One of the most heavily requested features for Pokémon GO looks set to finally arrive in the game, as developer Niantic teases the feature on social media.
Ever since the app first launched back in 2016, fans have been hoping to see player trades and battles find their way to the game for that authentic Pokémon experience. Trading was introduced earlier this summer, securing one of the two nicely, and battling was then promised to arrive at a later date.
As you can see for yourself below, it certainly seems like that magical day is just around the corner. Things started with this first tweet earlier today.
From there, new tweets have followed to reveal the mystery. Each tweet has arrived on the hour every hour, so we might get treated to some more information as the day goes on.
Update: Since this article went live, another tweet was posted to confirm that our suspicions were true.
Are you ready to battle your friends in Pokémon GO?
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NOW they are doing it? Sheesh, took forever.
Its about time
Great, I can be destroyed by a level 40 player! 😛
could this have any tie in with lets go?
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It's just not 'Pokémon battling' repetitively tapping a screen.
@Kit add a swipe every other tap
FINALLY. I may have to re-download it now.
I've never wanted pvp so not bothered. I just want to CATCH EM ALL!
But a lot of people did want it so let's hope they're finally happy.
Took a while! Time to get destroyed by all my friends... yaaaaaay...
@Incarta Unless they add actual moves and turn based battles for the PVP instead of constant tapping like the gyms, none of the people that wanted pvp will be happy.
PVP will remain a curio at best. It is likely each player will have to be geographically local to each other and probably on the friends list as well, just like the trade system.
And as mentioned above, the battle system in PoGo is meant for quick play on a portable game and relies more on attrition and type advantage than actual strategy.
It looks hideous
FINALLY!!!! Glad I've kept playing, I'm almost at level 40!
@Kit It would be fun to have the pokemon auto-battle, while the trainers use the poke-throw mechanic to throw rocks at the other pokemon.
It's not ~quite traditional pokemon battling, but it's probably a more realistic way of battling ;p
Yeah, this doesn't interest me at all considering how lame the battle system in GO is. Don't get me wrong, I'm an active player, but that's mostly just because it feels rewarding to walk around and catch Pokemon. When I want actual Pokemon RPG mechanics I boot up the real games.
@Kit but repeatedly pushing a on switch is more elegant.
IT IS ABOUT freaking TIME!
Unless they fundamentally overhaul the battle mechanics, these fights are going to be too boring to even bother with.
@andjahiam Pushing the A button on the Switch at least entails selecting a move from a list, instead of just furiously tapping a screen to perform the exact same attack over and over again. There’s enough strategy to Pokémon battles in the core RPGs to warrant a huge competitive scene. There’s no way such a scene will exist for the likely horrendously dull PvP battles in PoGo.
Wow, what a smart business decision. If they had released that feature from the beginning, nobody would be playing the game right now. It's amazing that a company can not only parse up sections of games and then sell them as DLC after release, but can also take out entire gameplay mechanics and then slowly dripfeed them through updates. Gaming really has changed!
I'm not particularly excited by this. What benefits will there be for battling? If it's just for bragging rights that sucks. I'd rather rinse my revives and potions on pokemon I've had in gym battles and raids.
@goggles789 they aren't selling anything as DLC. Maybe you're taking shots at another game but Pokémon Go has never had paid DLC, only consumables and additional clothing is paid content which can be earned without spending money
@Baker1000 It was a dig at gaming in general, not just one game...lol
Too late? Probably not because Let’s Go is helping to bring Go back from the dead, but I wish this happened 2 years ago.
Too bad I have like no Pokémon left since I transferred almost all of the good ones to let’s go lol
I might jump on this. I haven't been paying attention to the game since the big launch that caused everyone to play it and get arrested for trespassing so can someone update me and let me know if you can also transfer Pokemon between people too? Basically what features are in a normal 3 DS game that are not in this game?
@Spoony_Tech I'm looking forward to it... finally a point to being lv40.
Trainer battles what a concept
What, they still hadn't added PvP battles up to this point?!
If it is at all like gym battles, I have almost no interest. And what tiny interest I have is purely based around potential rewards.
And this almost total lack of interest is coming from someone who regularly plays with 2 accounts. Collecting mons, taking and defending gyms, shiny hunting, and doing all that while I walk to and from work, the train station and grocery store - Great! But I don't see myself ever enjoying PvP in this game.
@Heavyarms55 glad I'm not the only one. I'm not one of the hardcore but I still play regularly. I'm level 33 and I know I have no chance of taking on someone who's level 40 with a party full of Rhyperior's and Chansey's. Unless they're throwing out bags of stardust (as in units of 1000 not the measly 500 you get for raid victories) and lots of rare candy then I'm not interested in fighting just to say "I've got a stronger team than yours"
@Baker1000 By most metrics you could call me fairly hardcore, since I regularly play 2 accounts. But I have no interest in PvP because I know there would be no strategy or skill involved. Battles in Go are just tapping the screen repeatedly with a decent type matchup. And switching in these battles is so slow that in PvP I don't see it being remotely worth it.
Real Pokemon games are where I am interested in PvP. But in Go, not in the slightest. If they have good rewards for playing them, I'm just gonna kick my own butt over and over to get them.
Unless PvP is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from gym battles. But... lol, I doubt it. Not from Niantic, the company that still regularly screws up community days in Asia.
It's looking like it's 3v3 with three separate battle tiers. 1500cp and under, 2500cp and under, and "anything goes"
That being said, it's still just going to be lots and lots of tapping.
@DarkKirby
I couldn't agree more
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