{"id":104271,"date":"2016-09-16T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=104271"},"modified":"2016-09-16T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T10:43:07","slug":"pokemon-go-plus-launched-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/104271-pokemon-go-plus-launched-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus launched in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niantic and The Pok\u00e9mon Company launched the Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus smartphone accessory around the world today.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pok\u00e9mon Go not being officially available in South Africa, local retailers have started selling the Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus.<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus is a companion device that connects to your phone over Bluetooth.<\/p>\n<p>It lets you keep your phone in your pocket while still collecting resources and capturing even the most elusive Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>As players approach a Pok\u00e9stop, their Pokemon Go Plus will alert them by vibrating and lighting up. Trainers can then collect items from the stop by clicking their wristband.<\/p>\n<p>The following online retailers in South Africa list the Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raru: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/raru.co.za\/video-games\/4830605-pok-mon-go-plus-ios-android\" target=\"_blank\">R609<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Takealot: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takealot.com\/pokemon-go-plus-android-iphone\/PLID41784826\" target=\"_blank\">R699<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Loot: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loot.co.za\/product\/pokemon-go-plus\/lrzp-4098-g550\" target=\"_blank\">R619<\/a><\/strong> (currently out of stock)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Pok\u00e9mon Go news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/104101-pokemon-go-paying-player-numbers-drop-dramatically.html\"><strong>Pokemon GO paying player numbers drop dramatically<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/103737-launch-date-for-pokemon-go-plus-confirmed.html\"><strong>Launch date for Pokemon GO Plus confirmed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/102367-here-are-the-pokemon-that-are-hardest-to-catch-in-pokemon-go.html\"><strong>Here are the Pok\u00e9mon that are hardest to catch in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/100864-5-awesome-accessories-for-serious-pokemon-go-players.html\"><strong>5 awesome accessories for serious Pokemon GO players<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/98708-pokemon-go-plus-south-african-pricing-and-release-date.html\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO Plus \u2013 South African pricing and release date<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Go Plus smartphone accessory is now available in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":100940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2226,6],"tags":[20314,21939],"class_list":["post-104271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-nintendo","tag-pokemon-go","tag-pokemon-go-plus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104273,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104271\/revisions\/104273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}