{"id":111475,"date":"2016-11-23T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T08:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=111475"},"modified":"2016-11-23T10:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T08:12:59","slug":"pokemon-go-rolling-out-tracking-feature-that-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/111475-pokemon-go-rolling-out-tracking-feature-that-actually-works","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Go rolling out tracking feature that actually works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nearby and Sightings functionality in Pok\u00e9mon Go\u00a0has been refined and\u00a0rolled out more widely, the Pok\u00e9mon Go team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PokemonGO\/posts\/1024175521062339?notif_t=notify_me_page&amp;notif_id=1479737121810539\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>announced<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After reviewing your feedback, we have made some changes to the Nearby feature we were originally testing in San Francisco, California,&#8221; it said on its Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have changed the feature to only show the Nearby feature if a Pok\u00e9Stop is close to your location. In addition, we have also made changes to the way Sightings now works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From today, players in the\u00a0following areas will be able to use the new Nearby and Sightings functionality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United States of America: All states west of the Mississippi River (except Hawaii and Alaska)<\/li>\n<li>Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the western half of Ontario.<\/li>\n<li>Australia: All states and territories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Our first six months has been nothing short of exciting and your continued support has been inspiring,&#8221; Pok\u00e9mon Go said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a lot of content, features, and functionality that we will be implementing over the coming months and years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pokemon-Go-Nearby-and-Sightings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111481\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pokemon-Go-Nearby-and-Sightings.png\" alt=\"pokemon-go-nearby-and-sightings\" width=\"320\" height=\"568\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Arrival of Ditto and CP adjustments<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the\u00a0tracking feature starting to become more widely available,\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go developer Niantic has also released Ditto.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, you may even have caught the doppelganger Pok\u00e9mon, as\u00a0ordinary Pidgeys and Rattatas may actually be Ditto in disguise.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Niantic also announced that it\u00a0had made adjustments to the Combat Power (CP) of several Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some Pok\u00e9mon, such as Alakazam, Rhydon, and Gengar will have their CP increased. Others will have their CP lowered,&#8221; Niantic said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These changes will allow a more balanced and competitive battling and training experience in Gyms. We will continue to adjust the CP going forward to improve the game balance when necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pokemon-Go-Ditto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111483 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pokemon-Go-Ditto-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"pokemon-go-ditto\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pokemon-Go-Ditto-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Pokemon-Go-Ditto-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/110126-pokemon-go-update-secretly-added-100-new-pokemon-to-the-app-code.html\">Pok\u00e9mon Go update secretly added 100 new Pok\u00e9mon to the app code<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Go team have announced the wider roll-out of a new tracking feature that has been in testing in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":96973,"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":[20380,73,20314,23182],"class_list":["post-111475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-nintendo","tag-niantic-labs","tag-nintendo","tag-pokemon-go","tag-the-pokemon-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111475","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=111475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111485,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111475\/revisions\/111485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}