokédex.
[source gamnesia.com, via bbc.co.uk]
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I'm well on my way — reached the 100 club today!
A little over half way myself with 75. Still haven't seen any other stages of the starter Pokemon at almost level 19 :/
I got like 8 or 9 so far, I think.
77 caught, 78 seen (damn you Lickitung)
I've got two, as the app crashes when I get a Pokemon in the pokeball... :/ oh well, it's not that exciting of a game anyway.
....Still out of Pokeballs...
How does this actually work,are all the available Pokemon to catch within your own town/city or spread through your county or even further afield and scattered nation wide?
So Pokémon Go is the Greatfull Dead or Phish for summer 2016? I'm surprisingly OK with that. Maybe in a year or 2 we'll get a new novel, "On the Road with Pokémon Go".
I missed catching a porygon the other day
Fun fact: the Italian President Of The Republic (who has much more limited powers than you would think, by the way) yesterday gave the game a shout-out, stating "we're not here to catch Pokémon".
Which says a fair deal about the franchise's resurgence thanks to Pokémon GO.
But fear not, fellow NLers, as I don't have the game either... and don't plan to. I will catch more Pokémon the traditional way in the Alola region.
Hey, you have "'mon son far" in the text. You may want to edit the n out (:
I wonder if those who fill out their PokeDex before trading is available get something special? Lol I certainly won't be one of those people.
Let me go and print off my certificate from Pokémon Yellow to show that I have caught all 151 Pokémon and that I was doing it way before it became cool!
@ShaunOfNintendo 98/99 also thanks to Likitung..
Pffft scrubs. I have all 720(excluding event legends) pokemon.
@Megumi_Sagano Same. Living in a rural/suburban area sucks.
I know I heard from other places that most of the players who have all of the ones aside from Legendaries and those who are almost to level 40 bot their game pretty significantly. Really ruins the spirit of the game.
@ShaunOfNintendo you saw a lickitung?!? Where was this?!?
I'm up to 105 out of 108 seen...not too bad for being unable to travel. Stupid Kabutops keeps showing up just to taunt me and dash after the first ball thrown. I really hope they fix the Grimer bug though, because I am locked out from catching him until they do (fortunately he doesn't appear much in my area).
I got my 142nd on Friday
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