{"id":78705,"date":"2017-02-15T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=78705"},"modified":"2017-04-10T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T14:15:37","slug":"niantic-reveals-largest-update-to-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/niantic-reveals-largest-update-to-pokemon-go","title":{"rendered":"With Spring on Horizon, Niantic Reveals Largest Update to Pok\u00e9mon Go Since Summer Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Niantic launched Pok\u00e9mon Go last summer, it seemed to sweep the world, even though it was an incomplete, broken game\u2014admitted even by John Hanke, the head of the development studio behind the augmented reality phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several months, Niantic has made only minor updates to the game, releasing new content in trickles rather than floods. That all changes this week: Pok\u00e9mon Go is getting a whole new generation of Pok\u00e9mon plus new game mechanics and virtual items.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Starting later this week, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to catch more than 80 Pok\u00e9mon originally discovered in the Johto region in the Pok\u00e9mon Gold and Pok\u00e9mon Silver video games,&#8221; the company announced this morning. &#8220;We\u2019ve also implemented some new features to enhance your Pok\u00e9mon GO experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R04u9E5INTI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are the updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 80 Pok\u00e9mon will be added to the game, including new evolutions.<\/li>\n<li>New gameplay mechanics, such as slowing down Pok\u00e9mon with berries.<\/li>\n<li>New items, such as the Pinap Berry, which doubles the amount of candy you receive.<\/li>\n<li>An expanded wardrobe, including new hats, shirts, and pants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/11\/02\/halloween-niantic-pokemon-go-rose-from-dead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Niantic launched Pok\u00e9mon Go last summer, it seemed to sweep the world, even though it was an incomplete, broken game\u2014admitted even by John Hanke, the head of the development studio behind the augmented reality phenomenon. Over the past several months, Niantic has made only minor updates to the game, releasing new content in trickles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55555,"featured_media":69976,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[229,174,366,367],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-78705","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News","tag-augmented-reality","tag-gaming","tag-niantic","tag-pokemon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/78705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/78705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/69976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78705"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=78705"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=78705"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=78705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}