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I have a really sinking feeling about the Switch, I fear that in the background of the vastly superior platforms of XBOX/PS/PC it will have very a hard time making ground. Plus I think that Ninty will just mark it up way too high (again). As for portability, the 3DS is still excellent although old now. I got a WiiU collecting dust so I think that I for one will be passing on this NeXt generation Ninty console and stick to PC gaming, oh and of course Pokemon on my 3DS.

Yep tis totally pointless, I've been playing with it since it's launch and I've still only got 2 friends... I'm such a billy-no-mates. However I would certainly welcome some kind of update.

Surely the dock will also be the charging cradle for the Switch duh!

Be interesting to find out what the battery life of the Switch will be like, can't imagine that it'll be more than a couple of hours at best.

Never underestimate the power of Pokémon.

PKMN battling with 2 moves. TWO MOVES?!!! Pah, lets just play the original series, there's soo much more skill and variety involved.

I'm trying to work out if they pay-out for PKMN GO related accidents or not.

I climbed all the way up a steep hill in the middle of nowhere thinking 'ah well this oughta be good for 24 hours till someone gets up here', wrong. Within 4 hours some spoofing lamer had taken it. That is what's wrong with this game!

At last a welcome addition of The Judge (IV Rater)

I remember when this came out, it was ground-breaking stuff!

I've been walking around the same loop every lunch time to visit PokéStops/Gyms (with minimal P<MN appearing), this game is becoming very boring for me. :-/

@Ryu_Niiyama Isn't it enough that they get a new game to play? Sorry but I'm very sceptical about such marketing ploys targeting children (and the gullible), it just feeds into an 'I want, I want' attitude in life. That and it being cheap plastic tat that'll probably break, run out of batteries and never be used. Sure I had toys, I also had an imagination and made do with whatever I had without constantly wanting/demanding more expensive things.

It was probably those damn data-mining sites like PokéVision that broke the footsteps indicator anyway if the servers were getting flooded by so many requests. Now if these 3rd party developers at least waited until it's full global release and a few stability updates first (instead of causing untold delays on the rollout and extra work for the dev team) then they might've got away with running them, but human nature and greed wanted it all right now and sod anyone else. This is what I suspected was happening all along and decided not break PKMN GO's ToS by using 3rd party apps and play by the rules. Hope that they get back on track soon.

Another totally pointless over-priced marketing gimmick riding on the back of the PKMN franchise. More fool anyone for wasting their money on this plastic child's toy.

@KittyKatta Yes, of course I've read the ToS because I was at first conflicted about using these location apps/sites, however these general rules aren't that different from Ingress (which I played before) so it was fairly obvious that it's against the rules, AKA 'cheating'. No matter how you may try to justify it (i.e. everyone else is doing it so it's OK for me to do it) makes no difference it is what it is. So it's basically a moral issue do you want to cheat or not, I'm taking no moral high ground here just calling it what it is and choosing to do what I feel is right... playing the game fairly as it was intended by the developers (as bug ridden as it currently is). So I don't miss these apps/sites and am glad that it levels the playing field. Each to their own!

Indeed @Xaessya however it didn't give the exact location of the PKMN you still had to search the area.

It's really quite simple @KittyKatta the right way is to play a game is by it's rules, such as what's outlined in PKMN GO's ToS (have you even read them?), the wrong way is to break the rules (i.e. using 3rd party apps for an unfair advantage)... this is known as 'cheating'.

Did Ash have an online Poké-Tracker device when he started out, did Red before him? Nope, it's not in the original 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen games either. It's 'cheating' beyond a doubt and clearly contravenes the designers Terms of Service so don't do it. Niantic were perfectly justified in their actions and I for one am glad they did. Just play the game as it was designed to be played - fairly.

One thing about Niantic, they never do anything quickly.

Another thing about Niantic, they're known to change the rules of the game when it suits them.

Old PKMN games always hold their value on the second-hand market. Glad for the influx of sales for Ninty!

I wonder what suckers are gonna fall for this. Probably every little kid'll be hassling their parents for this nonsense. Ninty are really cashing in on this plastic trash - shame on them.

I'm actually not looking forward to the legendaries being released then every flipping gym is gonna have them set as guardians. Yawn - boring!

It looks like a level from ExciteBike lol

Great idea, but overlooking one obvious thing - Ninty aren't gonna like it and could sue him for breach of copyright and intellectual rights. :-/

@Arctic_Nights I wonder if he actually achieved it without cheating? (location spoofing/online location tools) I smell a Rattata!

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All this interest in PKMN GO hopefully will translate into more people getting into the main series and boosting 3DS sales

Lets hope all this renewed interest in Pokémon will lead people back to the original series of games and boost 3DS sales a bit. The full games were always better than spin-offs, including PKMN GO IMHO.

@Lylard I'm not sure I follow your logic so you're saying using the official in-game shop and spending PokeCoins (which can be earned in game - or even free using Google Opinion Rewards) is cheating, but using a 3rd party web application that gives away the location of 'hidden' in-game PKMN when the point of the game is to find them yourself isn't cheating?!! (Despite being against the games Terms of Service).

You make no sense LOL X-D

I did this and easily bumped myself up two levels!

Interesting info.

I can't help but think that a) this is cheating (you couldn't do this in the main series) and b) sites like this put an even greater load on the servers (more so than alleged hackers). I'd advise people not to use it, play fairly and be patient with a game that is technically still in a pre-release/post beta-testing phase. It still hasn't been officially launched by Ninty yet!

Ninty make you GO outside and walk more.

Beware of the nerd herd!

VR is pointless and expensive... AR is where it's at! So glad that Ninty have capitalised on it, they should keep down this road and forget about VR! Game of Zelda Go or Mario Kart Go anyone?

I'm not reinstalling Ingress, been there done that and not going back! However, have you noticed the white floating dots in PKMN GO? Tip, that's where the high concentrations of XM in Ingress are and is the spawn points for 'mon. So really you don't need to install both apps at all. Furthermore it doesn't show you where to find 'rare' 'mon either it just shows where they're more likely to regularly spawn. Pls update the article NintyLife!

"well respected gaming behaviour"? This is virtual insanity!

As much as I've enjoyed playing PKMN over the years and enjoy PKMN GO atm... I find myself wondering 'what have we become'?!!

Sadly all this just isn't true (as it should be) I spent all weekend in a forest, not only where there not many PKMN to be seen, I caught a fire-type there?!? The Truth is they are only in large numbers in towns/cities generally around PokéStops (i.e. Ingress portals). We've been sold a dud!

"I will travel across the land searching far and wide" Meh!
More PKMN spawning in rural areas (away from PokéStops and not only in towns) there's virtually nothing out in the countryside.

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

Yeah I play... erm open it every day... but it needs Google Plus support as I've only got 2 friends on FB who use it.

The jurys out, it's just a spin-off not a main title, I'll give it a poke but I'm not expecting to much (that way I won't be too disappointed).

I still think (grass/flying) Rowlet is gonna be the worst type starter 'mon... Tropius (the other grass/flying type) was seriously underused and utterly useless. Still we' shall have to wait 'n see what the base stats and move pool reveal.

The Nintendo MeH

It's only a code-name girls 'n boys, like the NX, will be called summit different on production

Erm, can we have this in GBA/DS ROM form pls, like the rest of the custom PKMN games so we can play it on our GBA/DS emulators.

He's so gonna get sued and it's so gonna get pulled for copyright infringement tho.

Oh look yet more lion/cat like and bat like pkmn. :-/

@Great_Gonzalez I'm 38 and it doesn't bother me

Well it's not going to be released as the Nintendo NX that's for sure.

Erm... nope! Don't even go there.

Really? Seriously?!! I'll have probably sold my WiiU by then, or the NX will come out. It was just about the only reason I was holding on to my WiiU. Meh @ Ninty!