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Shiny, Rare, and Ditto? PokemonGo APK 0.47 teardown

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UPDATE!!

Ditto’s are being caught!  Posts to Facebook are showing users catching basic Pokémon that transform to Ditto’s!

One story here.

 

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The folks over at thesilphroad.com are at it again.  They published some interesting findings after digging into the recent APK 0.47 files released in the last update on or around November 18th.

As anyone following the update releases know Niantic’s release notes were very bare.  It claimed only that egg animation and small text files were fixed.  Under the hood it looks like much more is coming very soon.

Highlights of the findings are more Ditto code!!!  From the looks of the code there’s many references to Ditto.  There’s the potential that Ditto can be caught in the wild and used in battles.  Ditto capture sounds are different, along with background graphics (including a “spotlight” graphic described as potentially indicating an altered appearance.  There’s new tracker code tweaks too!

There was code that was found to reflect the words “RARE” and “SHINY” with an accompanied new sound file that plays when a Pokemon is captured with the RARE tag.  The SHINY tag can mean that new material to alter the the tint or color of the Pokemon.

All this is speculation but thesilphroad.com makes some very sound assumptions.  For the full read out head over to the article.

CP changes for Pokémon not good for Gym play

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Niantic has released news that’s a little troubling. There will be changes for some Pokémon’s CP, or Combat Points. The claim from the company is that this will balance Gym battling and training.

The examples listed for getting increased CP don’t really make sense for allowing for a “more balanced and competitive battling and training experience” at a gym.  Let’s be honest who uses Alakazams, Rhydons, or Gengars for Gyms?  Will a rebalance of CP really change Gym battles and training?

This and the continued speed/driving restrictions are making it harder to keep the faith in this game.  Let us know your thoughts and see below for the full details.

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Thank you Celebration Inbound!!

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Just announced this morning!!  There will be a celebration between November 23rd 00:00 UTC through November 30th 00:00 UTC for what’s Niantic’s calling “A Celebration to Say Thank You!”  They’ve provided a short message reflecting on the experience since the launch in July, their passion, and their being humbled by the experience.

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The full details are below:

Trainers,

It has been an incredible experience since we launched Pokémon GO a few short months ago in July. We are passionate about creating experiences that encourage exploration and promote exercise. We are humbled that hundreds of millions of you around the world have joined us on this journey. So we would like to say thank you – and what better way to say thank you than to celebrate our community.

So, starting November 23rd at 00:00 UTC and going through November 30th 00:00 UTC, we will double the amount of XP and Stardust you receive when completing in-game actions.
The Pokémon GO team

PokemonGo: 7th Nest Migration

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Many reports are coming in that the 7th PokemonGo nest migration has begun.  Seems the folks over at TheSilphroad.com have figured this out to be about every 2-3 weeks and have called every one since they started!

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Nest migrations are in-game changes were the existing Pokemon nest spawns change from say Squirtle’s to Psyducks as terrible as that would be.  This seems to be another way for Niantic to keep the game fresh and players happy.  Players may also see the addition of new nest not previously seen in their areas.  For their part Niantic seem to be very serious about listening to the community and adding items to the game based on demand as well as listening to the fan collective where it counts.

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The reddit announcement thread has many people reporting some fairly decent nest changes (alot of Charmander references!)  As of this morning from my trusty desk of my real job the same Rattata’s and Pidgey’s are being seen unfortunately.  May the rest of you be lucky and finally get the Pokemon you’ve been looking for.  If you are so inclined also sign up for TheSilphRoad.com’s Atlas tracking and add your spawn information to help track existing nest and changes from these migrations.  The Atlas is found here.

Comment who you need to help complete your Pokedex below!

More bonuses to celebrate bonuses?!

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Niantic has shared even more great news about daily bonuses!!  Daily bonuses for first catch and first Pokestop collection are rolling out now. To celebrate this new feature Niantic promises more Pokémon in the wild and Pokestops will drop more items!  Maybe we will see a Ditto or rares?!  We shall see. Post your rare catches in the comments!

See the below for full details. 

Nearby Feature Testing Expanding!

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Looks like we have another update from Niantic!  They’ve been very active and promising (let’s hope delivering soon) quite a few things since the highly successful Halloween event.  This time we are being told that the testing for the “nearby feature” is being expanded to all of San Fransisco, and now parts of Arizon and Seattle area of Washington State.  While this is promising it would be great if they opened up an it more to 3rd party apps in the interim. 

PokemonGo Nest Migration Number 6!

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Today’s news from PokemonGo is the completion of the 6th Pokemon “nest migration.”  As all players should know by now nests are spawns of the same Pokemon’s occurring at the same place.  For the last few months Niantic have pushed nest migrations to mix up the Pokemon, provide more variety, and keep players guessing.  With yesterday’s announcement of a forth coming update to add daily bonuses “very soon” it seems Niantic is keeping their foot on the gas to win back and keep players!

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These “secret” nest migrations change the types of Pokemon that typically spawn at the nest.  The same “nest” that spawned Magikarp, for example, now spawns different Pokemon.  In our own testing we can confirm more Polliwags, Paras, Oddish, and Krabby’s than seen previously at our normal location, however no real “rares” of any merit to report.  The folks over at PokemonGohub indicate the nest migration occurred November 2nd, 2016.

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This reddit thread provides additional details and encourages reports that confirm the nest migration as well as the new Pokemon types that are appearing in the nests.  It appears by the reports on that thread that this migration has added to “increased biodiversity” which simply means more variety to the nest spawns and often times increasing the chance to catch rare Pokemon.

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To add your own reports on what’s spawning at your favorite Pokemon nests head over to  the Nest Atlas at The Silph Road .  You can sign up and add your own reports to help identify what new Pokemon are spawning at your local nests!

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PokemonGo Daily Bonuses coming soon!

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PokemonGo is due to receive another update called “Daily Bonus” giving players another reason to play the highly addictive game!  Fresh off the heels of the highly successful Halloween event that we wrote about earlier,  Niantic says an update that is “coming soon” will provide daily bonuses based on daily game play and visiting Pokestops!

It’s a very simple approach:  Catch a Pokemon or visit a Pokestop daily to get bonuses!!!!  Catch a Pokemon everyday you gets you 500XP and 600 Stardust.  Catch a Pokemon 7 days straight gets you 2000XP and 2,400 Stardust.  Hit a Pokestop daily and get 500XP and a “number of additional items.”  Visiting the same PokeStop 7 days in a row gets you 2000XP and a “greater number of additional items” (LOL).  The more consistent you are everyday the better the loot!  The bonuses period start at 12am local time.

What do you think too little too late or too much too soon?

 

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Pokemon Go’s Halloween Event – Was it enough to bring back players?

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Niantic rolled out its first player centric event since game launch, the Halloween event.  For the event (which at the time of this writing this writer still sees Halloween benefits even though it was to end 11/1/16) players received an assortment of Halloween treats; from higher spawn counts for Halloween type Pokémon’s, double candy points, and much shorter distances for buddy candy.  But was it enough to bring the masses back to the game?

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From the player perspective, it seems to have been very player centric and beneficial to players.  This writer has seen more than he cares to in terms of Meowths, Ghastly’s, Hypno’s, Drowzee’s, and Haunters for sure but this was a great opportunity to use these hyper spawned Pokemon’s to do a few things:

  1. Players have a chance to get some high evolution Pokemon’s they might not have prior to the event via evolving them or simply catching them
  2. You can churn them into candies and level up very easy (add an egg and you’re talking massive EXP’s to get more than one level)
  3. More EXP from simply catching all these Poke’s that spawn over the last few days.
  4. MORE CANDY!
    1. Let’s be honest there was tons of candy to be had via the reduced buddy candy. Walk distance was cut by ¾ths!!!  This is HUGE for getting candy for the other hard to level Pokemon’s.

This was an awesome opportunity to really make out well in terms of leveling your player and your favorite Pokemon’s!

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Now for Niantic and the business.  Did they benefit and what’s the chances for more events?  Looking at the recent press on the matter that answer seems to be a resounding YES!  Forbes.com reports that Niantic saw a 133% jump in revenue, the app creep back to the top of the Highest Grossing app chart, and goes on to reference data saying the revenue jumped 133%.  Another source Geek.com echo’s the statements from Forbes with pretty graphs and putting a value of about $23 million to the Niantic coffers.  Pretty impressive!

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It seems there’s a very good chance players of Pokemon Go will benefit from future events based on the fact Niantic catered heavily to the players with the Halloween benefits and the positives to the company and app.   Let’s hope we can see either a Thanksgiving or Christmas event coming out soon!!

Let us know your comments and thoughts on the event!