Pokémon news (August 5) – Pokémon GO / Pikachu’s Song
Today’s Pokémon news: Niantic’s statement about the blocking of third-party tracking services in Pokémon GO, but also…
- Pokémon The Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
- Pikachu’s song
- Pokémon XY & Z (anime series)
- Insert Coin [Update!]
Pokémon GO
With the recent update for Pokémon GO, Niantic completely blocked third-party tracking services, which were allowing players to locate Pokémon. Yesterday, Niantic shared a statement on their official website, explaining that they did this in order to less then charge for servers (which already had enough troubles to keep up).
You can find the statement on the official Niantic website!
Talking of Pokémon GO, have you been encountering issues catching Pokémon since the last update? If yes, there’s a good reason: it looks like a bug is affecting throw accuracy, making Pokémon more likely to flee (at least… that’s the official version). The developers are currently working on a fix, but we don’t know when it will be available.
Trainers, a new bug affecting throw accuracy increases the odds of escape and omits the XP bonus. We are working on a fix, stay tuned…
— Pokémon GO is ready to #GOBattle❗ (@PokemonGoApp) August 4, 2016
Pokémon The Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Here’s two commercials for Pokémon The Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, which opened on July 16th in Japan (and is coming to Europe and North America later this year):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQdSl0gTOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGW_L02BiTM
Pikachu’s song
Here’s a promotional video for Pikachu no Uta (Pikachu’s Song), which will is to be used as Ending for the Pokémon XY & Z anime series:
Talking of Pokémon XY & Z, here’s the preview for the next episode (airing on August 11th):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4D1YMb8a0c
Insert Coin
Today, Insert Coin announced a partnership with Pokémon: they will release a collection of Pokémon clothes (including t-shirts)! Those will first be available at a pop-up store in London, at the end of the month. Then, they will be available for purchase from the Insert Coin website later this year.
Source: Insert Coin
