Niantic hopes to lure back gamers with added feaures for "Pokemon Go" such as trading and the new catch bonus to capture the rare breed of pocket monsters. (Photo : Getty Images/Michael Loccisano)
"Pokemon GO" has recently faced crucial changes on its gameplay in order to sustain its declining number of players, one particularly on getting the trainers more excited on spawning Pokemons. Niantic Labs, creator of the augmented reality game, has now randomized the spawning nests for elusive Pokemons, giving players less predictability on Pokemon existing in the nests and more chances of catching rares.
Reportedly, nests that used to spawn a certain type of Pokemon now spawn different types of Pokemons that don't have any relation to the ones that were previously spawned there. And through the aid of The Silph Road, the changes that have occurred on migrating Pokemons are fully documented with statistics.
In the information that they have gathered, GameNGuide reported that there have been 918 brand new nests added to the atlas in the first few hours right after the migration. The report also indicate that 776 previously identified nests, whose species are already re-confirmed post-migration and that there are already 57,606 total nest locations reported worldwide.
Following the report, 70,734 total nest verification are reported and it is discovered that Seel is the most common nest after the migration. Finally, the report states that there have been 63 unique species already confirmed nesting after the migration, which affected the nest locations.
According to reports collected worldwide from players, there is no other correlation remaining other than relative rarity. Forbes stated that what used to be a Charmander nest now spawns Abras, Digletts, Ponytas, Squirtles or others, depending on where the trainers are, while an Electabuzz nest can now spawn Nidoran, Onix, Pinsir, Polywag, Cubone, etc.
While the rare nest migration had a lot of player confused when it initially rolled out as it did not arrive on schedule, it ought to welcome more players as the leveling field for the game continues to be equal to any players who would want to play the game fair and square. Also, as part of getting rid of the predictability, the move has also increased the chances of catching rare and elusive Pokemons.
