Pokémon GO Plus Launches On September 16th

That day is the Independence Day for Mexico. I imagine this this will be a success over there.

I cancelled my pre order a few days back! My daily usage of Pokemon Go has dropped from constant to barely used so thought this would just be something else on my shelf collecting dust

Still actively playing with the wife and other family members. This is nice but not 30 bucks nice.

I feel like it's too little, too late. This should've been made available at launch. They had no problem releasing the app in a barely functional state, so why wait on this accessory till the hype is dead?

@MitchVogel Maybe they think this will bring the hype back? Seems unlikely though.

I have an Apple Watch so don't need this.

About bloody time. I was wondering whether it was going to come out at all considering that they hadn't announced anything up until now.

I don't get to play it very often, so the novelty hasn't quite worn out for me yet. I'm just hankering for some new Pokémon to catch. Catching the various generation's pigeons/Route 1 birds/rodents ad nauseum would be more tolerable if we had more than just Gen I's Pidgey/Rattata.

Also, I'm yet to go on a Pokéhunt with friends or take on a gym.

@MitchVogel It would have enraged the players even more. Android compatibility was still in testing... Meaning that the gamers would preorder a device that does not work on their phones.

The best news is that it works with PKGo just running in the background.

I'm still playing Pokémon Go daily and gladly kept hold of my pre-order even with Nintendo apologizing in an email about the delay.

But I agree that this device should've been released alongside the app itself. After all, during the E3 demonstration Mr. Miyamoto himself was wearing the thing!

Ah well, now the manufacturers of external battery packs are happy because nobody was able to truly run Pokémon Go in the background, thus being one of the most power hungry apps to date.

It's way overpriced, but given the silly amounts of money some people seem happy to spend on a free app I guess it will still sell well.

Nintendo delayed this for Apple's Watch.

Tim Cook: 'We need this Pokemon thing on our Watch, it's a killer app we've been waiting for! Someone called Nintendo for a meeting now!'

Nintendo: 'You want us to delay Pokemon Go Plus so you can put it on your Watch? Please understand, we cannot do that.'

Tim Cook: 'We understood perfectly, you want $$$?'

Nintendo: 'We want all the profits from Pokemon Go from your App Store.'

Tim Cook: 'OK, only if you make your future games exclusive to Apple.'

Nintendo: 'Sure, we got Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem..."

Tim Cook: 'No, no, no! We want Mario!'

You know what happened next.

Even little tiny devices get delayed. I wonder what will get delayed next, hmm...

Playing it on the phone is good enough, I don't need another device to distract myself with. But if they made a Poketch...

I'm getting it since it will make running easier w/o having to constantly be looking at the phone.

I'd get it for fifteen, not thirty (unless Niantic threw in some PokeCoins).

I know what my sister would probably want on her B-day, which just so happens to be on the release date for this.........A knuckle sandwich with THESE inside, that'll make her chuckle!

I can already picture the long line that is going to be outside Nintendo NYC.

Didn't want it before, but after spending over a month and a half playing Go, I learned that I need it more than I imagined. Not enough to pay scalpers or wait in a line that is at least 1600 feet line though.

I've had this pre-ordered since the first wave. And I'm not sure if I should cancel it now, due to it apparently needing 2GB RAM. The game itself is listed as needing that, but my phone (Samsung J3) only has 1.5GB and it works just fine. Bluetooth and Android versions on my phone are above the requirements. But will the Plus really need that 2GB of RAM when the game itself doesn't? I really don't want to shell out £35 on something I won't be able to use.

@DizziParadise The 2GB requirement for the game is here since about forever. I don't think PGO+ would use any significant amount of additional RAM.

@Aryon But the game doesn't actually require 2GB, whatever the requirements say. My phone only has 1.5GB and PoGo works just fine on it. My worry is that PGo+ will increase the RAM requirements and my phone won't be able to cope. Ah well, I guess I can always sell it on ebay if that happens.