When I was a kid like so many other kids who were around in the late 90´s I was obsessed with pokémon. Pokémon Indigo was released in the US in September of 1998 and it's the story of a young boy who once he turns ten years old is able go on the road to becoming a pokemon trainer and along his journey he meets trouble as well new friends.
So, when I heard that Niantic was making pokemon go and the ability to catch pokémon in real life, I was instantly brought back to my days of playing Pokémon red on my gameboy color. So, after many long weeks of constantly checking everyday to see if pokémon go had launched in Argentina, I was finally happy to see Pokémon go in the Google app store.
I downloaded it and made my avatar and chose my very first Pokémon a Bulbasaur but you can choose between Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Pikachu. To get Pikachu you have to walk past the other three options.
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| From Left to right: Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Squirtle, Charmander |
And talking about walking, the whole idea is to get people out and about and this app encourages you to do just that. First you have to walk to pokéstops near you or you can visit ones that are a bit far and for walking you are rewarded at pokestops with pokeballs to catch pokémon, Revives for your pokémon after they use up all their HP at a gym, Potions to recover hp and eggs which can hatch to get pokemon. In order to hatch eggs you have three options: As far as distance that you have to walk into order to hatch them, you have 2, 5, and 10 kilometers. The 2 kilometer eggs seem to be your basic ratatas, weedles, pidgey´s and caterpies with the occasional Zubat. The 5 kilometer eggs have more chances to get rare pokemon but what you really want is the 10 kilometer eggs, to give you an idea the last 10 kilometer egg I hatched I got ponyta. At pokestops you can also win more incubators you originally get one infinite but you can only use it once at a time, that is unless, you use one of the extra incubators. Then you can do two or more eggs at a time. Also you can put lures at pokéstops so you can lure near you for 30 minutes.
As far as avatar creation it´s very minimal. There are very few options, I would love to be able to change hairstyles. You only have a spiky hairstyle for guys and a ponytail for girls. And there are very few clothes and some are only available in certain colors.
I really like the overall idea of the game, the fact that you can literally go out on a pokemon adventure just like Ash in the anime, but I wish you could battle other pokemon with your pokemon. I mean when you catch a wild pokemon it´s just you, the wild pokemon and a pokeball. Whereas in the games and in the anime it clearly states that unless it´s a really weak pokemon taking out your pokeball to catch it randomly without attacking it with one of your pokemon will almost never work. I hope with time they will change that aspect of the game and I also hope that soon you can battle with other people.
Once you reach level five and go to a gym you will be able to pick which team you would like to be on either: Team Instinct (Yellow), Team Mystic (Blue) or my team, Team Valor (Red Team). Once you pick a team you'll be able to battle for your corresponding team at your local gym´s. Here is where you will really level up. Even if you lose you gain a ton of experience points. So, don't be afraid to get out there and give it a shot. You can always heal your pokemon when they get hurt.
Well, that's my review for PokémonGo, I hope you like it and I hope that you will stick around for more here at Sailor Gamer. You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Also, check out the review our sister site, Nerdy Eye Candy did on Pokémon Indigo you can check it out here.
