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‘Pokémon GO’ Latest News & Update: 80 New Monsters Are Now Live Along With New System Patches

Feb 16, 2017 09:29 PM EST

One of the most played mobile game "Pokémon GO" is getting a huge update within this week, as recently announced by the developer Niantic. Generation two is coming, with 80 new Pokémon's are coming and it will bring a bunch of new features and faces.

The new starters will include Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Chikorita in Johto Pokémon; these Pokémon's are now also available in the wild. To support the new starter Pokémon's, "Pokémon GO" will also drop new evolutionary berries and items. These items will accommodate players to complete their Johto collections while the berries will turn battles into more challenging and fun at the same time.

Pinap Berry and Nanab Berry is the two new berry that's essentials to all trainers. This Pinap Berries will help players gather twice as much candy upon s successful catch while Nanab Berries will slow Pokémon down. As statements claimed by Polygon, a new increased customization option will be available for purchase where Trainor's will be able to further make their player looks good in the new update of "Pokémon GO."

According to Kotaku, there will be a new roster of Pokémon from Gold and Silver that went live, that are now can be captured out in the wild. So it can figure out that Sensret might be the new Rattata. In addition, "Pokémon GO" will have a bunch of evolutions to offer. Zubat can now evolve into Crobat, Onix can be Steelix, Slowpoke will turn into Slowking, Chansey can evolve into Blissey, Seadra can turn into Kinfdra, even Eevee can evolve into Espeon and Umbreon, and Porygon can turn into Porygon 2. But some of these evolutions will require special items; one example is the Metal Coat.

Along with these new patches, new updates from "Pokémon GO" will cover gender-specific variations of selected Pokémon, new encounter mechanics, new night mode map and encounter music, and new implementation of Apple Watch connection stability improvement including bug fixes and minor text fixes.

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