I know now why so many people skipped and/or hated this game haha! (Just got back from Disney). It was fun, but deleted now. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

  • tuckerm@supermeter.social
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    1 year ago

    I always thought it would have been cool if Pokemon were only found in environments that were “realistic” to that type. Like, if you had to go to a river to find water Pokemon, or if Geodude was only in the mountains. Seems like they didn’t do that, though.

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      1 year ago

      This system is in the game. You can look up info for Pokemon biomes. TL;DR is that open street maps lists zones related to terrain, and Pokemon GO has always had separate spawn pools related to these. The major ones are forest, mountain, waterside, and urban.

      As of several years ago, this distinction was heavily reduced, and it largely flattened the spawn pools worldwide.

      But in 2016-2017 I’d specifically seek out rivers to find Magikarp and lakes to find Poliwag.

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      1 year ago

      Where I live magicarps only spwan near the river (I think, have never seen them anywhere else)