{"id":14554,"date":"2018-10-09T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=14554"},"modified":"2018-10-14T21:44:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T01:44:04","slug":"sinnoh-pokemon-coming-to-pokemongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/10\/sinnoh-pokemon-coming-to-pokemongo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinnoh Pok\u00e9mon coming to Pokemon GO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for a Sinnoh adventure?<\/p>\n<p>Niantic announced today that Pok\u00e9mon originally discovered in the Sinnoh region are making their way to Pok\u00e9mon GO soon.<\/p>\n<p>In advance of the arrival, Niantic has said that they are making two key shifts to the game balance in the coming weeks. These changes are based on Trainer feedback and are designed to promote an improved overall experience. These changes will affect to Pok\u00e9mon migration and behaviour.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are making adjustments to weather and, moving forward, it will have a reduced effect on the rate at which Pok\u00e9mon appear.<\/li>\n<li>As you explore a given area, you will notice that a greater variety of Pok\u00e9mon species will appear over time and at different rates.<\/li>\n<li>Certain areas, such as parks and nature reserves, will now contain more varied Pok\u00e9mon species.<\/li>\n<li>Changes to Pok\u00e9mon Effectiveness in Battle<\/li>\n<li>We also wanted to use this opportunity to rebalance in-game battle mechanics. You may notice some of the following changes in the coming weeks:<\/li>\n<li>CP values will be adjusted going forward to improve game balance.<\/li>\n<li>HP values will be adjusted to close the gap between high HP Pok\u00e9mon and low HP Pok\u00e9mon.<\/li>\n<li>Pok\u00e9mon Defense and Stamina values will be retroactively rebalanced, allowing highly defensive Pok\u00e9mon to be valuable in battle by outlasting opponents rather than simply running out the clock.<\/li>\n<li>Defense values have also been slightly retroactively reduced for most Pok\u00e9mon. Changes like these will help narrow the gap between Pok\u00e9mon with the highest defensive stats and other Pok\u00e9mon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moving forward we can expect to see further tweaks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3HU10cLg5xk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for a Sinnoh adventure? Niantic announced today that Pok\u00e9mon originally discovered in the Sinnoh region are making their way to Pok\u00e9mon GO soon. In advance of the arrival, Niantic has said that they are making two key shifts to the game balance in the coming weeks. These changes are based on Trainer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[101,1178],"tags":[1732,1729],"class_list":["post-14554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-news","tag-niantic","tag-pokemon-go"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pokemon_go_b_wide.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-3MK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14591,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/10\/generation-4-pokemon-originally-discovered-in-the-sinnoh-region-are-live-in-pokemongo\/","url_meta":{"origin":14554,"position":0},"title":"Generation 4 Pok\u00e9mon Originally Discovered in the Sinnoh Region are live in Pok\u00e9mon GO","date":"October 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The world of Pok\u00e9mon GO is evolving once again! 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