You can catch Pikachu during the anniversary event of ‘Pokèmon Go’

It seems appropriate that for the first anniversary of one of the biggest games to come out in recent history will feature its most iconic character. Pokèmon Go, which is celebrating its one year anniversary this month, will be running an anniversary event starting July 6^th to 24^th. That event will give you the opportunity to get a special Pikachu that’s wearing Ash’s hat. Aside from that, Niantic says, “You’ll also be able to stock up for Raid Battles and the events ahead with the special limited-time Anniversary Box, which will include Incubators, Max Revives, Ultra Balls, and Raid Passes at a discount in the in-game shop.”

If you were expecting more, unfortunately that’s all we’re getting for now. Trading or legendary monsters still aren’t available. But this is most likely due to the overwhelming popularity of the game. As it attracted so many users, the game needed “rebuilding and rewiring” of its infrastructure to keep it running at the scale it was running, as Niantic CEO John Hanke admits. Hanke says this put them at around six months behind. For now we have to settle with Pikachu.

Source: Kotaku

Super Mario Run a runaway success, still not as habit forming as Pokémon Go

The highly anticipated iOS exclusive mobile game Super Mario Run managed 10 million downloads during the first 24 hours of being made available. The game, which requires a CAD $13.00 fee to unlock all the levels, made US $ 4 million in revenue on its first day. A formidable achievement for sure but one that's failed to exclipse the excitement earlier this year for Pokémon Go.

A report from analytics company App Annie  Super Mario Run, which is a mobile take on the beloved Super Mario franchise from Nintendo, reports that it notched up over 10M downloads and generated more than $4M revenue on its first day. This is great news for Apple and for Nintendo as well as sign to other game companies that mobile ports of long-standing console franchises are where the future of mobile and casual gaming are. Pokémon Go, which was earning upt to $10 million a day for weeks after its initial release (and which had a staggered rollout) is likely the bigger earner long-term. While it is a freemium game, Pokémon Go continues to add features, creatures and more ways to play. 

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‘Pokémon Go’ will reportedly bring 100 new creatures in next update

If you’re still playing Pokémon Go, we have some good news for you. There might be some new big things headed your way next month, including over 100 new normal and Legendary Pokémon (including Mew and Mewto), player vs. player battles, Pokémon trading, as well as the ability to raise Pokémon like Tamagotchi.

This information, however, hasn’t been confirmed by Niantic Labs yet but a spokesperson has said that “Gen 2” of the game is coming. The new features shown above were taken from an analysis of the game code by the developers associated with the Pokémon map PokeVS.

‘Pokémon Go’ gets spooky for Halloween

Getting in on the Halloween fun and dispensing as much virtual candy as possible, Pokémon Go is hosting a “global in-game event” for Halloween. Niantic Labs is encouraging its players to catch the “spooky” pocket monsters like Gastly, Gengar, and Golbat. You’ll be seeing more of them from October 26 to November 1. Plus, the monsters you catch will net double the number of candies (making that six instead of three) and your buddy Pokémon giving you four candies instead of one for every pre-set distance you walk. Professor Willow is also feeling a bit generous and giving two candies for every monster you send his way.

Source: Engadget