Niantic's mobile gaming app 'Pokemon Go' hits New York City. (Photo : Getty Images/Mike Coppola)
The latest tracking system feature of "Pokémon Go," which was launched a few days back, is not working anymore, but the Pokémon master Nick Johnson, who has captured all the 145 Pokémon, is still crazy about the game and hopes the developers launch some more features in the coming times.
The newest tracker of the augmented reality game that supposedly lets the players figure out the hiding locations of the critters without walking unnecessarily has become non-functional, Tech Crunch reported. The most disappointing aspect of the failure is that it appeared doomed from the beginning itself. The footprint system seemed confusing when it was rolled out and in some time came to a standstill.
After bewildering players a good deal, it came to light that the update was presented to a "subset of users," as claimed by the update in the changelog, but the "subset" stood only for users in San Francisco. Though some players in other cities have also reported it to be working in their favor, most people did not get any help from the tracking system.
Well, the news is surely a setback for the fans of "Pokémon Go," but the master of the game has not yet given up on it. Johnson, the genius player from Brooklyn, who holds the distinction of catching them all, is hopeful of new features getting launched. The 28-year-old techie told Reuters in Tokyo that he will definitely carry on playing the game and believes that there is still a bunch of legendary Pokémon that has not been released.
He feels they will see the light of the day eventually and also expressed hope about developers launching features like player versus player contest and more open interaction with other players. According to him, the game offers a great way to hang out with pals and also offers a good excuse to exercise and therefore, he will be keeping up with his playing regimen.
It may be mentioned here that "Pokémon Go," the augmented reality game of Niantic, has taken the world by storm and many are praising it for the real-life social networking and health benefits it presents.
The following video talks about "Pokémon Go" tracking system:
