Over the years, it has been noticed that many mobile phone games which take the world by storm eventually lose users due to lack of evolution. However, the developers of Pokemon Go have been relentless in their quest to ensure that the game continues to intrigue its users and hence in a new update they have decided to make the game far more strategic. The developers took to their official Facebook page, to announce the updates.
They wrote, "Pokémon GO is in the process of being updated to version 0.35.0 for Android and 1.5.0 for iOS devices. Below are some release notes and comments from our development team.
- Implemented Pokémon Appraisal: Trainers will now be able to learn about a Pokémon's attack and defense capabilities from their Team Leader (Candela, Blanche or Spark) to determine which of their Pokémon have the most potential for battle."
A report on Business Insider explained the implications of the new updates, "This may sound confusing, but it actually adds a lot of depth to the game. In the world of the Pokemon games, including Pokemon Go, different monsters have different "individual values," or IVs. Which is to say, one Pikachu isn't the same as another Pikachu, even if they're otherwise at the same level - they have subtly different statistics that can make a big difference in battle.Those stats have always been present in Pokemon Go, but there was no legitimate way to access them: While there are fan-run websites that let you calculate IVs yourself, Pokemon Go developer Niantic recently shut down the unsanctioned third-party services that had represented the best and easiest way to check a Pokemon's IVs.
By adding the ability to check a Pokemon's IVs within Pokemon Go itself, it's going to bring a little more strategy to the game, as players will now be able to absolutely maximize their Pokemon team's potential. That's good news for the two-month-old game, as moves like this will help to retain the game's sizable base of players."
