Pokémon Go has been updated over the weekend, making it harder to catch ’em all.
First, the game’s UI has been tweaked, changing the way in which Pokémon are transferred back to Professor Willow. Once a Pokémon is caught, you can hit the orb in the lower right of the screen to bring up options to transfer and more. Users can also click on their Trainer icon and then head to the bottom right of the screen to re-customise their character.
Most importantly, the game’s Nearby feature has been trimmed down, removing all feet indicators from view. This has noticeably angered users, all of whom seemed to want the broken foot counter fixed, not purged. This change means you won’t know if you’re heading in the right direction when chasing after a Pokémon Go listed in the Nearby screen.
Finally, the update has also rendered Pokémon Go finding sites like Pokévision useless.
The site allowed players to not only see if there were nearby Pokémon around them, but where they were located. In short, it worked far better than Nearby ever did.
Sites like Pokévision are frowned upon by developer Niantic.
“People are hacking around trying to take data out of our system and that’s against our terms of service,” John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, recently said to Forbes.
Pokévision isn’t working towards a workaround.
Hey guys. We wish we had some news for you
At this moment, we are respecting Niantic and Nintendo's wishes.
Will keep you guys posted
<3
— Pokevision (@PokeVisionGo) July 31, 2016
Users have taken to Reddit to express their displeasure over the changes, as seen in the following captures (via tweet).
Niantic is getting torn to shreds on Reddit pic.twitter.com/e5gEpR36Vq
— 𝙒𝘼𝙍★𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝟳 (@Warchamp7) July 31, 2016
holy shit it just gets worse lmfao pic.twitter.com/vm1wyf4W8F
— 𝙒𝘼𝙍★𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝟳 (@Warchamp7) July 31, 2016
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