Episode Details

324. Positive Play

Published 1 year, 8 months ago

Description

Lured Up Podcast 324

Record Date - 10/16/24

Publish Date - 10/18/24

Niantic is making it harder and harder to talk about topics other than the news! October has been a non-stop barrage of events, updates, and content from Niantic, with Trainers barely having a moment to catch their breath. We run through our gameplay from the last week including GIovanni, Mega Mawile, and the current Magnetic Study. It has been a busy week to say the least.

Yamask Research Day is this weekend and only adds to the back to back nature of events this month. It makes for the perfect primer for Part 1 of the Halloween Event which lands next week. Morepeko is absolutely making things interesting as is the event and its multiple ways to engage with it. Those chasing Morpeko will need to grind some GBL while those not looking to dig in too deep will stick to the Timed Research. We also can’t forget about Spiritomb, who will be in Field Research making for a fun grind.

The big news of the week was the announcement of Gigantamax, and the upcoming events to support it. It looks like we will be seeing the Kanto Starters Gigantamax Forms in November, with a very interesting new way to lobby up. With up to 40 Trainers taking on a Gigantamax Pokémon at the same time, it will be interesting to see how many Communities can fill a lobby and get through the coordination needed to plan a large scale Gigantamax Battle. Let’s also not forget that we are still seeing plenty of Power Spots at home based businesses, which makes you wonder if Gigantamax locations will be curated or random.

An unexpected update hit the news feed of Trainers in the Seattle and Bellevue Washington area, notifying them that the Pokémon Playgrounds AR Experience was available to them at select Gyms and Stops. We look back to 2017 when Niantic first mentioned Playground, which makes it running live in 2024 even more awesome. We dig in to how the Lightship VPS may play an intrical role in Playground, and how it could shape the way we interact with the game at IRL events.

Taken Over: https://bit.ly/LU322TakenOver

Mega Mawile Raid Day: https://bit.ly/LU322MegaMawile

Magnetic Study: https://bit.ly/LU323MagneticStudy

Yamask Research Day: https://bit.ly/LU324Yamask

Halloween Part 1: https://bit.ly/LU323Halloween1

Raid Updates: https://bit.ly/LU324RaidUpdate

Festival of Lights: https://bit.ly/LU324Lights

Gigantamax: https://bit.ly/LU324Gigantamax

GMAX Video: https://bit.ly/LU324GMAXVideo

Wild Area: https://bit.ly/LU324WildArea

Positive Play Guide: https://bit.ly/LU324PositivePlay

JRE: https://x.com/NianticLabs/status/1844427508818772124