Steranka said that one Pokémon Go player he knows - his mother - was a major inspiration for the mobile game’s newest feature, which rolls out to players this week. “Something we really wanted to do was to meet players where they are in this new environment, and offer the Pokémon Go experience to people who are maybe staying a little bit closer to home than they were two years ago, and maybe don’t have a PokéStop near you that you can spin every day.” “Coming out of the past two years of this pandemic, something we’ve been really thinking about is how the world has changed in many ways, in terms of people’s daily habits and routines,” Pokémon Go live game director Michael Steranka told Polygon in an interview. Daily Adventure Incense is a different kind of example, one that looks to the past, not just the present. Some of those changes have since been revised or rescinded. Niantic has made several pandemic-related gameplay concession to Pokémon Go since 2020, including adding Remote Raid Passes and making it easier for players to reach PokéStops and gyms from farther away.

The best part? Daily Adventure Incense is free, and Pokémon Go players will get a dose of that new Incense every day - but they can only hold one at a time. Players who use their Daily Adventure Incense will get a fresh new Pokémon spawn every 30 seconds, similar to how the existing standard Incense item works while walking.ĭaily Adventure Incense also comes with a bonus batch of Poké Balls, if players are running low (meaning they have 30 or fewer total Poké Balls in their inventory when they pop the new incense). The only catch is that you need to be actively on-the-move for it the incense to work. Niantic finally has some relief for the have-nots: a new free item called Daily Adventure Incense that, for 15 minutes a day, brings Pokémon to you, including creatures not normally found in the wild. Many players don’t have access to daily PokéStop spins where they can earn Poké Balls or encounter Pokémon in the wild. But for players in more rural and remote areas, Pokémon Go is a game of conservation, and sometimes starvation. Players who live in robust towns or major cities have easy access to multiple PokéStops to earn items, gyms in which to do battle, and spawns where they can catch Pokémon. Pokémon Go’s player base is divided into haves and have-nots.

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