Niantic are now taking measures to keep people indoors with Pokemon Go.
Monster spawns are now increased, so you can catch more Pokemon from home, and Incense is now 99% off and features double it's original duration (up from 30 minutes to 1 hour)
Incense are an item that make more Pokemon spawn near you.
It remains to be seen if these measures will help at all. Personally I don't go outside to play Pokemon Go, I only play it if I'm already going outside for some reason. But depending on how many dedicated fans are left, this could have a big impact.

In a statement to Polygon, a Niantic representative said that the studio is currently “prioritizing updates to Pokémon GO features and experiences that can be enjoyed in individual settings.” Notably, the game will be increasing habitats so that trainers can see more monsters nearby while playing closer to home.

Incense packs, which increase monster spawns, are also going on 99% discount — and when they’re active, they will now last an hour.

Incubators, which ask players to accrue a certain number of steps before hatching eggs containing Pokémon, will now be more effective. “Trainers can hatch Eggs twice as fast,” Niantic said.

Finally, PokéStops are dropping Gifts with more frequency. All of these changes are in effect immediately, and will continue until “further notice,” Niantic told Polygon.

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[Pleng]

Huh. I thought the Pokémon Go fad was long since over.

 

[The Catboy]

Huh. I thought the Pokémon Go fad was long since over.

Nope, it's still extremely popular. We even still have a very active thread for friend codes on The Temp
That being said, I like this because my new apartment was pretty dead compared to my old apartment. My old apartment happened to be a nest, so it got regular spawns like every couple of minutes.

 

[Lumstar]

More spawns at home is good. Some of us only have wi-fi.

 

[NoNAND]

I recently became a pokemon go fan--er I mean addict!
Gosh I can't stop playing I almost got hit by a bike the other day hahaha.
Yeah the incense is really cheap. 1 pokecoin for 30 incenses.
Though that can only be purchased once if I'm not mistaken.

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Nope, it's still extremely popular. We even still have a very active thread for friend codes on The Temp
That being said, I like this because my new apartment was pretty dead compared to my old apartment. My old apartment happened to be a nest, so it got regular spawns like every couple of minutes.

Lucky you.
My new apartment is leagues better than what it used to be back at my parents house 4 years ago
There's like 2 pokestops in my vicinity close by.
There's no pokemon nests or anything major like that but still much better
Mind telling me more about the pokemon nest thing. How it was

 

[x65943]

Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Why not rename it to pokemon "STOP" or "STAY" Lol. Can't call it pokemon home cause.... well we have that already.

 

[DJPlace]

is this cause of corono virus or something i'm missing.

 

[codezer0]

Nope, it's still extremely popular. We even still have a very active thread for friend codes on The Temp
That being said, I like this because my new apartment was pretty dead compared to my old apartment. My old apartment happened to be a nest, so it got regular spawns like every couple of minutes.

I'd like to know where this thread is, because yeah, I still play.

 

[The Catboy]

Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

Did you say you need more friends? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I'd like to know where this thread is, because yeah, I still play.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/pokemon-go-friend-code-thread.508383/

 

[NoNAND]

Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

Oh that too
And please niantic let us use the joystick mod so that we can freely move around.

 

[osaka35]

the 1coin incense are a one-time only purchasable thing and come in a bundle of...8? or something. To buy more, it's 40 coins for each incense, 250 coins for 8 incense. 1 coin=1 penny USD (ish). But they did cancel/push back the community day planned for this weekend.

I play daily, or try to in-between university stuff. The spawns are a welcome thing, though only if you don't have a shiny of the current spread. The walk distance for eggs is halved I think as well.

March is filled with a lot of pokemon go events. Loads of shiny legendaries and mythicals, new raid bosses, that sort of thing. It'll be interesting to see if they'll redo march events later in the year or what.

 

[codezer0]

is this cause of corono virus or something i'm missing.

Well, duh. The game forces arbitrary restrictions to make people band together, and now that there's a health concern, they want to act like they're "on our side" by finally abiding by those who can't or don't want to deal with the idiots that take it too seriously and become toxic about it.

 

[Delerious]

Pokemon Go Home!

 

[osaka35]

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Niantic are now taking measures to keep people indoors with Pokemon Go.
Monster spawns are now increased, so you can catch more Pokemon from home, and Incense is now 99% off and features double it's original duration (up from 30 minutes to 1 hour)
Incense are an item that make more Pokemon spawn near you.
It remains to be seen if these measures will help at all. Personally I don't go outside to play Pokemon Go, I only play it if I'm already going outside for some reason. But depending on how many dedicated fans are left, this could have a big impact.



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As part of our commitment to player safety, for the next 30 days, we removed the walking requirement for GO Battle League globally to make it possible for Trainers everywhere to participate. https://t.co/h65PtON3F7

— Niantic (@NianticLabs) March 13, 2020

 

[raxadian]

Huh. I thought the Pokémon Go fad was long since over.

You can transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Go to two Switch games so that might have helped to revive it a bit.

 

[JuanMena]

Niantic: While you're inside your home, we beg you to NOT consume Zubats.

 

[Bimmel]

I wonder what would happen if there would spawn extra rare Pokemon outside.

 

[Pipistrele]

Niantic: While you're inside your home, we beg you to NOT consume Zubats.

A bit lowbrow :/

 

[leon315]

It's okay, but what about the pokestop? Since we can't go out at the moment.