Nintendo Delays Pokémon GO Plus Accessory Until September

Will anyone still be playing it then?

Not surprised, since even Niantic itself seemed surprised at the initial July release date.

@Kiyata In short? No. At least no where near the number playing right now.

I'm not sure if they were seriously planning to release it this month to begin with... I think they were just using it to force Niantic to release the game at a sensible time of the year (start of summer, when people would be on holidays, etc.)... which is why Niantic were so underprepared for the release, and why the game is still essentially incomplete.

Must....not.....let......hype train.......overtake .....supply of actual....product!
Why is Nintendo always so boom or bust!?!

Am I right in thinking that this is the only part of Polemon Gl that Nintendo really had anything to do with, distribution of the Pokemon Go plus?
If it is, it does beg the question, why did Miyamto-San say that it would be out by the end of July at E3? Literally every other member of the Q & A session looked shocked by that announcement.

@ULTRA-64 It's not Nintendo's fault though... the problem is that the app isn't ready for the Pokemon Go Plus... Nintendo probably could send the devices out now, but they'd just be flooded with complaints saying that it doesn't work from people who haven't read where it says that it's currently incompatible with the app.

Bad move by Nintendo. By September Pokemon Go will not be the craze it is now. They better be smart and release a HUGE special update the week before the watch's release to repeak interest.

Talk about failure... the application isn't going to be nearly as popular then as it is now...

@Kiyata If you pre-ordered this device, you're probably hardcore enough that you will be. Provided you haven't done all there is to do by then.

I think the Go fad will die off by Sept, but not b/c people have lost interest - Pokémon has been huge for 20 years - but b/c kids and teens will be back in school. And in parts of the country it will start to get cold. Nobody will be playing this in the US northeast in the dead of winter.

If the people making this have any sense at all they'll scrap this 1 hit wonder piece of trash and make a digital watch with a screen so people actually have a reason to own one. This thing is more useless than a 3DS amiibo portal and I don't think that sold well for $20.

Make a kids touchscreen device that can also tell time and double as a Pokedex. Plenty of devices under $50 on Amazon. They can sell whatever Go Plus devices they've already made as $9.99 friendship bracelets.

https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Akids%20touch%20screen

Weird. I still haven't received a "sorry" email from Ninty UK...maybe I'm a lucky customer?!

I'm not insinuating that the delay is due to supply, but I'm just imagining if they did release it this month, it would be WiiU GC adapter/wave 3-5 amiibo chaos for people.

Well if the hype die down and certain players move on, then the chance of me and others who need one increases.

This must be a kick in the face for those who pre-ordered from scalpers on eBay for at least 3x times the msrp. I guess they can get refunded, but still.

By the time this comes out the craze will have died down. I think they're really missing their mark here with this coming right before fall/colder weather.

This is so typical of Nintendo.

"Let's wait till the hype died, then we sell this Pokemon Go Plus. This way it will never run out of stock! What a great idea! This is innovative thinking outside the square."

But WHY? It's basically useless and way overpriced. There was no reason to make this at all, let alone DELAY it!

How about they honor the original release date for those who preordered it right from the start!!!! Idc if it doesn't work with the game yet just give me my watch! Sick of pre-ordering something way in advance and having it pushed back months at a time. Nibelsnarfing annoying.

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September 30th!? Might as well just call it October

Well that's lame, Niantic released Go before they wanted to because Go Plus was coming out, and now Go Plus isn't even coming out. Go could have been more polished and complete if they waited a bit.

@rjejr
Hopefully the south can keep it going while the north takes a break. It's too hot to go outside here right now, so I'm waiting for winter.

Nintendelay. Not very effective.

I've seen people using Apps like Pokevision to locate Pokémons nearby and check for where to catch the rare ones. I wonder how many people would pay for this even it's in store right now.