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Asyoumovearoundtheplaces whereyouliveandvisit,yoursmartphonecanvibratetoletyouknowwhen you'renearaPokémon.Onceyou'veencounteredaPokémon,takeaimonyour smartphone'stouchscreenandthrowaPokéBalltocatchit—butbecareful,or itmightrunaway!AlsolookforPokéStopslocatedatinterestingplaces—such aspublicartinstallations,historicalmarkers,andmonuments—whereyoucan collectmorePokéBallsandotheritems. BattleOtherTrainers Areyoureadyforanexcitingchallenge?Youcannowtakeon anotherTraineratanytimeinPokémonGO.WithTrainerBattles,youcanmatch upagainstanotherTrainerbyusingaBattleCode,thenfaceoffusingateam ofthreePokémon.Whenthebattleisover,bothparticipantsreceivegreat rewards,includingachanceatrareEvolutionitems. Thefast-pacedbattlestakeplaceinrealtime,andyour PokémoncanuseboththeirFastAttacksandChargedAttacks.Justkeepaneye onyouropponent'sattacks,anddeployaProtectShieldtosaveyourPokémon fromtakingcriticaldamage.Becareful,though—youonlyhavealimitednumber ofProtectShieldsbeforeyourPokémonwillbeleftdefenselessagainstbigattacks. Youropponentwillusuallyhavetobenearbyforyouto initiateaTrainerBattle.ButyoucanchallengeTrainersyou'reUltraFriends orBestFriendswithfromanydistance.Goodluck,Trainers! MakeFriends,ExchangeGifts,andTradePokémon Getconnectedwithyourreal-life friendsinPokémonGO,andyoucaninteractwiththeminavarietyofexciting ways.AfterexchangingTrainerCodes,youwillseeyourfriendsonyourFriend List. Onewaythatyou'llbeabletoplay withyourfriendsinPokémonGOisbygivingGifts.WhenyouspinaPhotoDisc ataPokéStoporGym,youhaveachanceofcollectingaspecialGift.Although youcan'topentheseGiftsyourself,youcansendthemtosomeoneonyour FriendList.TheGiftscontainavarietyofhelpfulitems(andoccasionally specialEggs)andcomewithapostcardshowingwheretheGift wascollected. YoucanincreaseyourFriendship levelwithothersbysendingGiftsorparticipatinginaRaidorGymBattle withthem.AsyourFriendshiplevelrises,bonusescanbeunlocked. There'sanotherwaytobuildyour Friendshiplevel,andthat'sbytradingPokémon!Ifyouarenearafriendand haveaTrainerlevelof10orhigher,youcantradePokémonwiththem. CompletingatraderequiresStardust,butitearnsabonusCandyforthe Pokémonyoutradedaway,andthatbonusincreasesifthePokémonthetwoofyou tradewerecaughtinlocationsfarapartfromeachother. EachPokémoninthetrademightbecomeaLuckyPokémon—you'llknowrightawaybyanewsparklyappearance.TheseLuckyPokémonrequirelessStardusttopowerup,too.AndLuckyPokémoncanbedetectedbythePokédexsoyoucankeeptrackofthem.ThelongerthePokémonhavespentinstorage,thehigherthechancethattheywillbecomeLuckyPokémonwhenthey'retraded. CustomizeYourTrainer WhenyoufirstplayPokémonGO, you'llgettocustomizeyourTrainer,choosingapparelandaccessoriestogivethem acoollook.YourcustomizedTrainerwillappearasyoumovearoundonthemap andonyourprofilepage.OtherplayerswillalsoseeyourTrainerwhenthey visitaGymyoucontrolorwhenyouinteractasfriends(seebelow). AddtoYourPokédex InPokémonGO,youwillgainlevels asaTrainer.Athigherlevels,you'llbeabletocatchmorepowerfulPokémon tocompleteyourPokédex.You'llalsohaveaccesstostrongeritemstoheal yourPokémonafterbattle,improvedPokéBallstogiveyouabettershotat catchingPokémon,andusefulBerries.KeepexploringandcatchingPokémonto raiseyourlevel. Thereareotherwaystoadd PokémontoyourPokédex.IfyoucatchthesamespeciesofPokémonenoughtimes, youmaybeabletoevolveit!AndyoumayfindPokémonEggsatPokéStops,which willhatchonceyou'vewalkedacertaindistancewithitinanincubator—perhaps resultinginaPokémonyou'veneverseenbefore! Asyou'reoutexploring,keepaneye onthereal-worldweather,asitwillinfluencewhichPokémonyou'relikelyto discover.Forexample,Water-typePokémonwillbemoreplentifulduringrainy weather. JoinaTeamandBattle Atacertainpointinthegame, you'llbeaskedtojoinoneofthreeteams.Onceyoujoinateam,you'llgain theabilitytoassignyourPokémontoopenGymlocationsortoaGymwherea teammatehasalreadyassignedaPokémon.EachplayercanplaceonlyonePokémon perGym,soyou'llneedtoworktogetherwithothermembersofyourteamto buildupastrongdefense.LikePokéStops,Gymscanbefoundatreal-world locations. IfarivalteamhasclaimedaGym, youcanchallengeitbyusingyourPokémontobattlethePokémondefendingthe Gym.YouchoosewhichofyourPokémonwilljoininthebattle.EachPokémonhas twokindsofattacks,andcanalsododgethedefendingPokémon'sattacksifyou swipeleftorright.IfyourPokémonwinthebattle,themotivationofthe defendingPokémonisreduced.WhenthemotivationofeachdefendingPokémon dropstozero,thedefendingteamlosescontroloftheGym,andyouoranother playercanthentakecontrolofitbyassigningaPokémontodefendit. RaidBattles TakeontoughsolitaryPokémonin excitingRaidBattlesatselectGyms.TheseRaidBossesaremoredifficultto battlethanthePokémonyou'dordinarilycatchinthewild—sotoughthatyou'll needtojoinupwithotherTrainerstotakeoneofthemon.Ifyoucandefeat theRaidBoss,you'llearnachancetoaddthepowerfulPokémonto yourteamandgetextremelyrareitems. FieldResearchandSpecialResearch ProfessorWillow,yourguidethrough theworldofPokémonGO,needscollaboratorstohelpwithhisresearchashe investigatesmysteriouseventsallovertheworld.Therearetwotypesof researchthatTrainerscanhelpwith:FieldResearchandSpecialResearch. FieldResearchtaskscanbefoundbyspinningthePhotoDiscatPokéStopsand Gyms.Youwillreceiveobjectivestocomplete,suchasdiscoveringandcatching certainPokémonorengaginginbattles.ProfessorWillowwillpresentthe SpecialResearchhimselfwithstory-drivenactivitiesthatwilltakeyou furtherintotheworldofPokémonGOthaneverbefore! There'snolimittothenumberof researchtasksthatcanbecompletedeachday,andtheygrantrewardssuchas usefulitems.Themoredifficultthetask,thegreaterthereward,so hard-workingTrainerswillbenefitquiteabit. PokéBallPlusandNintendoSwitch AportabledevicecalledthePokéBallPlusenablesyouto enjoythegameevenwhenyou'renotlookingatyoursmartphone.Thedevice connectstoyoursmartphoneviaBluetoothandnotifiesyouabouteventsinthe game(suchastheappearanceofaPokémonnearby)usinganLEDandvibration. Inaddition,youcancatchPokémonorperformothersimpleactionsbypressing thebuttononthedevice. ThereisalsoadeepconnectionbetweenPokémonGOandPokémon:Let'sGo,Pikachu!andPokémon:Let'sGo,Eevee!Pokémonoriginallydiscoveredin theKantoregionthatyou'vecaughtinPokémonGOcanbebroughtintothesetwo newNintendoSwitchgames. ConnectingPokémonGOtoPokémon:Let'sGo,Pikachu!orPokémon: Let'sGo,Eevee!isalsoagreatwaytomeetthenewMythicalPokémon Meltananditsevolvedform,Melmetal.SendingPokémonfromPokémonGOintoone oftheNintendoSwitchtitlesgetsyoucertainitemsintheapp,suchasCandies forthespeciesofPokémonyousent.However,thefirsttimeyousenda Pokémon,you'llalsobeabletogetaveryspecialitem:aMysteryBox! OpeningaMysteryBoxinPokémonGOcausesMeltantoappear foralimitedtime.TouchaMeltanyouseeonthefieldmap,andthentryto catchitwithaPokéBall.Bycollecting400MeltanCandies,youcanevolve thisSteel-typePokémonintothepowerfulMelmetal. AdventureSync ExploringisabreezewiththeAdventureSyncfeatureinPokémon GO.WithAdventureSync,youcanrecordhowfaryouwalkevenwhilePokémonGO isinactive.Plus,youkeepearningBuddyCandyandmakingprogresstoward hatchingPokémonEggsasyouwalk. YoureceivenotificationswhenyourBuddyPokémonfinds CandyforyouandwhenanEggisabouttohatch.Then,attheendofeachweek, AdventureSyncprovidesasummaryofyouractivities,includinghowmuchCandy youcollectedandhowfaryouwalked.Youevenearnrewardsforeverydistance milestoneyoucross. YoucanoptintoAdventureSyncatanytime,andthe featureconnectstoboththeHealthapponAppledevicesandGoogleFiton Androiddevices. iPhoneAR+Mode DivedeeperintothefunofPokémon encounterswithAR+mode,afeatureavailableoniPhone6sandnewermodels runningiOS11orhigher.AR+modetakesPokémonGO'saugmentedrealityfeature evenfurtherbyplacingthePokémonyouencounterfirmlyintothescenein frontofyou.WithAR+,youcangetclosertoaPokémontomakeiteasierto catch,orlineuptheperfectpicture.Butbecarefulasyouapproachthe Pokémon,oryoumightscareitoff! FreetoPlay PokémonGOisavailablefordownload atnochargeontheAppStoreandGooglePlay.PokémonGOisfreetoplay,with loadsoffunthingstodoandPokémontodiscoverateveryturn.Forplayers whowanttoenhancetheirPokémonGOexperienceevenmore,certainitemsand featurescanbeaccessedviain-apppurchases.Playerscanspendrealmoneyon PokéCoins,thein-gamecurrencyofPokémonGO.PokéCoinscanthenbeexchanged forpower-ups,extraitems,andmore. PhotoFun WhenyouencounteraPokémoninthe wild,youcanturnonthecamerafeature,puttingthewildPokémonintothe livescenewhereyourcameraisfacing.Lineupyourshotandhittheshutter buttontotakethephoto.Youcanthensavethesnapshottoyoursmartphonefor youtosharehoweveryou'dlike. MusicbyJunichiMasuda PokémonGOfeaturesall-new musiccomposedbyGAMEFREAK'sJunichiMasuda.Mr.MasudahasworkedonPokémon gamessincetheverybeginningandhascomposedmanyoftheclassicand memorablesongsthathaveinspiredfansfordecades. BuddyPokémon WiththeBuddyPokémonfeature,you canchooseaPokémonfromyourcollectiontotravelatyourside, openingupin-gamerewardsandexperiences.YourBuddyPokémonwillappear alongsideyourTraineronyourprofilescreenandrewardyouwithhelpful bonuses—includingCandy—asyouwalkwithit. VisitthePokémonGOofficialsiteformoredetails. ©2016–2018Niantic,Inc.©2016–2018Pokémon.©1995–2018Nintendo/CreaturesInc./GAMEFREAKinc. AppleandtheApplelogoaretrademarksofAppleInc.,registeredintheU.S.andothercountries.AppStoreisaservicemarkofAppleInc. 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