What are Nests?

The great thing with Pokémon GO spawns is that it depends on the real world location. Water-type Pokémon spawns on rivers, seashore, and even some fountains. Parks tend to spawn more Grass-types and Bug-types. You see Ground-types and Fire-types more common on desert areas like Los Angeles. Besides that, there is one more thing that mirror real life, which is migrating Pokémon. Some animals migrate from location to location, and so do Pokémon in Pokémon GO. In this article, we explore Pokémon and Nests.

What Pokémon Should You Power Up? - A Guide on the Best Attackers

With the amount of Pokémon you see and catch, choosing which one to power-up is indeed a problem among many trainers. Stardust is a resource you get sparsely when you reach high levels. While candies are now easy to come by with the help of the Buddy System and Rare Candies, the candy requirement goes up almost exponentially when you get past level 30. We really need to know which Pokémon are worth our precious candies and Stardusts. I'll gladly help you along the way. There are many great attackers, but there are two best Attackers we are taking into account first

Legendary Raids are Fun When You're Not Alone!

One of the main reasons why I love the new Raid system is because of the fun I had with my fellow players. It became much more legendary after Articuno was released.

What are the Legendary Pokémon?

People have heard stories of creatures that change weather, harness the power of nature, or even being the single ancestor of all Pokémon. Most people would say such creatures are stuff of myths and legends, but you know very well what happened last week, July 22. A creature thought by many as mere fantasy have appeared, and many more are coming soon. Let's meet some of them, notably, the Legendary Pokémon of Kanto and Johto.

[UPDATE] Legendary Birds Release Schedule - How to defeat the Legendary Bird Trio

If you're like me, you're now enjoying the release of Legendary Pokémon. You know how hard it is to catch one, Lugia needing 14 people to even safely say you'll get a chance to get one. If you are saying that this is the most fun you've ever had this week, hold that thought, because you'll be a lot more ecstatic when you learn how Niantic plans on releasing these birds.

[UPDATE] Legendary Raids released! Trailer Analysis

We all knew this day would come. Honestly, we are not prepared for this kind of hype. Breathe slowly, and let's analyze everything that's released, from the announcement to the trailer itself.

[UPDATE] GO Fest Details and Other Real-World Events

Niantic just released details on the upcoming Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago. If you are not able to go, don't fret! These events don't just involve players inside the event, but all the players worldwide, and so are the rewards! If the Ash Hat Pikachu made you sigh, this announcement will definitely make you excited.

Update: Writer's Block and Raid Battles

It's been weeks and I've been trying to do a post, but nothing's coming to me. It's very obvious when you see the latest post where the images are not that good. As of now, I'll still make an effort to make a post soon.

I have been enjoying Raid Battles so that's also one reason I'm not able to come up with ideas.

What Generation III Pokémon You Should Look Out For

If you ask me when do I think will Generation III be released, I'll honestly say on the anniversary of Pokémon GO. I think Niantic will release Generation III within this year, and I'm very hopeful on this. You shouldn't consider this as fact thought. It's just pure speculation based on assumptions that are not rooted by logic. Still, I want everyone to know which Pokémon should everyone look out for. This Generation will release two non-legendary Pokemon with High CP (three if you count a certain Pokemon with absurdly high CP) so you might want to know which Pokemon will be a threat to the current metagame. I'm going to list the the 10 Gen III Pokemon with the highest projected CP.

Let's Fix: Additional Features

The introduction of Raid Battles gives so much needed content in Pokémon GO. Aside from catching Pokémon and putting Pokémon in gyms, there's nothing else to do. Once you hit level 40, and complete the Pokédex, what's next? Though Niantic announced a lot of new content, and Raid Battles adds more excitement to the game, some of us won't get it yet. So, what's next? There's no story so there's no world to explore but our own, and it makes sense. The game wants us to make that story, make friends, make memories, make our very own adventure. Still, the excitement to the game will end at some point. I'm no stranger to that. There are days that I don't play the game, mainly because of work and personal stuff. Niantic should still at least add more features to Pokémon GO besides the ones announced. Let's go back to the main series games to see which additional feature made the game more exciting. Who knows, we might find something that might be implemented in the future.

How Do the New Gym Mechanics Work?

The new update has just been released. It's pretty much everything announced yesterday. If you haven't seen the announcement, click here to see the new updates. With the new update being released, the gyms will be opening up soon, and the Gym rework will be applied. Unlike the new Raid Battle that will be rolled-out slowly in beta, the new Gym mechanics will be available as soon as they re-open the gyms. Many people still don't know how the new Gym mechanics work, so this article will guide you on the new mechanics in place so you can get back to conquering the gyms and being the very best like no one ever was.

Things Pokémon GO Got Right: The Battle System

If you have played the original main series games, you would know that in most games, you need to collect all 8 Pokémon Gym badges to challenge the Pokémon League and be the Pokémon Master you are destined to be. While some players may say that Pokémon GO did not do a great job in translating the battle aspect of the main series. Just tapping and swiping is not that... awesome. I might have the unpopular opinion. In fact, I say the Tap-Based Battle System is one of the things Niantic got right.

How Do Raid Battles Work?

I know some of you are still confused on how this new feature works. A detailed explanation on the support website of Niantic shows us what awaits us in Raid Battles. Trust me, it's going to be one of the best updates of Pokémon GO since the release of Generation II.

[UPDATE] Raid Battles, New Gym Mechanics, TMs, and More—Analyzing the Pokémon GO Update

Yes, yes, yes! The Gym Rework is here. Gyms are closed, and Niantic announced some major updates. I'm going to analyze each and every feature being added. The main article can be seen by clicking here. Let's start with Gyms itself.

Blissey - What Made Her So Game-Breaking

In celebration of the gym rework being done very VERY soon, let's look back at the current gym metagame's top threat: Blissey. I'm sure anyone whose seen their fare share of gyms have seen a gym that is filled with 10 Blisseys. It's a nightmare to bring down, especially when you play alone. You may find it weird why this Pokémon is the one breaking the game, not Pokémon like Dragonite and Tyranitar. Let me show you the reasons why Blissey is the top threat that she is.

Update: New Content, Fixed Grammar

I realized that I was only posting once a month at most, so I've decided to make a post at least once a week from now on. I might try and push two posts this week, hoping it will make me inspired to post more content. I'm going for Wednesday and Sunday if I go twice a week. I already posted a new one yesterday and I've finished two drafts, the post for this Sunday and next week. As a sneak peek on incoming posts, the next one is an Opinion piece on Blissey, and the latter one is another Things Pokémon GO Got Right.

One reason for the numerous content is my original idea being too big to just be written in one post, as I said in my post yesterday. The Things Pokémon GO Got Right was going to be a one-off but I listed so many things and each of those are very packed with information and examples and justification, so I decided to just use it as another category in and of itself.

One thing I also fixed is the grammar of past posts. I tend to just type everything at once then post it without proofreading for grammar mistakes. If you find a mistake, you can comment it down below. It would be very helpful, because English is not my native language.

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Things Pokémon GO Got Right: Nature of Spawns

It's so easy for people to find the faults of others. We generally see people's mistakes more frequently than their successes. That's one of the reason why the internet culture is hate-filled. Even this very blog capitalizes on the mistakes of one game (actually, I haven't made a post that criticizes one aspect of the game). I think it's unfair for anyone to just highlight these mistakes, but still that is human nature so I can't really blame someone when all they see are negative stuff. Alas, I want to be different. I want to praise Niantic for all the right things they've done with this game. You might consider some of these a mistake, but I'll gladly defend why I think they are the right choice for the game. Let's start this with the easiest thing that Niantic got right: the nature of spawns.

Let's Fix: Moves - TMs and Tutors

With the gym rebalance being released soon, and the movepool of almost all Pokémon being changed during the release of Generation II last February, the need for a customizable moveset is becoming more apparent. At present, the Pokémon's moves are random. There is no way to optimize the moveset of your Pokémon to suit your team's need. Honestly, that makes building your team unneccesarily hard. I want to fix that, and the thing Niantic needs to implement to fix this is right under their noses - Technical Machines or TMs.

Region Exclusive Pokémon Migration - Why It Will Kill The Game

I was watching Trainer Tips one night, and his topic is the possibility that there will be a migration on Region Exclusive Pokémon in the future. Of course, Nick did not take the possibility seriously, and I can't blame him. Still, there are some people that are hoping for that to happen. Some people even think that having some Pokémon being region-locked is making the Pokédex completion being favored to the rich, so a migration will balance the scales. I, of course, disagree.

Let's Fix: New Evolutions from Gen II

With Generation II just around the corner, new evolutions are added, and not just species in particular, new ways of evolution are also going to be added. To be honest, I thought Niantic will not add new ways of evolving Pokemon, and will stick with the candy method, because it is simple, and most people like it simple. In light of the data mine, new items are planned to be added in the game. I want to share my take on how they would do the new evolution.

Just a recap: Silph Road managed to data mine the new update last January 17, and it revealed new items seen in the code, specifically, Sun Stone, King's Rock, Dragon Scale, Metal Coat, and Upgrade. The article can be read here.

These items can be used to evolve certain Pokemon, as you can see below: