Pokémon Go is reinvented to be able to play inside the house: these are the changes that are coming

Since its launch, Niantic has focused Pokémon Go in the concept of leaving home to explore. With COVID-19 forcing measures social distancing and confinement required in a good part of the globe, the world has changed and Pokémon Go you have thought to adapt to the new reality.

Recently, Niantic announced some what’s new in the game to facilitate the game from homebut most profound changes are still to come. For example, the sincroaventura take into account the steps at home, without the need of going to any site.

Changes that are already available

Changes in the Pokémon Go to adapt to the new situation have already begun. Some of these changes, more simple as it implies to slightly modify some game mechanicsalready announced and activated a few days ago. Are the following:

• The distance to ecolosionar eggs has been reduced to half.

• The PokéParadas release gifts with greater frequency.

• The number of gifts that you can open every day is increased to 30.

• The number of gifts that you can carry in your inventory is increased to 20.

• The gifts include more PokéBalls than normal.

• The coaches can compete with friends with a heart (before with only 3 hearts or more).

• The duration of the incense, which increases to an hour.

• Appear more pokémon on the map.

• It increases the reward of XP and dust stellar increases (the triple for the first catch of the day).

• Packete special for 1 coin. The content of the package may vary, right now contains 50 super balls.

The changes that are coming

With the pandemic of COVID-19 that does not seem to us to be quitting soon, Niantic has decided to prioritize the elements of play that can be performed from home. In this case, are changes that might take a little longer to arrive, but that should help the hunting of pokémon is not reduced by the fact of staying at home.

Possibly the most important change is that the Sincroaventura count the steps in interiorsso nothing will stop you from hatching eggs in an intensive session in the treadmill or while doing chores around the house.

Another novelty in the way will allow you to join forces with friends to make inroads in the Pokémon Go from home. Niantic claims to be also working to allow players to participate in events Pokémon Go Fest from home.

Another pillar of Pokémon Go is the exploration. In that aspect, Niantic is investigating how to allow users to virtually visit your favorite places, although he has not gone into details on how exactly.

More information | Niantic

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Pokémon Go is reinvented to be able to play inside the house: these are the changes that are coming

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