Pokémon GO developer Niantic has already promised more updates to the core app - including the ability to trade monsters with other players - but studio CEO John Hanke has revealed that one-on-one battles may also be featured in the future.
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Hanke explained that battles are something that crop up in conversation quite a lot:
I have 10 year old son – he's my Pokémon expert, we play together – he wants to battle his friends in Pokémon Go. Battling is something we talk a lot about. It's probably something that will make its way onto our roadmap.
While combat is already a part of Pokémon GO, battles are currently limited to gyms and do not involve one player fighting the other in real time. Instead, players assign their monsters to gyms and other players then attack them to claim control of that gym, with AI deciding the actions of the defending Pokémon.
Hanke also stated that what's currently available in the app is "the tip of the iceberg" and that Niantic has plenty of ideas for the future. He also held up the company's previous app - Ingress - as an example of how these kind of projects can evolve over time:
I think it will change substantially over the years. If you want to predict the future, you can look at the past. A lot of what we're doing with Pokémon, we learned through three years of hard work with Ingress and building up that community around the world, maturing that technology, the social aspect of it, the group gameplay, and the events for Ingress are really the lifeblood of that game. I think you can expect to see things like that in Pokémon Go.
Are you keen on seeing one-on-one battles come to the app? What other features would you like to see in Pokémon GO? Let us know by posting a comment.
[source techcrunch.com]
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if only the app worked on rooted devices. I have never once cheated and now I can't play anymore just because I like freedom. I have done nothing wrong, I'm pissed.
The real problem is that the technology isn't reliable enough at the moment for it to work... there is already frequent lag when battling gyms, and that would only get worse with more people involved.
And the alternatives would require you to use either local wi-fi or bluetooth, which would increase battery consumption, and they'll likely want to avoid that.
We probably will get this at some point, but not until the technology allows for it, so as Hanke implied, it'll be a matter of years until it arrives, rather than months.
Why doesn't his son battle his friends in real Pokemon games?
I would rather have them work on the battle system. It's horrible in its current state...
The game still has a BETA feel to it. I've been patiently waiting for more substance....now after dumping cash into it since launch day, my device can't play it because I choose to be rooted. arrggh!
@plug313 lol sounds like you do like to cheat lol
One of the best part of every pokemon games is to show your friends how powerfull are your pokemon so one to one battle had to be their first priority after have a stable service
[size=8]Now let's hope this will make the sales[/size] [size=16]grow[/size] [size=8]once again[/size]
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How is this just now on their roadmap that should have been a feature that was being worked on since the beginning. The reason I just stopped playing this game straight up is it's so limited in what you can do trading and battles should have been there from the start. Imagine if they had launched this game properly lol. Oh well it was nice this summer in getting me hyped back up for next pokemon game.
I'd just like to see trading implemented. I'm not too keen on battling (Level 21 and still haven't picked a team).
Gen 2, please.
This isn't my main concern. I'm all for being patient and waiting for trading, one on one battles, etc. My concern is, well I'm not going to sugarcoat it, I recently started using a "certain" map to aid in catching pokemoney. Once said map loads up the default area shown is just over saturated with Pokémon, common and rare. So I punch in my area....not so much. Even the most productive area to catch pokemon near me pales in comparison. The idea of pokemon is to catch them all (and battle), but how can you catch them all when all of them aren't available to do so. I say share the wealth. Also what happens when gen 2 is released, do they take over the gen 1 making them no longer available. So if you missed out on a certain pokemon...tough luck.
First and foremost i'd love to see the new tracking system roll out to everyone. It's frustrating not being able to properly track anything without aid of outside maps and the like. I refuse to use them most of the time but I'd be a liar if I claimed that I haven't opened it up to catch something that I have never seen before.
After that, give me trading, then give me Gen 2. Local battles would be fun, but it's not really at the top of my personal priority list. When it comes to the games, I've always been more of a collector, though I've recently become interested in competitive battling.
PKMN battling with 2 moves. TWO MOVES?!!! Pah, lets just play the original series, there's soo much more skill and variety involved.
If players want Pokemon battles, they may as well pick up one or more of the current Gen titles and a 3DS.
Niantic continues to talk about things that may be adding into Pokemon GO instead of what they are and will be adding.
The ONE thing I want/need is an option to select multiple Pokemon when you're ready to transfer.
Let me transfer the 30 Pidgeys I don't have sufficient candy to evolve all at once, rather than going into each one individually.
Here's my confusion: 1v1 battling was literally in the original teaser trailer, so why would such a mechanic be "considered" if it was pretty much confirmed from the beginning? What about events? I really feel Niantic has PLENTY of income now to be ramping up production and making this game the best it could absolutely be. Why anything otherwise?
@Igetin thank you! I actually found out about that on my own before but it looked too complicated for me lol I unrooted for now, but I'm not happy about it 🙁
If gym battles with the "various" Pokemon/moves that trainers use is any indication of the possible one-on-one battles, then it will be "epic". (sarcasm)
Too bad im rooted and won't be able to check this future update out.
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