Feature: What Are Your Thoughts, So Far, on Pokémon GO?

My iPhone 5c can't handle it. 😩

...I want a couple of more stops in my area...maybe even a gym...TwT

The main problem is the constant requirement of a GPS signal (Which my coal powered Android can hardly seem to find) and source on of internet. I live in a fairly rural area with limited amounts of hotspots, and since I don't have the money for a contract I can't use my mobile data.

So unfortunately this limits my and plenty of others usage of the app. I think they could have handled it better.

Well, I opened mine in church this morning, and boom, my church is a Pokestop. I can load up on eggs and balls while I am there for the three hours.

It's not available in my country yet, though I've downloaded the files and I'll try it out when heading to work tomorrow.

If you want to get this most out of this game you need to live in the city where pokestops and gyms are plentiful. If you live in a rural area it is going to be hard to enjoy this game.

I think the server issues are a real turn off, and on top of that, once I did get connected, it's just really boring (and I live in a city, right next to a park with 4 pokestops and 2 gyms)

I've heard rumours that Niantic is banning people who use the app but live in regions where the app hasn't been officially released in yet, but rumours are rumours.

It was very buggy for me the first couple of days, but seems to have stabilized. I have had a good amount of fun with it, brings me back to the fun from the early days of Streetpassing. Only now it's on a much larger scale.

I'm in Vegas so there are Pokestops and gyms all over the place (I captured the gym at the "Welome to Las Vegas" sign south of the Strip!). Within a couple minutes walk of my house is a park with four pokestops and two gyms, so my son and I have spent a couple hours there. We have seen dozens of other groups of people playing as well, and it's a fun experience. We always went for walks anyway so getting exercise has never been much of an issue, but now having a fun purpose has made my kids really get into it. They want to hatch those eggs so they're always asking to walk just a little bit longer. "Dad, we only need .5 km left!"

I dig it more than I thought I would.

It's Pokemon so I hate it. That thing will not be infecting my phone. EVER!

I've seen a few people playing Pokemon GO around the areas I have gone. You can really tell that they are playing it even without seeing their screen. If somebody is looking down at their phone, holding it with one hand, not pressing anything until they stop and hold their phone up a little bit, you know they are playing GO.
Out of the few people I have seen, none have approached me, and I haven't gone up to anyone else. They always seem to keep on walking. I guess my town is anti-social. Or maybe they can just tell that I am #TeamInstinct and nobody else in the entire town is.

Fit AF

Server issues seem largely fixed. Clearly plenty of people here in the UK are already playing it as every gym I've passed has been occupied by a team already.

Honestly, for all it's flaws, it's far more fun in practice than theory.

@fortius54 The Lord is generous. With balls.

I have no interest in downloading the app myself but my son has it. He typically is quite difficult to encourage to get outside but since GO, he has been meeting up with friends at parks,downtown, and other shopping areas. It's been a positive experience for him, and me.

My first Pokemon game and enjoying it so far! Haven't tried any battles yet though.

Also as others have said, it's annoying the amount of data it uses. It shouldn't need to talk to the servers after every pokeball is thrown. More caching please.

Am in the UK, so side loaded the game on Android, but not seen anyone else obviously playing. (Has made me aware if just how many people I see with their heads in their phones now that I'm kinda looking out for it).

Also, anyone else tried playing by bike? I found I could cover a lot more ground when I got bored of a particular area, but missed a lot of Pokemon on the way. (The game seems to remeber the pokemon on the radar that I passed miles back, but could never find them again). I figure when it gets to trying to take and keep gyms, cycling to get around London will be much more efficient

I live in a fairly small town and due to a lack of funds I decided to just go with a free Google Voice number as I'm either at home with Wi-Fi or with a family member at the city about 45 mins away from here. As a result I've not gotten to experience much of Pokemon Go yet. I was gifted a service card for my phone but apparently my sim expired so I'm waiting on a new one to come in the mail. Also the internet at the local coffee place/Ingress portal wasn't working when I walked there the other day so I've not gotten to see if we have any gyms locally. That said what I've been able to experience right by my house has been pretty enjoyable so far. I've managed to get to lvl 5 1/2 just from the Pokemon who have wandered into my yard and a few from WalMart in the city. I'm looking forward to hitting all the old Ingress portals later this week once the new sim comes and hopefully getting some more incense and Pokeballs from the Pokestops.

The wider internet media seem to be seeing this as Pokepocolypse and the first step towards social gaming destruction of life as we know it. It's clear Nintendo could never get away with this on their own, dedicated hardware. And, yeah it is pretty dangerous, despite the inventible disclaimers.
I'm yet to play the game as a European iPhone owner but I don't think I want to. I understand the appeal but I'm never really one to take up the next big thing. And I'm sort of scared of other players' attitudes towards it, and the social element. There's something quite sinister about the whole premise, in my opinion.

It looks good for Nintendo, let's hope it's all positive.

Looking at this from a difference angle; Nintendo don't make phones but they do make games, and now they make games for phones.

Their flagship device is the handheld device, it always has been and they have most of that market to themselves, and let's hope they keep it that way.

The home console is a strange one for Nintendo and as good as the Wii sold, the Wii U was a disaster, and while Amiibo collectors may have fun with the toys and some enjoyed playing old games on the gamepad, gamers lost out without third party games.

If the NX fails and that is quite possible and I hope it doesn't but it could be another Wii U rather than a Wii in terms of sales, all would not be lost.

If Nintendo releases their big games on the PS and Xbox, much the same as they have with Pokemon Go on Android and ios their sales will rival Pokemon Go.

@JamesCoote Your first Pokemon game? Jeez!
I would recommend a main title in the series over this. You will most likely love the experience, and I would imagine it would be great for your game designing

I still haven't got it yet

If only I had data to my phone plan, I'd try it out.

I like the idea of it, since I walk a lot. I don't walk much during the summer, though. Me and the heat+humidity do not get along well. A rainy day comes, and I will be trekking, though!

I was able to get in to the beta for Pokemon Go thanks to a friend, but I played enough to know the game really isn't for me. It feels like a waste of time when I play it, though other people's mileage may vary. On an unrelated note, my parents found out about it from my aunt and were under the premise that people were walking around neighborhoods "taking pictures of figurines in the bushes". It had difficulty stifling laughter while explaining the app.

It's a lot of fun and has plenty of potential. But the version they released to the public this week is a buggy mess. The gyms don't function properly. I couldn't even kick out the low-leveled Drowzee at the old windmill a few streets away. How am I supposed to liberate the town from Blue heathens in the name of our lord Zapdos if my opponent gets stuck at 1 HP. I see a lot of people having the same issue.

The byline of this article should have read: "so if I step in front of a speeding car... "

if it was out in the uk i would be having fun with it

@HappyMaskedGuy Actually I have played it on friends' gameboys, but when I was in school, my parents refused to buy me a gameboy to play on, so I mostly missed out. (And more recently, I'm too cheap to buy a 3DS and games for it )

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Hey, no need to spread hate. :x

Eh. I can't help but seeing it as a watered-down experience aimed at those that haven't played a Pokémon game in +15 years. I'd take the actual games any day.

Hm it seems like a cool idea, and the prospect of meeting new Pokémon fans always makes me happy, I very rarely use my phone to play games. I'm all for buttons. ^~^ but i might give it a try one day.

All these tales are to be taken with a pinch of salt... are people that silly to put their lives in danger over it? I dunno bro.

Having fun with it. Very popular around my town. They need to add a few features (battling and trading between players in particular), work out the bugs, and add some later generations of Pokemon and they'll have something really solid here.

Should have been more polished with features and whatnot & Niantic should have been prepared for release constraints.

Here in rural north Mississippi, there's absolutely NOTHING for miles.. Not getting past level 5 anytime soon.

If they fix all the freezes an optimize the menus to be less cpu intensive, it'll be great. An extra plus if they add some performance options to turn things off like the dynamic backgrounds or even to simplify animations and models. Basically, make the game playable and I'll be happy. As it stands now, I have very mixed feelings as I've yet to take a trip that didn't have technical issues.

I'm enjoying it, but running into a LOT of problems with getting candy. If you catch a rare Pokemon, you'll never power it up since you need to catch more of the same to do so. So basically, my Bulbasaur is sitting at 48 CP and I've never used it because even a Weedle can outdamage him. Besides that, I just hope they add in more team interaction. As it stands there isn't much reason to do things to help your team.

My thoughts are "I want it Already".
thanks

Pokemon go is pretty awesome! Any suggestions on how to guilty level up?

Stupid annoying autocorrect! I meant easy not guilty

Stupid autocorrect

@Fbigabig You can Edit your comments by the way- just right of the wee heart/ like symbol. Stops you becoming a spammer

@JamesCoote I didn't want to be the one to say this, but your parents are villains.

Let not their legacy of depravity chart your course through the future, and liberate yourself with the procurement of both an original Game Boy, and a shiny new 3DS.

Go forth, my brother.

Not very good so far, it's not even available in Canada yet, wth Nintendo?!? Things come to USA, it comes to freakin Canada too! -_-

I'll probably download it whenever it is available then quickly forget about it, I'm not into games on phones.

I live in a city and stops/gyms are not plentiful. There's two stops near me, and more plus a gym miles away. As I don't have a car, I'm unlikely to make the trip regularly shrug
The best stories around this game are about people running into other players. And I love the office talk, with people you wouldn't think of having downloaded the game. It seems to have a broad, casual, Pokemon Snap-ish appeal.

At the end of the day, the low encounter rates and stops/gyms means my actual gameplay experience is pretty slow and boring. At no point have I spent time with this game and not wished I had spent it preparing for the upcoming Sinnoh Classic tournament instead.

I've been impressed so far. The college I go to has a group of 8 poke stops and a gym all right by each other. I used to walk my dog around campus and not see a soul. Now I see something like 20-30 people grouped together with lured-up pokestops. It's kinda cool

I really enjoy it. So many people at my work are playing. It's just fun. My girls and I wandered around Walmart while shopping and caught 3. Oh, and my work is a gym!

Its not out in Sweden yet... hoping its not going to be like miitomo and just not come here... that would be so sad and really weird. A lot of people on my fb has sneak installed it and its just so sad that not everyone get access at the same time

Surprisingly my small town has like 5 pokestops and three gyms.

Enjoying it in Russia! Two PokeStops nearby and a Gym, though I'm yet to reach lvl 5. Surprisingly, most PokeStops in my town are graffiti art or memorial plaques on buildings. Is it like this everywhere?

Oh, and I caught a Goldeen near an indoors swimming pool. Nice!

It's like crack, but legal everywhere

It'd odd about the trespassing, all the stops I've been to have allowed you to use them from the parking lot or sidewalk with no need to actually be on the property. I did feel a bit weird about the stop that was at a funeral home though.
There's also a gym located at a preschool, so I picture having to battle a bunch of children.
So far its been fun and exciting. I hope everyone stays attentive and safe.

@DiscoGentleman "Also, I love how it's putting "Nintendo" and "Pokémon" in everyone's minds. This is great word-of-mouth for Nintendo, and if they play their cards right, Nintendo could bring back good public opinion."

The exact opposite of Miitomo. I wonder if they can get their money back from DeNA and use it to partner w/ Niantic instead?

@pinta_vodki "PokeStops in my town are graffiti art or memorial plaques on buildings"

My Pokestop is this cow in front of an Taco John's/Arby's.

Thanks to everyone who wrote happy posts. I was expecting a lot more negativity on NL for a mobile game, even if it is Pokemon, than this has been receiving. We haven't done much yet in my household due to all the hiccups but maybe tomorrow we'll head out and explore.

I've actually been enjoying Pokemon Go a fair amount. I've always thought that catching pokemon was the most fun part of the main series games, so when I first heard it announced, I was pretty hyped. I've actually been kind of surprised by the amount of people I know that are also playing it, but I guess that just speaks to power pokemon has in the public eye.

Slightly off topic, but relevant to the point, there's actually going to be an entire day dedicated to pokemon at a Barnes and noble near me on July 16. I just thought that was kind of interesting.

According to 7 News a thousand people gathered in Perth on Sunday to catch some Pokeman's and hang out. What's it gonna be like when there's a Legendary event 😃
Take care out there everyone. I did almost walk into a tree the other day 😊

@rjejr That's a mighty fine looking cow. Round here it would certainly end up wearing a traffic cone.

Hope to try this out when it releases here. Might not stick at it, but I'll try it to see.

Sometimes the game stops after I catch a Pokemon and just sits there.

Otherwise its a great way to go outside and explore! I'll be going to Cincinati, so exploring is a key part. Maybe I'll whip this app out when I'm not doing nothing but walking.

A bit frustrating I don't have any stops or gyms in walk-able distance, but otherwise this game is way too fun.

Like actually; I keep telling myself this is way more fun than it should be!

But it does need more Pokemon, and trading. Two biggest weakness right now. Oh and maybe a gym/pokestop map.

It's running slow on my Samsung A5, which means I hardly won any gym battles. The AR doesn't work without a gyro sensor, and you know how bad it feels. Otherwise all good.

I'm a huge fan, thus far. I'm 26 and a mostly casual gamer (fan of Nintendo IP, casually play the other AAA titles). I haven't really latched onto many app-based games, if any at all. Initially excited about Miitomo, the excitement faded after a week or so. While definitely not short of bugs and occasional frustrations (I can only imagine how difficult it must be as a departure from having 100% control over hardware to pushing out an app that is supposed to run smoothly across multiple platforms and operating systems), it definitely has kept me engaged, and more importantly, shown a significant amount of potential for Nintendo in the mobile market. In typical Nintendo fashion they have really brought something fascinating to an otherwise stale market. The future looks a bit brighter today than it did a year ago, I can confidently say!

I'm happy to see the following things:
1) Gamers are getting outside and getting exercise.
2) People are actually talking to each other and actually meeting new people. IN REAL LIFE. Face to face conversations.
3) Nintendo released something in 2016 that will make them real money.
4) I'm learning some people on Twitter and Facebook I didn't realize liked Pokemon do.

I still haven't downloaded it, sounds way too buggy, but I'm glad Nintendo found some of its old magic. Granted its not on their own hardware, but hey making $$$$$ any way you can.

A fun little app to have on your phone, haven't gotten that far into it though. But I like it so far.

Seems pretty cool, but I don't have a smartphone.

It has me entirely addicted I have some great stops and gyms by my house so just a trip to work or the gas station allows me to keep it up! Fun!

Yesterday I went on a 45 min walk with my 2 year old son looking for a scyther around my neighborhood. Never found it, but I did catch a bulbasaur, ekans, and sandshrew! By the time it was all over, though, my son had fallen asleep and I was carrying him back to our house with an aching back and weak arms. Lol.
This was also after we had already gone on a walk with my wife for probably 30 minutes before that!

Poor localization. Like the world is made of three or four countries. The rest must wait some weeks or months, who cares.

I love it! My biggest problems are the servers, the 1 HP glitch when fighting gyms, and the fact that my phone's GPS sucks. It has really brought friends together — some that I thought were never into Pokemon. It's hilarious to drive down the street and have the desire to shout out "HEY NERDS! WHAT TEAM ARE YOU ON?" and not be jumped.

@zool Never will that happen. More likely we will see Sony and MS go third party and make games for PC, Android, iOS. Hell, it's more likely to see MS develop for Nintendo systems than the other way around, since they have actually DONE it.

@DiscoGentleman this may have been addressed through the wealth of replies on this thread, but... I'm nearly positive that the social aspect is intentional

I only have it on my tablet, so I'm anchored to WiFi spots if I want to catch Pokemon. Otherwise, not bad.

Its very good and has good potentional to be a long term money maker, but first they need to fix the servers issue and add more content like trading.

No smartphone, so I don't have it yet.

My un-phone-savvy self finally figured out how to download and run it on my junk phone. I caught a bunch of pokemon, and pokestops seem plentiful nearby. However, it crashes every few minutes and it takes about two minutes to boot up each time, rendering it nearly unplayable. I am not sure if the game's servers or my junky phone are to blame...

I caught two growlithe, and that is the pokemon i want to raise. Unfortunately, the only way to raise and evolve pokemon is to catch more of that pokemon, I think? That is so lame. Why do I need to catch 20 growlithe just to evolve and level up one of them?

I just want to warn the Europeans what to expect. In the 4 days this game has come out its taken off like wildfire and I would expect most of the US population has heard of it. It's in the top stories of the Associated Press, local news etc warning of dangers of not paying attention and getting hurt. In middle Tennessee there are dozens of people at the local park, all glued to their phones or literally yelling "Pokemon" to people they pass in their cars. It's weird, it's like a holiday or something. People are stopped in the middle of the road or on the side of the road in random places staring at their phones. It's so easy to pick them out. It's like some video game infection. The small park I mentioned has like 10 Pokestops and 2 gyms. I live 20 mins away on a dirt road and there are zero Pokemon here. No joke, they did NOT place any Pokemon in the wild. It's just an urban and suburban game. I'm disappointed in that part. I thought for sure I could catch plenty of them in my 8 acre filed. As for gyms there are several but seem to be beaten within a few minutes by another team. I did manage to hold one for 4 hrs or so in one random gym in the middle of nowhere. I like the game, but it needs more Pokemon in the wild.

I find it kinda boring, to be honest. I'll likely erase the app before long. If it contributed coins to My Nintendo it'd be worth keeping like Miitomo, but since it doesn't I'll just delete it after a few weeks.

The game has an interesting gimmick to it but...

The game honestly feels like it's still in beta.

Extremely poor trainer customization.

Inability to battle people in person.

Inability to take AR pictures with Pokemon you own, rather than just Wild Pokemon.

No Pokemon Centers to heal your Pokemon, which might require you to watch an ad before healing your Pokemon, the absence of ads in general is confusing to me for a free to play game, it's hurting its own sustainability.

The game is okay for a free to play, but it still seems really feature lacking.

I also feel like the game is missing enough things to do that let you interact with your Pokemon, since most of the game is catching wild Pokemon, but you don't even use your own Pokemon for that, and you only battle at gyms. I don't really feel attached to any of my Pokemon in Pokemon GO as a result.

I would also like to point out that, while the game is currently thriving on its gimmick of requiring people to visit real world locations, it's actually a hassle to play, where as smartphone games usually thrive on their convenience. In most places, you can turn on Pokemon GO, and there is literally nothing to do because you're not close enough to any Poke Stops or Gyms, which means in all likelihood there aren't even any Pokemon spawning near you.

And then there's this:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-missouri-teens-pokemon-rob-victims-40481188

Wow, so many debbie downers in the comments! This game is a joy (given the right location). Walking around parks, college campuses, residential areas, it is some of the most fun I have had playing a game PERIOD. The unique fun of having a lure at a pokestop and 20 random people you never met before come by and just talk about pokemon and life. A great conversation starter...better way to meet people than Tinder GUARANTEED. This app is truly phenomenal and the fun has only just begun.

I'm still waiting for it to be released in the UK. Also I'm not sure if it would work on my smartphone. Does anyone know if it works on Samsung galaxy J5?

@JamesCoote How much data has yours used? I checked mine and it's only used 150 Mb since wednesday, which is miniscule.

@Dino293 The Android version doesn't have a specific phone requirement, but a system OS requirement. You can check it here https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/221958248-Supported-devices

@ASonic3582 Thanks! My phone does meet those requirments. So hopefully it should work. I hope the gets released soon.

I went for a night-walk around my neighborhood tonight because there were two growlithe nearby. Just how does the nearby function even work? The growlithes stay in the top three often but I only found spearows, ekans, rattata, ponyta, and others, some of which appeared when they were not in the top three, and no growlithe appeared at any point. I'm disappointed. It seems like it'll be a long time until I have that arcanine. I looked in the shop hoping I could buy specific pokemon candy or stardust, but nope, of course they don't sell the two items I'd actually want to spend a few real dollars on...Meanwhile all of the nearby gyms(about five in sight from my neighborhood) have a big arcanine spinning on top of them, taunting me...

I noticed this, the game does not crash much at night. So I think the crashing I was experiencing earlier was due to busy servers and NOT so much my junk phone.

@DarkKirby The game definitely feels like it's in beta. I hope they keep updating it. It could be something special with a bit of work.

It's either going to trigger world peace, or the apocalypse...I'm just not sure which yet. It has been insane to see the response to this game, though. Literally everywhere I have gone this week (including camping in the mountains) I have encountered people playing it. At restaurants, BOTH sides of me at a stoplight, sidewalks, my church, etc etc.
As for my personal thoughts on it, I have been out of Pokemon games since the late 90's but it is indeed, quite fun and a neat concept and I LOVE the new modern art style. I hope the realistic sleek design carries over into the main series, especially the mature-looking avatars.
Technical issues aside for now, the game is quite bare bones and basic though so I look forward to further updates even though I will likely never be able to play it too much since my adult life is so busy.

It's not out here yet and I don't have any hurry. I'll get it once it's officially available. So far the game seems really overhyped but I guess I might change my mind once I get to try it out myself.

I don't have any because y'know, Windows Phone...

It turns out random encounters are amazing in real life. But outside of finding Pokémon the game has lots of problems. I haven't gotten a gym to work for me yet, the character designer tool is pathetic, you can't add friends, trade friends, or battle friends.

But I'm having a great time anyways! Everyone at work is playing, and I met lots of people out hunting Pokémon tonight. It feels like a city wide celebration of Pokémon!

Well, just found on UK App Store "Go Catch Em All!" a complete rip off, even has screen shots off the Pokémon Go app and even same description, haven't downloaded it, but has ratings of 2,615 people, probably the guy who created it with multiple accounts

@taranthor Actually looking at it, not that much, but I have a really bad data plan (I burned through nearly £10 of pay as you go credit just yesterday). Been meaning to switch to a different mobile plan/provider at some point, and this might just give me the extra kick needed to do it

@Aerona On the character creation tool, is it me, or are both characters girls?

I figure at some point you'll be able to buy different backpacks and t-shirts for your character. Though could also be they looked at the stats in testing and found not enough people cared to make it worthwhile?

For those that forgot - Pokemon Go was outlined as part of Nintendo's QOL program.

Focusing on health (Physically getting out to catch pokemon) and technology based (Mobile & App)

Cha-Ching!!!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/satoru_iwata_outlines_nintendos_first_qol_platform

@fortius54 that was me yesterday! chucked a lure module on as well during the service for some 'devine intervention' lol

I think nintendo stocks went up 20% today...if i didnt heard it wrong on the news....so good for nintendo.

@Embassy Let's not forget the Wii U was a disaster for Nintendo as was the last 18 months as far as gaming revenue. This was only off set by the Amiibo sales and other side lines like a few mobile games and the 3ds.

If the NX does not prove to be successful Nintendo will have to reconsider it position in the home console market. Very soon could be the end of 2017.

The NX has to be all about gaming and not console wars, and I'm not sure Nintendo understand this.

I want to play a new Mario game, a Waverace game and new versions of the old favourites as well as new franchise and loads of third party stuff. Not gimmicks.

And the Wii and Wii U controllers were gimmicks. One caught and while one didn't. A 50% success is not great. If the Wii controller was that good the Wii U would have used it.

please everybody, Pokemon GO is NOT A NINTENDO GAME as usal NIntendo game. have you ever heard any communication about this game from Nintendo? Pokemon Go is not even part of Nintendo's agenda on smartdevices. A Pokemon Trading Card Game has been released on PC 5 or 6 years ago and was having nothing to do with Nintendo agenda.
i will try to explain even if i forgot about some details.
this game is from Pokemon Company(Nintendo+Gamefreak+Creatures Inc) in patnership with Niantic labs (they made "Ingress" several years ago).

@masterpad By the way, isn't Ingress and Pokémon Go a lot similar?

This game is crazy. Like I had tweeted out if Nintendo's plan with this was to get people up off the couch and outside I will say is a very good success. Last night I left the house about 10, on what was supposed to be just a short walk. I ended up going to this one area away from my house and about 30 people were out late playing Pokemon. And I never got back home until about after 12:30 a.m. and the thing is if people are out in droves now playing this game like this just wait till they add PVP

I hope Pokémon GO will make kids play Pokémon instead of Clash of Clans!

@faint Surprising since my 4S can run it just fine, fantasticly even. My main gripe so far is that I can't find anything without using incense. Doesn't help that I live in the middle of the backwoods that is a peninsula that is attached to a larger peninsula.

I have no intentions of downloading it. Beside the discomfort from one's phone feeling like a hotplate running intensive apps, I can do without the battery drain, microtransactions, and the app gradually eating through my device's internal storage. I'm awaiting the real McCoy in Sun & Moon.

I can't play it outside of my house. My tablet only has internet at my house.

Can be a lot of fun, but gyms are about meaningless to those who aren't super competitive and have all the time in the world to play on their hands. Can't hold onto anything.

I threw 30 pokeballs at a Spearow and only one hit and that didn't even capture it.

App issues aside, I like it. Though I live in a suburban community out in the middle of nowhere so pokestops or gyms in walking distance of my house.

Obviously some big pros, and even bigger cons.

Of course the Pokemon Co. is free from lawsuits for putting a warning on the loading screen to watch your surroundings, but even so, there are going to be more and more problems with people getting into accidents. People are glued to their phones to begin with, and this will arguably make it worse. The first car accident I was ever in was because the young woman behind me was screwing around on her phone. Me and another person were stopped at a traffic light, and she didn't even tap the breaks, and it caused a 3 car accident. No one was seriously hurt, thankfully.

That was in 2009, so you know the problem has only gotten worse, and I find it very believable that I can get rear-ended again cause someone is trying to catch a Pidgy while going 55 mph in a 35 mph zone.

The pros are good, with people getting exercise, socializing, etc., but I think the cons outbalance them if people aren't paying attention and getting hurt. Please, please, please, pay attention when you're walking around. And don't you dare touch your phone while driving a car.

Looks like another half baked mobile game. People are having fun though but I just hope this isn't the route we'll see Nintendo going. I imagine it will die out like Angry Birds.

I'm not getting the game, because I don't want my movements to be recorded and tracked to be kept like a biography about me on marketing company servers forever (and who knows how that data might be used, or where it might end up, probably sold to data companies for more potential census and marketing purposes).

If I didn't care about that and got the game anyways, however, I would be disappointed that you have to go to populated areas to catch Pokemon efficiently. You can't just go on nature trails, out in the woods, or explore unpopulated areas to find Grass types, for example. You have to go to parks in cities, places like that. Doesn't match up with how the Pokemon world works.

I think that Pokemon Go would have been better if you could find Pokemon through a sort of AR functionality, rather than having to connect to a remote server constantly at preset locations. The online should just be for trading/battling what one finds either by oneself or with others. That would have put a hell of a lot less load upon the servers too.

Tis brilliant. Better than I had hoped or imagined. Well done Ninty/Niantic. This is gonna be the App of the year for sure!

It's all fun and games until you run out of Pokeballs .... then reality sets in.

@MoonKnight7 Someone is going to try to sue them, it's inevitable. The way that Pokemon Go works encourages unsafe driving behaviors. Tragedy is going to happen at some point. And everyone involved with how the game works is partially responsible for that. They'll claim indemnification, but sooner or later, this may yet spawn a landmark case on corporate responsibility.

@PlywoodStick

I agree with everything you said. I am particularly worried about children not paying attention.

Where I work, there's a Gym at a statue across 4 lanes of heavy traffic. There's literally no way to get there unless you cross the road. People have stopped walking across that intersection because it's so unsafe. Now the Pokemon Co. puts a Gym there like some sick game of "I dare ya."

I wouldn't be surprised if someone got seriously hurt, or killed.

@MoonKnight7 That being said, I don't want it to end badly for anyone. I hope Niantic, The Pokemon Company, and/or Nintendo steps in to change the locations to be at parks, recreation centers, and other places that generally favor foot traffic over vehicle traffic. And maybe certain stores or signposts in rural areas. They should also completely remove all spots near public offices (like police stations), religious places (like churches), and... graveyards. That last one is pretty creepy/disrespectful. They should just make ghost types only appear at night at places that are well populated and lit, so it won't be used to harm anyone in random dark alleyways.

@JamesCoote Nah, I'm not seeing it. It may not be an attractive design, but it does look vaguely guyish.

It's still kinda hard to read the legend on tracking them .also for consideration they might need to put in the legend fire area grass area water area etc..