pokemon go

Each year, Japan welcomes summer with a display of spectacular fireworks. This year, even a Poke Ball showed up to the delight of spectators. Simply brilliant!

(Photo:Otanew)

As noted by Archangelus on Reddit, Vaporeon's go-to move Water Gun has been nerfed from from its previous power of 10, to 6. See in the screenshot below, provided by Alex Zandra:



Thing that's kind of awkward though is that at the same time, Vaporeon's Hydro Pump was deffinitely buffed -- 50% increase.

The Mayor of Dusseldorf has blocked off a bridge in the city so that players can catch pocket monsters in safety.

The Girardet bridge has Pokestops at either end and is a hotspot for players, with people coming from as far away as Holland to get in on the action!

Rihanna told fans attending her concert: "I don't want to see you texting your boyfriends or your girlfriends. I don't want to see you catching any Pokémons up in this b*h." Enough said!

What do you guys think? The gym leaders were revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, when hundreds of players also gathered with high hopes that a legendary might be unleashed...no such luck, unfortunately. Some other details covered:

• There are easter eggs that nobody's discovered yet
• They’re planning ways to customize Pokestops
• Pokemon Centers are coming
• There will be more functionality added to gyms, though the specifics aren’t clear
• Niantic says the game is at about 10% of what they want it to be
• They’re still discussing breeding, but nothing concrete in the works yet
• The legendary birds are tied to teams in some way, as the original designs implied
• Yep, they know about the three-step glitch.
• It sounds like we can’t expect legendaries until after the game has been released on all regions, which makes sense

Variety reports that Legendary Entertainment locked down the rights to what could be a massive franchise, subsequent to reported accounts that they were trying to close the deal. Details are pretty hush right now, but we've heard whispers that the studio's nudging for the film to kickstart in 2017. Oh, and we're talking Detective Pikachu for the 'theme'. For those that don't remember, here's a quick reminder that, yes, Detective Pikachu, is the hero you deserve:

In the world of Pokémon Go, you have to figure out what Pokémon you should go for. Thankfully, German Lopez has compiled a definitive ranking of all 151 Pokémon in the game.

He points out that ranking is not based on which Pokémon is strongest,since the answer is always Mewtwo.

It's practically a give at this point that your Pokémon GO! adventures will take you off the beaten path, and maybe even tempt you to go exploring your neighbors' properties with the utmost caution...naturally, this pisses the hell out of some folks who just want to be left alone like this chick...



Well, not Matthew Beaman. Beaman's been busy depositing 3D models of Pokémon for players at Poké Stops around Ikfracombe, Devon. He wanted to leave players souvenirs that'll last off their screens.



"I thought rather than leaving it just to chance I should let people have some fun with it.



"I've had people shouting thank you at me in the street."



Damn right. You are the MAN.

Two things that really got me going here: One, it's almost like he thought by showing the police he was playing Pokémon GO! that he thought it'd be all chill after. Second, I'm pretty sure he was still trying to catch whatever it was that got him in the accident, after being confronted by the cops for CRASHING into a cop car! Sheesh, man. Come on.

Since its launch, Pokemon Go players have fallen into a pond, found a dead body and were targeted by robbers.

But the boys in blue of the Sterling Police came across a burglar who came up with a perfect excuse: "I was looking for a Pokestop". Slight problem: he was holding a crowbar at 2am on a rooftop!

Sometimes we lose ourselves amidst the pursuit to catch 'em all...Let's just hope that this fool over in Milford, Michigan wasn't actually trying to catch a Parasect before he was apprehended by police authorities. 

Chief Thomas Lindberg said the man (William Wilcox) just made it easy, by showing up. Wilcox, a repeat offender with a warrant out for his arrest, ended up right in front of the men that'd go on to take him into custody.

"It was a misdemeanor warrant for a failure to appear on a breaking and entering charge," Lindberg said. "They approached him. Took him in custody without incident and he admitted he was trying to catch the character at the flagpole."

Pokemon Go players looking for Pokemon

Annoyed about people bothering her during work, this woman wanted to stop them. Instead she just managed to get addicted herself!

Finally a Pokémon GO! pop song, thanks to Australian art rock band The Stiffys.