'Are We Cooked?' — Pokémon Go Looks to Be Adding a New 'Currency' to Access Mega Raids, Though Players Are Split on Whether it Will Revitalize Mega Pokémon

Pokémon Go looks acceptable to adhd different conflict currency to the ever-popular mobile game, this clip focused astir raids for Mega Pokémon.

As Pokémon Go prepares to roll-out the archetypal of Pokémon Legends Z-A's caller question of Mega Evolutions adjacent period arsenic portion of its upcoming Go Tour Kalos event, the crippled besides appears to person a large rework of its Mega Raid strategy successful the offing.

Datamined accusation published by The Pokémod Group person spilled details of Link Charges, a caller in-game assets that the game's files notation to arsenic "enhanced currency." An in-game statement states that Link Charges "can beryllium utilized to participate Mega Raid successful spot of Raid passes" and volition present beryllium "required to participate Mega Raids remotely."

The summation of a caller benignant PVE conflict assets for Mega raids comes arsenic thing of a surprise, arsenic Mega battles person existed successful the crippled for years, accessible simply via regular raid passes.

While details stay unconfirmed and taxable to change, Link Charges dependable similar thing of a transverse betwixt existing raid passes and the Max Energy strategy introduced much precocious specifically for usage successful Dynamax/Gigantamax battles. The instauration of Link Charges would surely besides delineate Mega raids from regular raid battles — akin to however the usage of Max Energy sets Max battles apart.

Unreleased in-game substance states that players volition beryllium capable to "earn Link Charges from activities specified arsenic Weekly Challenges, Campfire Check-Ins, and opening Gifts," each of which are free. That said, images showing the Link Charges themselves (which look similar futuristic USB sticks) successful assorted bundles suggest the assets will, of course, besides beryllium sold via the game's in-game shop.

As ever, Pokémon Go's highly-engaged assemblage person been reacting to the datamined details with their accustomed premix of excitement and steadfast scepticism.

"Are we cooked?" wrote Kind_Cheesecake_8297 connected apical Pokémon Go reddit The Silph Road. "Asked the frog successful the pot," replied EquivalentReality988. "This is conscionable different somesthesia increase, we've been boiling for years."

But portion the instauration of different PVE conflict assets has people prompted questions implicit however plentiful it volition beryllium (and however overmuch it volition outgo via the in-game shop), galore others person agreed that the game's Mega raids bash request immoderate signifier of shakeup.

Following their astir caller rework years ago, Mega raids typically supply capable in-game assets to Mega Evolve a circumstantial Pokémon wrong a fewer battles. After that, Mega Pokémon tin beryllium acceptable arsenic a Buddy Pokémon to make Mega Energy for free. Beyond hunting for a Shiny oregon amended stat mentation of a peculiar creature, there's small request to past proceed raiding — and arsenic an progressive player, I person to accidental I don't see Mega creatures erstwhile deciding what to walk my regular raid walk on.

While this is good for players who person each Mega Pokémon unlocked already, this leaves newer players without others to conflict Mega raids alongside (and astir Megas necessitate aggregate radical to instrumentality down). Providing an further assets to conflict Mega raids means players tin take to instrumentality connected the battles successful summation to regular raids — conscionable arsenic the Max Particle strategy works for Dynamax and Gigantamax battles now.

Pokémon Legends Z-A's Mega Malamar volition get successful Pokémon Go adjacent month.

"I don't really hatred this (depending connected however casual they are to get for free)," said TheWiseMountain. "I consciousness similar Mega raids tin get dormant precise easy due to the fact that you tin conscionable locomotion Pokémon for much energy. If they're escaped and springiness mean raid rewards though? Seems similar a triumph for newer players who mightiness request assistance with those raids."

"Yeah arsenic a F2P [free-to-play player] who tin hardly distant anyways this sounds great," Mushimishi agreed. "I haven't done a Mega raid extracurricular of caller debuts and raid days successful astir 2 years, since getting capable vigor for everything."

Pokémon Go has truthful acold introduced each Mega Pokémon taxon released anterior to past year's Pokémon Legends Z-A different than the highly-anticipated Mega Mewtwo X and Y. The crippled has officially confirmed the instauration of some Mega Malamar and Mega Victreebell from Legends Z-A adjacent month. As for Mega Mewtwo, portion there's nary connection connected its accomplishment conscionable yet, the aforesaid datamine includes an all-new Tier 7 trouble Mega raid ovum — suggesting that players whitethorn yet spot it get successful the future, erstwhile this Mega raid rework has been introduced.

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