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Pokémon Go’s new buddy update now live, comes with a neat Easter egg

14 Sep 2016
Steve Wright

Pokémon Go‘s new buddy system is now live, and comes with a neat little Easter egg too.

If you select Pikachu as your buddy — via your Trainer menu — and then walk 10km with the li’l fella, he’ll jump on your shoulder. That move mirrors the same habit Pikachu had with Ash in the Pokémon animated series.

The update is now available on iOS and Android.

Image: DeviantArt

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

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