Pokémon Go, the phenomenon of Niantic Video, Pokémon Go, may soon be under recent property – and some fans are already working to stop him from achieving the next stage of evolution.
Long -time players from the mobile impression of the mobile company Pokémon were sent crazy last week, when Bloomberg The report suggested that Niantic was In conversations about selling your efforts about the scoply video game for around $ 3.5 billion. This is a contract that may include trade in titles such as Monster Hunter Now, Pikmin Bloom and, yes, Pokémon Go, with an announcement reportedly expected soon. There was no word, how significantly a change in leadership can affect mechanics and microtransactions …
We look at it with Scoply in the picture. I want to play in Pogo. 😬🤬 pic.twitter.com/ukilfv7vkx
– Amywiedy (@amy_wiedy) February 20, 2025
Scoply oversees the fleet of significant mobile sensations, from the branches of board games such as Scrabble Go and Monopoly GO! For games such as Ptable Guys and Marvel Strike Force. One of the elements of terrifying Pokémon GO players more than anything else is that microtransactions practices these titles are known. Along with a real division into an adventure, which still plays a key role in the lives of players nine years after its release, thousands of fans are afraid that everything can change for worse.
“They probably still spend Mewttwo X and Y, except that you have to pay $ 100 only for a chance to get them”, one Theoretized Reddit user. “If everyone knew what they did to make Marvel Strike Force, we would all panic. They will absolutely lead this game into the ground. “
I’m looking for Everstone
The fear of Scopy’s property is more due to the aggression of these coinization tactics, not the tactics themselves, and it was the same fear that led the user Reddit and the long -term Pokémon Go Fan Tetrylene to take action. As rumors about Niantica’s interest in sale published a post In the hope of organizing a campaign for other Pokémon Go -ers, which will respect Pokémon Company that regardless of ownership, there are some changes that they will not mean.
This post, which is now over a week, generated 1.4 thousand. Among hundreds of comments of similarly thinking fans. Tetrylene tells us that his initiative began with the desire to bring the community’s fears from the front and the center. It cannot be said whether the message will actually reach Pokémon in a significant way, but says that his post was brought to the table, was worth the effort.
“In the same style in which loot boxes have been almost transformed into a toxic monetization option for the industry, I hope that our push sends a signal, that there is an absolutely limiting how much player base will put up,” Tetrylene explained. “This is all very defensive, but some of me hopes that there is a chance that new owners want to use the amazing potential of the game instead of bleeding. The door is widely open to both possibilities; I hope that we can try to lead them towards the first, not the second. “
Like all of the other millions of Pokémon fans, Tetrylene holds a few Pokémon close to his heart – his favorite is a draw between Groudon and Metagoss. When he says “Generation 3 for life”, he means that. He tells us that Pokémon Go has been his hobby for two and a half years, adding that the mobile game was also an excuse to meet friends at least once a week.
He bloomed in an action in which Tetrylene leads to an vigorous group of almost 70 players. This led to a trip to recent cities – and recent friends. While most of the world went from Pokémon Go, when the phase of the honey month finally disappeared, a dedicated group of trainers still routinely connects with others, shows their Pokémon and Battle collection.
Type advantage
However, no two players like Pokémon, in the same way. For every free fan of Pokémon Go there is one that spent thousands of dollars on it.
Reddit user and self-proclaimed Pokémon Go Big-Spender known as “whale”, Nextlevevolution, wrote an open letter to Scoply Among the rumors about the potential sales of Niantic. It is assumed on a call to act, but it is associated with a warning that a more aggressive monetization strategy probably “broke trust with the user base” and “changed the game so much that fans will not be considered the true experience of Pokémon-Franchise.”
“For me, Pokémon is extremely nostalgic. And I believe that Pokémon Go is now in a pretty good place and in general the trajectory up for the first time in a few years, “Ign, said Ign. “At the best issue of Pokémon’s game concerns adventure and discovery. When Pokémon came out for the first time, the idea I could be a Pokémon coach in the real world was enough for me and millions of others. I hope that the spirit of this game did not lose another quick zloty. “
They say that they are aware of other whales that spent “many thousands of dollars” a year, and “none of them is excited by the possibility of buying Pokémon Go.” For now, Nextlevevolution is not the optimist that the community driven by the community to prohibit aggressive monetization tactics will gain sufficient temperature to change something, but at least they are ready to vote with their portfolio, if worse.
“I don’t hope to have any effect,” they explained. “But I can tell you that if I have to pay to get rid of ads in the game, he will lose me completely as a customer, as well as many other whales I know.”
Keep aware of your surroundings
There is a debate on the current state of Pokémon Go, and if the existence under the copying banner would actually cause worse experience. Regardless of how the game was or will be earned, Niantic spent nine years, shaping it into something that is both beloved and messy. Tetrylene has a list of corrections that he would like it to implement the implementation that includes the possibility of skipping some animations, NPC to trade, recent interests, communication options in the game and more thoughtful placement of raids.
The overall consensus is that Pokémon needs maintenance, but his most devoted fans still perceive this experience as a hobby once in his life, which is as electrifying as delicate. For them, it is arduous to look at how Scoply earns on other titles and not see it as a threat to entertaining entertainment and tools that millions employ to stay in touch.
I have mixed feelings with the news that Pokémon Go is sold Scoply for $ 3.5 billion
It can revive the game, or we could see how we watch 10 seconds of ads
I suck on the same as the next guy, but Lowkey was a bit worried pic.twitter.com/mogmx3tdpk
– pogocentral (@pogo_cental) February 19, 2025
Tetrylene hopes that the rush will continue, but at least he was “pleasantly surprised” by how the community reacted to their call to act. He says that gathering players in this way meant that some have already reached Pokémon to change something. Without confirmation that Niantic really wants to sell, Pokémon remains because Tetrylene calls “the ultimate social hobby.” What can look in the coming years remains a mystery.
“There will never be a different game like Pokémon Go,” said the community organizer in one final message to Pokémon. “There is no other game that can really say that it is social in terms of the fact that it is. Perhaps there will never be another game – any genre – which promotes the global community on this scale, even after almost a decade. There is still no other mobile game that allows you to come across an unknown place and quickly find new friends for life. “
He continued: “The prospect of losing all this with a cold investment company that does not care that it really saddens me. Does the journey really end here? It doesn’t have to. Pokémon him still has so much to offer. Let it look. “
Ign contacted Pokémon Company and Niantic to get a comment.
Michael Cripe is an independent colleague of IGN. He is best known for his work in sites such as the pitch, escapista and only. Remember to observe him on BlueSky (@mizecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCRipe).
