The End of Pokemon GO

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[@ItzJhon]

I've never been a fan of the Raid System. Go figure the one thing they do right with it, is the one thing they are trying to remove.

[@markrinaldi8485]

It's not remove they want more people outside to raid which isn't possible

[@nabuko4344]

@@markrinaldi8485 in my town there are maximum of 1/2 players in A raid that is not enough to get A legendary ….

[@pixythepancake]

hehe “go” figure😂

[@wojerd]

@@nabuko4344 yeah same except im in a village and although there used to be quite a bit of people playing, only around 2-3 people are playing right now and theres only 4 gyms which is nowhere near enough to get a legendary.

[@randomstuffs7648]

neither am i . anything above tier 1 raids is just impossible. fucked difficulty system

[@mrkicker11181]

You know it’s bad when a group all says no to two wenesday raids in a row

[@andrewregard7250]

Bc the raids sucked hahaha

[@martinsamuelsson7561]

Depends if it is dex fillers like all Tapu’s or if it is a good legendary. I would not waste a raid pass on the dex fillers snd do not give a shit about shiny. The remote system have trashed my community and personally I hare the remotes.

[@blooooooooo6881]

2 weeks 😂 I'm on 6 months. Niantic can smd

[@LadyKapow92]

I feel like if Niantic wants to be rid of Pokémon GO, just sell the damn thing. They don't have to turn it into trash. Think about it - if Niantic forces people to stop playing Pokémon GO and switch to Peridot, what reason do we have to invest in Peridot? I would definitely play both games, but if they are trying to burn Pokémon GO to the ground, they will likely ruin their name and could very well ruin their business. I wouldn't want to play another game they created because they purposely sabotaged another amazing game that I really truly enjoyed.

[@ItzJhon]

Im not a lawyer or anything but I imagine theres a lot of contracts involved between niantic and pokemon binding the two 🤔. Which sucks cuz theres prob an insane amount of people that would kill to make pokemon go. Also I agree 100%, burning down ur most popular product doesn’t paint a good picture of your other products.

[@VCV95]

I mean, every other project they have made aside from ingress has died. They are here for money and absolutely obscene amounts of data, as is shown by all of their games.

[@SilkyIsLucky]

bruh aint nobody care about peridot i do this for shiny hunting

[@Mabayu]

Trust me, u dont want Peridot. At least not in the state its been in for a few months during the beta. And its launching in this state on May 9th.

[@s.bregnest2857]

They’re releasing Monster Hunter Now in a few months. I’m more into MH than Pokemon, but because it’s being released by Niantic, I’m extremely worried.

[@JohnSmith39180]

i’m praying Nintendo just buys Niantic or Pokémon Go at this point and saves us

[@bethstockton28]

Me to I just don't care for peridot I always loved pokemon go it's a shame niantic is treating the game the characters and us like trash.

[@thecod2345]

Idk that just seems like under new management to me

[@auriliagilneas]

Nintendo is just as deaf, and Game Freak even moreso. Just look at the disastrous launch of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. I don't think they have the interest (or knowledge) to step in and save Pokemon GO.

[@DylanSwag42]

Please, Elon Musk!!!! Buy Niantic please!!!!!!!

[@MirageATrois]

Get elon to buy it

[@downbeatdialga1341]

As someone with debilitating chronic health issues, remote raid passes were a godsend. Even though the pandemic is over, I don’t always have the energy to go out and play this game, and I currently live in a pretty rural area. The removal of remote raid passes and the introduction of elite raids are choices that really hurt. It’s essentially like being told, “you’re sick, so you don’t deserve to have the same experience as others.”

[@VioletStone100]

Interestingly, I know a good amount of people with disabilities who play the game. I wish there was some better way to serve the community that also fits with Niantic’s ideals. Seeing them get together with everyone on community day is lovely, but I wish there was more for them to do than just wait for an occasional Pokémon to pop up since they are sitting still.

[@A5J5S7]

Remote raid passes aren’t gone they just cost more now.

[@fozy2349]

I really don't mean to be rude, but why would you pick up a game called pokemon go if you are disabled. Seems like bad planning.

[@downbeatdialga1341]

@@fozy2349 I like Pokémon like everyone else. I never asked to deal with chronic illness, but it’s something I still have to work with, and will ALWAYS have to work with. I just want to have as good as an experience with the game as my peers who are more mobile than me. I shouldn’t be restricted just because my body gives me issues.

[@kingarthurlove]

100% spot on. Somehow I can imagine Niantic will start to celebrate when POGO is totally burnt down so that they dont need to deal with the bugs anymore.

[@TrianglePants]

Why'd they even RELEASE IT? It's *always been* full of bugs...

[@mcohanov]

​Cuz they made enogh money

[@xv1distort]

They dont deal with them now

[@mysticricorok8481]

One thing I dont see people talking about & might be the biggest issue with this insane remote cap/double price is that when Niantic released level 50s , remote raids is the ONLY way you can get enough raids to obtain enough Candy XL. Even if we did every in person raid all day every day you cant get enough.. its sad to see Niantic destroying another game

[@ItzJhon]

These changes hurt all players, from the casual to even the most dedicated. When you start disrespecting your players like that, that's when a game dies

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

And they changed PvP so level 50s are required

[@thefirehawk1495]

The logic probably goes like this, if you had enough money for remote raids, you also have it for in person raids as the passes are cheaper, also, you only need less than half of the in-person raids to max out a pokemon, so you only need to spend at most less than half of what you would spend doing it remotely (without even talking about the remote raid price increase). Because all things considered in-person raids now give about 8 XL candy per raid on average.

[@kuronouchichakaien4025]

@@thefirehawk1495 Guaranteed XL candy doesn't matter much when you can't get enough people to win the raid in the first place... 2 weeks change and i dont see 1 person who want to defeat raids.

[@mysticricorok8481]

@@thefirehawk1495 That would make sense but we arnt getting 8 XLs for in person. But the XLs are only part of the problem. How many in person raids you think you can do in a day? Driving all over your city, if you are fortunate enough to live in a larger city, finding these raids that are few & far between while hoping someone is at each one to help you. Then do that every single day, 10 hrs a day just to find enough raids? No it doesnt make sense at all. Id assume most every single player above 16 yrs old has a job, or a family, or something else more important then POGO that cant drive around 10 hrs every single day not to mention gas prioces through the roof. the reality is this change hurt hardcore players & not free to play players but on the same note if the change never happened it doesnt hurt anyone.. its stupid on Niantics part & is why they have already lost 400,000 players & that number is growing.. Im one of them..

[@KINGBANANADABOSS]

I really hope such a good game doesn’t die. Imagine waking up to seeing a shut down screen when you log into pogo

[@LordKraken3]

If they do shut it down, I'd imagine they'd give players a good few weeks/months' worth of notice in-game...

[@LegoReader12345hello]

@@LordKraken3 yep that would be enough to transfer all the Pokémon you have into home

[@fyreonamber]

Bro I'm starting to dislike the game. Hope niantic at least takes criticism. The game locked me out of my account for no reason 💀 all i did was log out because the game won't load again (as always) and now it won't accept my password reset! It keeps saying my email is invalid even though i'm sure it's the correct one. I even have screenshots and the emails sent for activation. The date of the activation email is the same month, date, and year as said in a screenshot of my progress in the game. Rip my 40 eevees and the whole eeveelution squad. I played the game for them, but now they're gone. 😢

[@shatteredsentient5321]

I only used it to get shiny meltans and dipped

[@Dsnedpeace]

That basically robbing our money?!

[@garyoak671]

The Raid system from the very beginning has always been a joke. Doesn’t matter if it was a remote raid or a in person raid they where always glitched. The only difference is these remote raid passes helped players who didn’t live in the city or are disabled and can’t move around as much. Personally for me I have had terrible experiences with in person raids and the remote raids so I stopped buying passes from the store along time ago. Everyone is angry about the remote raids being limited and the prices jacked up I’m more angry at the fact they never fixed raiding to begin with. Niantic is never going to get my money when it comes to raid passes. And not to mention they shot themselves in the foot because they basically also limited how many raids a person can do with remote raid passes so their logic makes no sense.

[@ItzJhon]

common Gary Oak W

[@23pawlik]

I don't play anymore but yeah, raids are a joke. I remember that there was a mechanic for EX raids to trigger, there were a few requirements that a gym needed to pass so that the EX raid took place later, like it needed to be in proper location and enough people fought a boss in that gym. But still, not everyone who took part in the fight that triggered the EX raid, got an EX pass later, like wtf. Only those who received the invite could participate in the EX raid to have a chance to catch Mewtwo. And then there was the timing. Niantic, do you seriously think that people will drop everything they're doing in the middle of a working day to go to play your game? Not to mention the weather conditions?

[@Forged4War206]

I love how dodging in raids was completely bugged for like several years before they finally fixed it only to break it again with the random phantom hits not long after. Soloing and duoing raids were practically a necessity for me once most of my community stopped playing, but I couldn't even do that consistently because I'd just get screwed over by constant glitches and disconnects. Obviously they have no reason to ever fix it because hardly anyone actually dodges and those who do are most likely doing it in smaller groups, which is not the way Niantic intended. Not even gonna mention the countless times they've buffed the bosses and nerfed the drop rates of items to screw people over even more and force them to raid more for the same outcome. I really wish I stopped playing sooner tbh. The whole game is a massively unpolished mess despite being owned by a multi billion dollar company, and I feel guilty for contributing even just a few bucks to them.

[@tengounchingodeferia1244]

I remember being in a Whatsapp group where people from all around my city were looking for other people to do raids with and I probably have never had more fun with any other mobile game xD, I remember getting into cars with strangers just driving around town trying as many raids as we could, Pokemon Go really saved me from a very lonely summer then.

[@calyxl43]

i remember a bunch of guys doing a mewtwo raid got me my first mewtwo outside of my house

[@metron_1991]

Getting into cars with strangers sounds a little dodgy, glad nothing bad ever happened

[@ItzJhon]

This is really the only way to enjoy what the game has to offer. Which kind of sucks because Pokemon's main demographic of kids and people who live in rural areas dont have access to that.

[@Bksd33]

Plandemic ruined everything

[@MrZorx]

@@ItzJhon this isn’t really a kids’ game though and it never has been. The rural problem is a problem but it’s also not one that can be fixed; this is a game about exploring landmarks and so if you don’t have any landmarks near you, then you’re not gonna be able to play.

[@iRazenrak]

Here's what they should've done for the April Fools event: Have all spawns be Pidgey and its evolutions. Any Pidgeotto that evolves on that day will have the charged move Thunder, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Hyper Beam, or Outrage. It's not only funny, it's an epic prank if it's never actually announced.

[@AstralRdz]

I didn't think the April fool's event was bad, actually Pidgey is more useful than Zorua in Pokemon GO lmao, but since Pidgey has been a common Pokemon last season the event felt unnecessary. They should've brought back the pixel Pokemon from 2018 😢

[@nickelouscage]

Yeah, and it was actually a pretty funny joke, playing on how everyone just transfers them. Idk, I thought it was a funny event, even if I wasn’t going to spend my time chasing them

[@astrofish6163]

12 candy evos and a lucky egg is all you need

[@ItzJhon]

THE SPRITES WERE SO GOOD. Also W pfp

[@manbeerpigs16]

They should show more love to the players. Remote raids were nice but now it’s just too expensive to make use of

[@feIon]

you get a remote pass for free every week by completing your weekly research task

[@SL-dn6rn]

The recent updates with niantic is really ignoring their playerbase' concern. Many of my friends who play pokemon go rely on remote raid bc some of us live in areas with poor internet coverage, limited to no pokestops/gyms nearby, and health related concerns that makes travelling difficult. The loss of weekly gift and increase prices for remote raid pass left a bad taste to the loyal playerbase collectively.

[@figgey13]

It's been almost 3 weeks since I've dome a raid. The small community we had here died off with the changes made. I turned off my adventure sync they aren't getting my info

[@TrianglePants]

Having their app on your phone AT ALL is good enough to them.

[@ItzJhon]

The fact that Niantic hasn't even acknowledged all the backlash is crazy.

[@shadowmarauder6033]

I’m a person who can’t go out as much for raids, so the remote pass helped so much. The way Niantic is sabotaging itself at this point, I’ll probably stop playing any of their games including POGO

[@KingBr33ch]

If something is free you’re the product, which is why I’ve been teleporting on Pokémon go since 2016 😂😂😂

[@Snow-xd4rv]

How do you teleport on Pokemon Go?

[@AsterMaken]

@@Snow-xd4rv spoofing

[@Snow-xd4rv]

@@AsterMaken How I do that, cause I can not play Pokemon go, cause I don't have my own car to go places, and my mom is a worry wart.

[@KingBr33ch]

@@Snow-xd4rv pgsharp for android, ipogo for iPhone

[@mobi2289]

I stopped playing years ago. I was a rural player and just got sick and tired of Niantic completely ignoring us. I am laughing at how big city players are just now realizing just how bad the game is for anyone else that's not them XD

[@ItzJhon]

Jevil spitting facts. Even in the city, you still need to go to somewhere densely populated like a college or mall to really find any active raiders

[@bo3ethan366]

pokemon go will always have a constant player base and I think Niantic knows if they do anything else to hurt the game, it will also hurt their business.

[@SorielHDTBers]

Yeah. Who’s really the blind one with the fact that people are still supporting Niantic?

[@ic4192]

@@SorielHDTBers I haven’t spent money on the game since 2020 which was pretty much the golden age of pogo. Niantic fucks up way too much.

[@SorielHDTBers]

@@ic4192 it almost even feels intentional. Like they WANT the game to die! Wait…

[@SorielHDTBers]

@BlackLivesMatter always

[@SorielHDTBers]

@BlackLivesMatter if you’ve been on Twitter, you’d know it’s A L W A Y S .

[@justinarney3050]

Remember whenever Niantic states they are protecting their vision of game it really translates to "were doing this to make money"

[@SpitefulJD]

Jokes on Niantic, the only reason I'm playing Pokemon Go is to transfer pokemon from Go to main series

[@ItzJhon]

I have a friend who does the same thing and honestly its prob the way to go at this point

[@tanayagrawal9994]

Ya unlimited legendaries in the games is pretty good

[@mohdebrahim91]

The only reason I play is shiny legendaries’ 1 in 20 chance in raids. Plus the mythicals. I find it funny when people get hyped for Kecleon. It’s just a freakin kecleon like calm down.

[@Chris-zs5qb]

Same. Especially since I missed the Zarude event. I had to transfer it to Pokemon Home. I plan to do the same with Deoxys with BDSP.

[@jjdoesntsell5884]

Wdym by transferring from go to main series

[@icedteadermant]

one thing not outright mentioned in this video is the negligence and ignorance of physically disabled players, such as myself, or socially anxious players. it's literally the hugest "Eff U" Niantic could have given restricted people like us 😓

[@callsign_cerberus159]

Personally I think this is an L take. Yes, disabled people exist as do socially awkward people. However, its impossible to market certain games to everyone. You could argue beatsaber is ableist for not providing an alternate mode for people with restricted movement, or DDR is ableist for those in a wheelchair. It’s outrageous that an game revolving around being outside is ‘ableist’ because you have to go outside. Furthermore, I think the idea that its insensitive to socially anxious players to be just as pointless. Any team based game is insensitive by that mark, so it’s kinda BS. I dislike the remote raid pass change, but I think trying to push it under ableism and insensitivity on any basis besides trying to profit off location data to be unreasonable.

[@mimikyugigas8106]

​@@callsign_cerberus159 did u just call having mobility issues an L take

[@ItzJhon]

@@mimikyugigas8106 This legit made me LOL. Also W pfp 💯

[@icedteadermant]

@@callsign_cerberus159 Remote Raid nerf = difficulty for disabled players to enjoy the game to its fullest. they're hurting us with this change. it's already hard for us to get out of the house and do things man, these nerfs don't make the game any easier for us.

[@icedteadermant]

@@mimikyugigas8106 THANK YOU 😭

[@AGTxASSASSIN]

Peridot is sure to be the biggest hit since Temtem

[@SorielHDTBers]

“Log date. 7-1-4-3”

[@Mabayu]

Peridot is already failing, before it even launches on May 9th. A ton of us who are beta testing have turned on Incognito mode to boycott the changes. For anyone who doesnt know Incognito mode removes ur dots from showing up in habitats for peoples dots to breed with (removing variety in the game even more than Niantic already has). Niantic doesnt listen to PokemonGo players, and they sure arent listening to their target demographic for Peridot.

[@SorielHDTBers]

@@Mabayu yeah. If their plan is to kill Pokémon GO to give rise to Peridot, they’re failing in more ways than one. However the fact they still have supporters is making me lose hope in humanity once more

[@Mabayu]

@@SorielHDTBers Im unfortunately part of their target demographic for Peridot (that being people who like Dragonvale, Neopets/Webkinz, and stuff like that) and even I completely hate the game now. If ur ever interested in what the amazing version of the game was when Peridot was seriously so amazing and I honestly thought it could succeed, take a look at any version before .25 in the beta. Its 100x better than what we have right now, and the friendslist actually had a purpose back then. Currently u send 400 sundrops as a gift, to have ur friend send u 400 sundrops as a gift.

[@HazardousCanine0620]

The hell is TemTem

[@techiejak9808]

These are very very good points. Niantic really s**t the bed when it comes to Pokémon go. I just hope that they finally understand that Pokémon means a lot to some people because like…it Pokémon.

[@littl3evee]

Pidgey Pandemonium was funny tbh BUT yeah I wasn't doing Elite raids on Easter, I don't know why they didn't do it on Saturday like the one before

[@Chuwie]

I live in a big city and still struggle to not only find but hope enough people join a right raid at the right time. I feel bad for everybody in rural communities

[@herohour6496]

As a huge Star Wars, Marvel comics, DC comics, NBA, NFL, CoD fan...I'm humbled by the sheer number of Pokemon fans around the planet Earth from 1990 to 2055. The sheer number of Pokemon fans is not to be fk with.

[@nickmorgan413]

I didn’t even have a 11 o’clock Regieleki raid in my area. And my family’s Easter dinner was no where near gyms. So I didn’t get one.

[@ItzJhon]

Same here homie 🤝 If I one day get a spare, Ill let ya know

[@typemasters2871]

Niantic is determined to get players to go outside no matter what But there are two fundamental issues that Niantic are ignoring 1. Players who only play from home and who are casual, they won’t decide to go outside, they’ll just decide to delete GO 2. Weather condition could make it dangerous for people to go outside to play GO, punishing players who are choosing to stay safe

[@berosar]

They are not determined to make you go outside either. The changes made it so you still have to pay for raid passes. You still only get 1 per day for free. its more pay to play

[@ItzJhon]

the funny thing is, a lot of people were comfortable with the kind of "pay to play" remote raid pass system they had going because it was so convenient for everyone. I think its the main reason why people were so enraged when they doubled the price. In my opinion tho, the game should never really be pay to play.

[@novarender_]

​@@berosar I recall there being someone from Niantic who wanted to remove remote raids entirely since it conflicts with their vision of encouraging people to go outside

[@amziedragon6619]

Also they ignore people with social difficulties and disabilities who like the game

[@kiminimuchu__]

3. Safety concerts. In many many places around the world it's simply not safe to walk outside with your phone in hand. Chances are you'll end up robbed. 4. For anyone living in rural areas they can go outside all they want and there'd be still nothing for them to do in the game because Pokemon GO's entire game model favors highly populated urban areas. 5 (and this is the big one). The huge majority of people who are interested in playing any type of digital games simply don't want to have to go outside and walk to play. The reality is: when people play videogames, they generally simply want to sit down in a comfortable place and play there for hours. That is in direct contradiction with the PoGo game model. It's just doomed to fail. The ONLY thing that keeps PoGo alive is the fact that it's Pokemon. People accept to go along this game concept because it's Pokemon. If they lose the Pokemon IP, it's just simply a bad game design destined to fail.

[@NatsumenoKage]

They even screwed up the the April 1st event in my area. pidgey was an uncommon spawn saw a lot of caterpies. The elite raids have been a mess you get enough people together, then half the party gets booted into separate raids. These are all things that should have been avoided because the problems were found in ingress first.

[@BillSchrader]

Was it raining? Rain boosts the spawns of bug Pokémon

[@NatsumenoKage]

@@BillSchrader no it was a windy day

[@BillSchrader]

@@NatsumenoKage That's crazy. I don't remember seeing much pidgey either.

[@comemesas1]

First time watching your channel, and I have to say that I loved your outro being a TTGL opening cover. It was the last place I expected to hear such a magnificent melody.

[@keirgalein]

I live in Rhode island, and while we do have cities, they're not exactly what you call Metropolis places like Massachusetts or New York where you have a ton of people out and about doing relatively the same things. It was very rare to actually find multiple people in the same spots to do a Raid Battle. There was only one time that I was part of a group at a local post office but that was by pure chance. If I didn't need to actually mail a letter that day, I would have been handling it myself. There are forums you can gather and organize group raids online but even so, it wasn't easy. It took a long time for my state to get pokestops or even the proper gyms. And unfortunately, many of the places that were designated for stops and gyms were part of private property and you were not allowed. So many different raids had gone that we never even received unless I had decided specifically to drive to Massachusetts or one of our other sister States, which I wasn't going to do. I'm not into a lot of social gaming anyway, I'm a solo player by heart and thankfully most of the game can be done by yourself but to try to get these specific Pokemon when you had no other way of doing so, took away something apart from the experience. It was much better when they introduced the remote raid system during the lockdowns because this did mean for people like me who live here, you actually could join in battles that you had no ability to do before. People work, people have school, so setting these things up around times when they were not the most appropriate for people to gather unless it was during holidays or breaks was an issue too. At least for me, that was a core issue of why I didn't really do a lot of raid battles in general. Even the smaller level Pokemon that I could handle, it just depended if I had the time to do it. I don't know, I haven't really played the game in several months but I'm not exactly rushing to get back into it. The only real reason I would pop into it now is to transfer some Pokemon to the let's go games because I'm missing a few but as of right now, I don't really see myself getting back into it for a bit.

[@RosyFinch68]

Man, the Sorairo Days background music is awesome! Glad to find another member of Team Dai-Gurren!! And yes, Niantic really feels like they are just destroying their game at this point 🤦‍♂️

[@ItzJhon]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO. Nothin but the best for my homies. This is the channel that will pierce the heavens! >:)

[@bobvillia69]

That plan for them to jump makes even more sense if you add 1 point. Niantic knows it's gonna loose Pokemon, so burn it down and provide a lifeboat to Puriodod(idk how to spell it, and to lazy to care)

[@shinyhunterchris]

Peridot*

[@JohnSmith39180]

wait why were they gonna lose pokémon

[@nightslasher9384]

That's why we need to sabotage it so it won't have the ability to make games ever. We need to group up with Pokémon Home and Pokémon Main Series community (Both Card and Video Game) to take those bastard down! >:(

[@xavierhorn9825]

@John Smith Niantic doesn't own the rights to Pokémon, in order for this game to continue service they must have a licensing agreement with the Pokémon Company. From what I heard without fact-checking, the licensing agreement is (Loosely anyway) around 7-8 years, which Pokémon Go is approaching fairly soon. The theory is that since they know that since they're #1: Only known for Pokémon Go, #2: They're reliant on The Pokémon Company (TPC) in order to continue making money from the project, and #3: They're not getting enough of the main thing they want from their players (Location data), that they're focusing on putting their effort into Peridot (Their unique IP) and Monster Hunter (A similarly large IP to Pokémon at least in Japan) to attempt to move the POGO playerbase over to a game where they will continue to make a profit out of. Take this with a grain of salt however, as #1: This is entirely speculation and #2: I'm not even remotely knowledgeable in how businesses run and function, so I myself can't comment on the accuracy of these details.

[@garyoak671]

@@xavierhorn9825 good luck to them moving these players to another game lol most people play this game because it’s Pokémon. This monster hunter stuff isn’t going to work why would anyone want to put effort into a new game by Niantic if they have already proven they don’t care about this game ??

[@NamiBees]

I haven’t been able to do many raids since my usual group decided to just disband entirely when remote raids were introduced. And the funny thing is, that was the only group that was local without me needing to go far out into an entirely different city.

[@sesijanarjasis9917]

As someone living out in small town Montana, I feel this and it hurts. Our group went from constant invites and bustling activity around each and every legendary, to one or two asks a week for help on a boss, while the only real raiding any of us do is on Wednesday night, and usually only the free raids given our small numbers. Montana is really spaced out between most of its towns and cities and our entire Pokemon GO server comprises 4 different towns with a 30 minute drive one-way between Points A and D. This update has not incentivized any of those players on the fringes to come and make that 30 minute drive at any one point to fight a Tapu, a Lugia, or any of the last 10 or so raid bosses. We're only ever out for raid days, community days, and maybe, MAYBE Elite Raids if the boss is easy enough for us to take it out in a group of 8. The game is dying out here, and Niantic couldn't care less, because we're rural. And that's always been the one community spit on more than any other. People who don't live in a town with hundreds of Pokestops/gyms in sight every time they boot up the game. We don't matter to them, no matter how loud we speak, and it's pretty much put a death date on this game for me as more and more features are restricted. If the choice becomes "Move to Place where game is more in-person friendly" or "Don't play at all." I'm going to not play at all, it's just what happens when you rely on these asinine ultimatums for the sake of a flimsy vision that they try to make us think they believe in. They don't care about creating communities, they care about you hitting up POIs that give them data they can sell or use to advertise to you. If they can't get it, they will tighten their grip on the features until it's a borderline chokehold on you, until you either give up, or do as they tell you to. For one of the most customizable games out there, from a series that prided itself on 'playing your way', Niantic has really made leaps and bounds on "Play my way or not at all" and it makes me depressed, since I've invested a ton in this game since the pandemic days. Yet, here I am now, not going outside enough for Niantic, not making enough communities for Niantic, not doing enough of their own busy work when they can't even bother to make sure the game isn't broken with every new update they push out. I wish they'd listen to us, but it's clear that they only care about a small fraction of players. Even though no communities are ever going to pop up in places where they never were, they'll continue to hide behind the same excuses. To say nothing of that 'The reviews are in for playing outside' bullcrap they posted a week ago. This company hates you, remember that. You are not a player, you are not part of a community, you're a number they like to wave in front of advertisers to get more money for their half-baked AR tech.

[@FlameSoulis]

Not... really.... I don't think Peridot is going to be a Poekmon GO clone. Seems they have a different attitude and playstyle for it. Pokemon is a collectathon, while Peridot is a raiseathon, if that makes sense. I think the real issue the remote raid thing occurred was to sidestep how they made money. They KNOW people were using them, and would continue to use them, especially in areas where data to them is worth nothing (aka rural). In areas where invites were being given, like cities, the data collected was enough, and it JUST so happens the prices on in-person tickets didn't go down... hmmm..... mayhaps to still earn more money? If they weren't in it for profits as they claimed, then in-person raid tickets should have gone to near nothing... yet we know that isn't true. Also, don't forget Niantic's first starting point... Ingress. That game was entirely free.... until it wasn't. Pokemon Go was a bit the same way for awhile... mostly, anyway.

[@ItzJhon]

Very well said. While I know Peridot wont be exactly like pokemon go (I legit thought it was a dating app version of pokemon the first time I saw it) it very much seems like its trying to cash in off pokemon go. The in person raids are a dead giveaway that this isn't about getting people out because the people that were going to raids before are still the same people going to them now.

[@camarosquid]

@@ItzJhon Maybe you should edit this video to exclude the misinformation you're spreading about peridot being a 1:1 clone of pokemon go because its not.

[@MonochromeMoths]

@@ItzJhon Definitely isn't trying to cash in on PoGo, because all of Niantic's games are similar with the map concept, plus you're presenting Peridot as the only game that has been released/teased in the recent year, completely ignoring Pikmin Bloom, NBA All-stars and the upcoming Monster Hunters game, which all definitely are much more trying to get that same amount of popularity that pogo did, however nba flopped hard and Bloom is still going strong but not as profitable as Niantic as hoped. Of course Niantic is hoping that Peridot will be successful but it's definitely not replacing pogo, especially when Niantic has said that they made a 10 year plan for pogo.

[@joshcal7370]

I started playing Pokemon GO when it first came out. After the initial rush though, when people raiding became more rare and the local player base died off, I rare played it. When the main content in the game is no longer accessible, what's the point in spending money? Then remote raids came out, and I spend about a hundred dollars a month on the game again, as did multiple family members. Then niantic tries to punish us for playing the game, so we all quit. Just from my family they're losing 6-7k a year. From what I've seen a majority of players quit. They'd rather the company go under than let people play.

[@JFS_02]

Bro! This was a really good video! Keep it up and I've subscribed from now on!

[@spinestealer8129]

I remember walking 3 km just so that I could participate in the regieleki elite raid. My phone was low battery and I was anxious because I was relying on my GPS. Not being a popular area, nobody else was attending the raid and I wasn’t even able to make a dent. I guess I should’ve seen that coming but it was my first elite raid and I was excited lol

[@Mabayu]

Dont forget, Niantic isnt even listening to our feedback for Peridot as is and actually using that to imrpove it. Been beta testing it for a while now, and Niantic seems set on making the game pay to play, with the core mechanic which is breeding for new unique looking dots being behind a 5$ paywall per dot bred currently, while also taking away every feature we liked and replacing it with 2 minutes of gameplay every few hours. Im really curious as to how they expect to get Geodata from Peridot, when they arent even incentivising people to outside with these complete god awful changes. Weekly walking rewards give nothing of value, theres 2 minutes of gameplay every few hours, u now have to ask for consent when wanting to breed a dot with someone elses dot, wild dots no longer exist, so theres no variety and we are reliant on new players to get new traits and hoping they dont drop the game before their dot even reaches adult stage, if a player has incongnito mode on their dot cannot be bred with by anyone in the world nor does it show in habitats, and thats honestly not even all, theres also the issue with if someone doesnt log in after the newest update, their dot is treated as if it doesnt exist in habitats, so the variety goes down even more due to this. Theres tons more wrong with this game than just that, and btw, this game launches on May 9th.

[@miclipscountry4272]

What really made me mad about this change was that many people, including myself, lived in rural areas with either no access to gyms or very bad spawns. You got no new Pokémon unless a rare event mon just so happened to spawn at your house, so playing the game was incredibly tedious. What saved me from quitting was when my friend told me about a remote raiding discord server, and ever since then I had a blast playing the game and made plenty of friends along the way. The fact that niantic stripped that experience from a quarter of the players with the weekly remote raid pass removal angers me so much.

[@ItzJhon]

Remote raiding was also the sole driving force behind getting my friends back into the game. Kinda ironic that they killed remote raids to promote "going out" and then follow it up by promoting pokemon sleep that literally requires you to sleep

[@Almighty_Astraeus]

Niantic really be tellin us "touch grass nerds."

[@dantette5275]

I believe Niantic said that they were doing the remote raid changes for the longevity of the game, however, I believe the limit on the number of raids you could do was enough they didn’t have to double the price

[@nonsensicaldreamer]

As someone in the UXR group, I'll give a bit of insight. Even Niantic Employees are disappointed in the changes. It was to the point where we had a thread specifically for remote raids pass discussion. Hopefully with UXR members, we'll be able to help the game recover slightly, but we won't know until we actually get something announced from them. There's almost 500 of us, however. Hopefully we can do some sort of good.

[@ItzJhon]

That's some reassuring news. Thank ya for the insight homie👍.

[@J.M.-me6ji]

I could be wrong about this, but from my play experience it seems like the variety of Pokemon that can be found in the wild has dwindled as well. I was a latecomer to the game (started January 2022), but even last year I was able to find some amazing Pokemon by exploring local shops and malls, including the likes of Dragonite, Gyarados, and Slaking. As of the past 5 months or so, it seems like I keep running into the same small pool of 10-12 Pokemon, no matter where I go. Oh, and good choice of background music for the video. It was nice hearing that earworm from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon again!

[@LordIronfist]

Is that song at the end from gurren lagan? I've been trying to figure it out for like 20 minutes

[@PJ92586]

Niantic made the first mistake of making their famous move by using Pokemon, what they should have done was make their own IP first or along side Pokemon. At least they would have seen the difference in fame and settled with knowing Pokemon will always outlast any IP including their own and make Pokemon the best they can.

[@ItzJhon]

Pokemon is notorious for consuming whatever studio works on it. Its the price ya pay for that guaranteed success

[@joshberg307]

I had a whole timeline on how soon pokemon go was gonna die based off their events, and they had a year to 3. I guess they decided to speed things up

[@windrider5611]

Even though this game existed, the Peridot one. And now I'm not even going to touch it with a ten-foot pole. I prefer my Pokemon over whatever those floating blobs are supposed to be

[@sergeantwaffle9938]

I just recently started playing pokemon go and I'm seeing so many videos like this I hope things get better😭😭

[@ItzJhon]

Same here homie.

[@Yocool800]

I hate how Niantic made the elite raids on Easter or how the Hisuian Avalug raid day was on Christmas Eve

[@ItzJhon]

THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ why make one day events fall on some of the biggest holidays??

[@babyseal8822]

My friend still manage to participate regieleki raid after eastern

[@Ampharos_diff1212]

Crazy how making remote raids free would make this game thrive again

[@berosar]

Ye but only 1 per day I'd say or something like that, I havent thought about it at all since I just read ur comments but I think if it was free unlimited people would finish the game too fast and stop playing.

[@GrimDrago]

Ironically, or maybe fittingly, I got a Pokémon Go ad after the video ended

[@Godsbutterknife]

Literally subscribed for the outro. Gurren Lagann can never get enough recognition.

[@MvSly14]

It sucks cuz i just got back into pogo in the beginning of this year and i was hooked again since the initial release and now they decide to make all these changes killing the game.

[@CattyMintgum]

They spent all the money on developing a stupid app nobody asked for (CampFire) and to force more people to use it, they doubled the price of remote raid passes and added a limit per day. could have used that money to hire more developers but nah. Instead they hire more devs to work on future projects with more influence on AR. It's clear as day Niantic's main focus is developing AR stuff and Pokémon GO in their eyes was one of their biggest mistakes ever. They are treating the game and it's community as you'd expect. It's an abusive relationship because let's be honest, many of us don't even use the AR mode. They know this and thus absolutely despise the Pokémon go community. Everyday they ignore us, lie to us, and fail to get things right. A multi billion dollar company. It breaks my heart... Pokémon Go meant so much to me and many of us, who grew up with the franchise. But it's clear as day the charm is gone. (it even got nerfed in pvp lmao) In terms of raiding, It's dead to me now. But I'm still going to stick around for the community days and the occasional event. But I will not be surprised at this point this game will shutdown by the end of next year the way it's going. They wont care of course. We will be struggling to transfer all our shinies to Pokémon home unless we pay (home transporter energy) and they have a new original IP in the works. It's such a brutal and harsh reality, But that's how I am seeing it. Amazing video though it def needs more views! 🥺🥺🙏🙏 let the word spread, hopefully they will indeed hear us someday...and...get it right...I hope... What I wish for is for another company to take over the Pokémon go license if Niantic truly doesn't care anymore which seems to be the case at the moment. could be an in-house team at gamefreak or nintendo, I don't know, or some other mobile company (sadly might mean more ad's and microtransations) but hopefully whatever happens to this game it does continue to indeed live on for years to come...

[@ItzJhon]

I will never understand the point of campfire. It doesn't change anything. The places that people would go to on campfire are the same places that people would raid at anyway and the places that no one goes to are still going to be dead. It changes nothing. Its also interesting you bring the AR stuff up because this is a common theme with Pokemon. Niantic became the "Pokemon Go" company similar to how GameFreak is the "Pokemon company". Its sorta the price you pay when you make any sort of pokemon content. It seems like niantic wants to have their cake and eat it too. Like I said at the end of the video, Its not the gameplay that people love about pokemon go, its the pokemon and unfortunately for niantic, thats who they are now whether they like it or not. Feels like everyone that works on pokemon, doesn't want to work on pokemon. I could talk for literal years about all my thoughts on the franchise but that's for another video. Also, Thank you so much for the comment :')

[@DrawciaGleam02]

My mind was BLOWN at seeing ALL those smartphones with Pokemon GO on that bike!!! 😲

[@ItzJhon]

I've personally seen people carry multiple smartphones and tablets to raids. Some Pokemon go players are just that dedicated.

[@Mikon2]

What is the name of the song that you used for the outro?

[@kurisu7276]

If that is their plan why not just give pokemon go to the pokemon company

[@ItzJhon]

Considering the quality of recent pokemon games, I dont think much would change 💀

[@FryGuy909]

@@ItzJhon I disagree. Anyone would run pkmn go better than Niantic rn. the raid pass price increase is why I quit the game.

[@jessiebeck8891]

I hope Niantic fixes the crashes I constantly get on Pokémon Go.

[@Greenaura101]

What phone u r using? I also have the same prob

[@danielcurren2119]

Is there a way to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon go outside of let’s go ever/ pikachu?

[@dyvyby]

3:10 I remember last year of 2022 where Niantic held a Christmas and New Year with their Community Day events. I feel so bad reading people's experience of not being able to capture event Eevees with Hats and a Jan 1 Raid Day Reshiram because it's literally holiday and some places are just freezing them to death just to walk. Other than that, they're literally cashing out the lonely people out there in their vacation times instead of spending time with their loved ones.

[@HunterM430]

Its not Niantic, its john hanke, the ceo of niantic, he has said he does not care about the accessibility for things, he wants people to go outside for location data, and yet he started niantic

[@maxschendell7630]

Remote raiding has tanked since the remote pass increase. Nobody I know is buying passes anymore and it’s all because of the pricing, either Niantic switches back and everything goes back to normal or they lose the most successful game they’ll ever have

[@ItzJhon]

Nothin but Facts 💯

[@Nevergiveuponyourself]

I recently got back into pokemon go a couple of months before the remote raid pass changes, honestly didn't know what those passes did till I used them, spent money to get more and did the lugia raids just to get a shiny and be happy. I play it everyday, I will be doing a incense while on my computer playing no mans sky or minecraft or something else. Niantic did screw up alot for the community, but if they realize there is so much more they can add to the game that allows people to leave their house, hopefully they won't be dumb to open their eyes. Pokemon is still growing, Pokemon Go still has a lot it could add to it, according to the dataminers there is stuff in the works.

[@woutervanham8246]

Our study has a pokemon go discord server that was very active before the remote raid changes. This year of a our study a large amount of students have to do their internship abroad or far away, so remote raiding was kind of the only way to stay in contact, but now most of the time we just can't afford raid passes and the server just kinda collapsed. Definitely the dumbest change they ever made. I wouldn't even be mad if they just fixed their horrible gym system, which caps your daily coins at 50 but you have to wait until your pokemon gets knocked off... ...only for them to all get knocked off at the same day and turning the effort and time of 350 coins into 50 coins. Niantic also just seems to forget that players in smaller cities exist? I hope they revert the changes or make SOME other way to complete raids without others near you. They probably won't though.

[@joshwebster8735]

This is o sad to see my wife and i have played pogo since launch day we were waiting months in advance for it to drop and to think all those great memories we have together catching all those mon may just be deleted like it never happened is heart breaking ngl

[@StaciaHime]

well you might want transfer your POGO Pokemon to Home before deleting it xD

[@ludgerkres.1437]

I haven't opened my app in years, but I just want to appreciate the memories too. Built teams with my favorites and did raids long ago. But now the app just... sits there. Never to be opened again, maybe one day it may be opened, but that is if I can patiently wait for all the updates. Hearing all the bad news is just making me feel bad too, as my partner and I spent many hours just playing and planning.

[@DevdevOnYT]

So glad I've gotten all the pokemon I need for my living dex lol. I might keep Go around if they somehow keep doing stuff like Meltan and Gimmighoul

[@elwaldo8877]

This is why I don't have any legendary Pokemon cause my friends and me have lifes and none of use are gonna show up at a spot at like 3:24 on a Friday afternoon just to hope to beat it to get a chance to catch it

[@ItzJhon]

My point exactly. At least remote raids gave people a chance. As long as one friend was physically at the raid, you could just invite your friends from anywhere.

[@jdogmcfly1712]

I honestly don't even okay pokemon go much anymore cause I live in a place where pokestops aren't around, so I run out of pokeballs all the time and that kinda defeats the purpose of the game. The only thing I look forward to is when go finally gets all 1010 pokemon in up to gen 9

[@angelobraun1094]

I like the music in the background, mystery dungeon time’s was intense 🎉

[@andywright8495]

Well done, the best video so far on raid pass nerf!

[@ItzJhon]

Nothin but the best content for my viewers ^_^

[@kateking6889]

Remote raids are nice, but I meet one of my best friends by going out & actually playing. Remote raids have destroyed local communities/discord groups like it or not. Nobody goes out & plays like they used to. I always thought Pokèmon Go was cool because it was a way for you to get to know the locals of the area. Now, with remote raids, the game has lost its magic that brought strangers together as a team. I'm glad they are doing this.

[@berosar]

People already stopped caring about the game here in the netherlands where i live in quite a big city. Remote raids actually revived the game and allowed for the still active players to still go out and invite remote raiders. Now that isnt possible anymore. I might as well stay home cause my lobby wont fill up anyways. There is also 0 motivation from niantic to go outside. You still have to pay for the passes to do in person raids.

[@chaossmith3864]

People where I live had already dropped PoGo before remote raid passes. It didn't last that long around here at all. And even at its peak around here there wasn't some huge community, at most a brief acknowledgement and a couple lines of small talk. Maybe. At most.

[@kateking6889]

people experiences will vary on location, I guess. I personally, "like most," have seen how the community was before & after remote raids. People don't organize like they used to. Most people would rather just form a remote group than organize an in person group. I get the convenience, but it does take away from the community aspect in one way or another. I agree with the daily limit of 5 remote raids a day, but we should get cheaper premium in person passes & more free daily passes in return. Seem kinda crazy to raise the price of the remote pass but not lower the price of the premium.

[@yeeked]

Jhon with another banger man you’re sub count has gone up a lot bro keep going

[@ItzJhon]

Aye aye captain. Got 3 more vids in the works. Also thank you so much homie!

[@Vortex-ns5ij]

Well I can point out some things that led to the downfall, at least for me and I'm sure others too. First of all if the battle system was turn based with a timer that ended your turn. 30 sec or 60 sec timer. Next is the ability to trade more easily. I understand the need to control trading somewhat. But maybe a level unlock or a trade currency or trade tickets or something along those lines would have worked.

[@jeff_uchiha]

Niantic is a Scummy company and I am glad I deleted the game 3 weeks ago

[@Misimi]

what's the end song's name? where is it from?

[@Footballfan896]

“If something is free, then you’re the product” Now I’m having an existential crisis.

[@CojaGamez]

You are so right. Niantic have really been doing bad lately. And I honestly agree... they could be self sabtogating. Some of their descisions seem so ludacriously awful that self sabtotage begins to make sense (although as you said its a horrible plan). I have taken a hiatus from go lately because I do not feel like niantic deserves my support until they decide to stop actively making the game less fun

[@fleeinggenie0933]

Honestly I love Pokemon go just as much as everyone else but I stopped playing as well after they removed legendaries from Weekly missions. I could just tell the game was going downhill at that point and that Niantic shouldn't get my support

[@markrinaldi8485]

They are going to kill it like harry potter did

[@MonsterTaming420]

I live in a small city and literally was asked by a random person at the bus stop if I wanted to join a raid, the worst part is I didnt even have time I couldn't imagine living anywhere even smaller.

[@Gunchaser]

Bro the guy on the bike with 200 phones 😂😂😂😂😂

[@orionzervakos]

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but my wife and I both think Niantic ruined PoGo like 6 months into it when the mechanic with the footprints changed. We jumped ship right after that and we both seriously LOVED this game.

[@ItzJhon]

Funny you mention that because I was actually going to talk about that! I ended up cutting that part of the vid because I started going on a tangent xD.

[@orionzervakos]

@@ItzJhon it's so easy to get passionate about seeing something you loved getting ruined by what is most generously corporate incompetence. That mechanic brought more strangers together in camaraderie than can be adequately quantified. Can't tell you how many times we would be looking for some Dratini or Vulpix and we'd realize we had walked like 3 miles (with our infant daughter) and were in a beautiful part of town we never knew existed. So heartbreaking to see this game fade

[@thefirehawk1495]

Peridot looks good but it doesn't have the 2 decades of lore and content to draw from, so I won't be playing it, why should I play fake Pokémon when I can play the real one? lol

[@asseyez-vous6492]

Exactly! Pokémon come with a story. Many of them are based on Japanese folklore and so there’s a history to them. The cards, the games, the movies, the plushies, etc… people do get emotionally invested. Then some doofus comes along and tries to copy making made up monsters with no history, and well, it doesn’t make me want to play it.

[@-._Ahmad_.-]

I remember before the raid pass every time a 5-star happened and i went to it some guy would always be there

[@ashleycoynetube]

Good luck on your road to 1000, subbed ❤

[@dadyshrek2981]

I'm hoping the shadow raids will make up for this but it probably won't

[@13luken]

wait WTF 810 subs??? i legit thought i was watching a massive pokemon youtuber until the very end when you said that you're reaching that 1000 sub goal. Can't wait to see more videos :)

[@ItzJhon]

Nothin but the best for you guys ^_^ I'll make ya''ll proud -future youtube king, ItzJhon

[@freakishlytoasted138]

I'd imagine they were fans of the IP, but never realized how overwhelming the project would be. Their creative team is confined to the 1 app, and that's not what they initially thought they were signing on to. Genuinely, they should sell the rights to Nintendo and make whatever they want, though as a consumer I don't want Nintendo getting PoGo. Nintendo would 100% be more loyal to the fanbase because it's their property they care about, but they also care heavily about getting paid potentially even worse than Niantic. We're in a tough spot rn

[@filmaru8556]

Honestly I’ve just been using the same stop every time I go to school because I can’t go anywhere else which is kinda why I stopped playing for three years and then came back. Also the incense kinda sucks now because it doesn’t spawn any Pokemon

[@frederickdelius1106]

I came back to the game in 21 because it was finally everything it could be. I didnt know about the data collection or this rip off game. Yeah i 100% think theyre trying to burn it down.

[@Althetrue]

tbh this remote raid increase in price and the 5 limit has never bothered me what so ever but im just a casual player so idk how its like in a hardcore players eyes

[@ItzJhon]

The cap might not affect ya but the price increase affects everyone :/

[@184fish]

Think of it this way, it affects a lot of other players and makes a lot of them quit. Less people spending money, means less profit, means they put less back into the game. It might not directly affect you now, but it will speed up the game dying, which affects all players.

[@berosar]

It effects me and im a free to play player. After the update ive managed to do 0 succesfull legendary raids cause nobody joins anymore. I need remote raiders to join in order to do them.

[@dragon_nova_luna]

I quit pokego a few times, for me nothing changed through time. I couldn’t play it from home even in the pandemic bc I have 0 stops or gyms in the range of my house, let alone raids. And most Pokémon I attracted with that seance were common types like zigzagoon, pidgey and so on. It’s hard to evolve some too, to near impossible for me. There are other issues too, but this one did frustrate me, the lack of gyms/stops around the reachable area near me.

[@will3909]

Congrats on hitting over 1000 subs!

[@odd-jobsmatt7965]

Good video lad. Keep'em coming

[@ItzJhon]

I'll make ya proud king💯

[@MysticalGamingGuy398]

Whats the outro or song at the end of the video

[@NopangX]

pls tell me whats the song name of your outro, i've been searching them for years.

[@ItzJhon]

Its a remix of the gurren lagann intro (sorairo days) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5nVe6SFeNmIaZI

[@NopangX]

@@ItzJhon yess thank you, i forgot it was urenn lagann

[@RatedX29]

The problem is the game they want to make, and the game most of the community wants to play are different. It's not even about money. The remote passes were easily the most profitable thing in the game for them. Maybe the data they sell is worth more, I don't know that, but I have a gard time believing it is more than the hit they are taking from remote passes. If I wasn't using the game to make my walks more interesting, thus improving my health. I would have quit already and I am still thinking about quitting anyway

[@ItzJhon]

Someone must have crunched the numbers on their end and realized the data would profit them more than the remote raid passes. Niantic trying to double dip by getting more money from passes and the data

[@anty.]

@@ItzJhon how do they even profit from the data?

[@chaossmith3864]

@@anty. I'd guess selling to advertisers but idk for sure. Because that's the way it usually goes, and apparently other companies have sold location data, but I'm not sure how that would work.

[@untitleddragon7322]

At this rate, I might just take all my shinies off Pokémon go and place them on Pokémon home. Don't wanna lose my shiny groudon and Rayquaza.

[@Tailzy26]

That's what I do, I just send every shiny I find to home.