Every once in a while a story comes along to remind us just how uplifting the gaming community can be. One such scenario was brought to our attention by Dexerto, detailing how fans from around the world have come together to support a five-year-old Pokémon Go player who missed out on the chance to catch a 'legendary' Wurmple.
For anyone who has ever played Pokémon Go, the thought of finding you have no Poké Balls when in a chance encounter with a shiny is enough to make the sweat run cold; but very few of us have ever seen this nightmare become a reality.
Unfortunately for one Redditor's young nephew, the harsh reality of Pokémon Go hunting was exposed too soon. Last week bobduncanswerve7 shared the tragic story with gut-punching photographic evidence, as the young child in his care ran up to him to announce 'I found a legendary. It's like caterpie but red but purple.' Now, news like this would usually be enough to get the heart pumping, but this story has no Hollywood ending, as the Redditor begrudgingly noticed that his innocent nephew had no Poké Balls to catch the little critter (the horror).
The 'Purmple' made an escape and the five-year-old boy was left without his shiny catch. His uncle posted the following statement to the Reddit thread to update all understandably concerned parties:
Unfortunately, we weren't able to catch it. No pokestops nor daily friend gifts, nothing. But, I promised him that I'll make up for it by getting him either a shiny or a legendary, probably Zacian or Zamazenta.
Although on the surface this is a story of tragedy, the Pokémon community's overwhelmingly positive response has been enough to inspire us to see that it's not all doom and Goomy. What started off with helpful tips about what the young player can do in the future to prevent such heartbreak from befalling him again, the comments soon became an outpouring of support for the uncle-nephew hunting duo.
From pleads to make an in-game Poké Ball purchase to heartfelt condolences, we have collated some of the most positive responses below to remind you of the good in the gaming community.
It is refreshing to see that in a story where there could have been a level of passive instruction-giving, the Pokémon community instead reminded us that while we may not be the very best like no one ever was, it's not that hard to be a good person.
What's your most heartbreaking Pokémon encounter? Let us share your pain in the comments below!
[source dexerto.com]
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The game lets you buy Poké Balls from the capture screen, by clicking on the Poke Ball menu on the bottom right, and then the shopping bag icon at the top.
This situation could've been avoided if that were known.
Oh no....
Reminds me of how my friend lost a shiny last go fest, it ran after he tried to used his poke ball plus to catch it. The pokeball plus failed and in the encounter, it ran
The responses on reddit were not helpful or encouraging in any way. How is "hey spend a dollar next time for balls" uplifting? Seriously, what in this article is interesting or shows the community rushing to aid? "omg that happened to
me once!" does not equal anything
❗️I'm from the West Midlands and due to MILLIONS of Poké-Stops, I NEVER run out.
In fact, I have to throw many Items out...
I like how you made a Pokemon pun on the word gloom even though there is literally a Pokemon called Gloom. 'Not all Houndoom and Gloom', surely?
I found a Shiny totodile once and couldnt catch it
Removed - unconstructive
If I have no pokeballs and a shiny appears I still knock it out. At least I'm still getting the exp!
Is this satire? I know the incident happened because I saw the original post on Reddit, but the highlighted comments show multiple examples of “passive instruction giving.” 🤔
Pretty sure the author of this article is being sarcastic. Right? Nobody rallied for the kid, they just told the guy "you should've been a better uncle and got the kid some Pokéballs".
First world problems lol
@Would_you_kindly Beat me to it. More important things to be worrying about right now.
@RubyCarbuncle gotta wonder why a 5 year old has their own phone in the first place like who they calling lol
Lost a shiny Blissey in a Sword raid battle but then hacked one on the Gold version shiny exploit.
@RupeeClock holy sh*t i did not know that and I'm level 48 lol
So what happens to the boy?
Well so much for the “nobody still plays Pokémon Go” meme that was spread around
I don't play or keep up with Pokemon Go, so from the title, I assumed fans actually did something to trigger another shiny for the kid, or rallied all to catch a shiny and trade to the kid, something. I didn't expect the rallying would be around spending money on a mobile game.
That wasn’t a rally at all. How do I thumbs down this whole article because it doesn’t make sense and the author forgot there’s an actual Pokémon called Gloom?
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