Gen 2 is on the way!

[inkstone]

Hello trainers!

I hope you've been enjoying the Valentine's Day event. Remember it ends later today! (Your mod has caught plenty of lickitung but alas! Chansey continues to elude her. The salt is high.)

Now for the big news: Gen 2 pokémon are on their way. Niantic will begin rolling out the update later this week.

In addition to over 80 new pokémon, we'll also be getting:

• new evolutions -- as well as new evolution items dropping at PokeStops to make those evolutions happen


• new encounter gameplay


• new berry types -- one makes the pokémon slower and easier to catch (I think this is a hint about the new encounter gameplay!) & the other doubles the amount of candy received if your catch succeeds


• new avatars & wardrobe options!!

This looks to be a pretty hefty update. What do y'all think?

(Official announcement)

Comments

[havocthecat]

FINALLY.

Though I do hope that, if they're going to start increasing the number of Pokémon and items available, they're also going to increase bag and Pokémon space.

ETA: I'm less than 20k to level 31. I wonder if they're going to rejigger the items gifted when one levels up, and if I should try to hold off on my leveling just in case?

[healingmirth]

Hrm, I hadn't thought of that about the level rewards (but there's no way I'm going to get to my next level this week, anyway)

If it were me, I'd hold off because I'd be curious, and now that the Valentine's event is over, not much is must-catch or must-hatch. But for the in-between levels the reward gifts are light enough that I can't imagine they would change much if at all.

I finally coughed up the coins to max Pokémon storage this week, and I've only got about 110 open spots, so here's hoping we'll get at least a bump on par with the number of new species.

[havocthecat]

What is the max on storage, anyway? I...may be nearing the cap? Maybe?

[healingmirth]

1000!

(It goes a lot faster than I would've thought, but then I've never transferred an eeveelution, and I think it might be time to stay goodbye to my raticate hyperbeam army.)

[malnpudl]

Oh, that's a really good point! I may hold off on my own impending level-up for the same reason. Thanks for sharing that speculation.