333. Slippery Slope

Lured Up Podcast 333

Record Date - 1/15/2025

Publish Date - 1/17/2025

 

There are some serious ups and downs to navigate this week, including a very divisive decision by Niantic! We begin with our recap of the last week of gameplay including Fashion Week and Taken Over. With the Giovanni Loop beginning to feel a bit tired, some Trainers will simply get to it when they get to it. Others love the increased TGR action, and the additional gameplay that a Takeover brings. Mega Gallade was last weekend and while Ken was able to Raid heavy in Red Bank, Adam was able to squeeze one in thanks to Mama Tuttle and a few Remote Raiders!

 

Shadow Ho-Oh is coming this weekend and if that wasn’t big enough news, Niantic has decided to allow Remote Raiders to join in on Shadow Raids. Some on X are calling this a massive win for the Community, while others are calling it a desperate cash grab. We express some real world concerts like IRL Communities losing a few participants and some Trainers looking to do the entire event remote. We will have to follow this topic to see how many Remote Raiders join in the fray. Hopefully IRL Communities won’t see too much attrition!

 

GO Fest dates and locations have been announced and it is coming to Dirty Jersey! Jersey City will host the US GO Fest this year and we couldn’t be more excited. We take a peak at Liberty State Park, which is our guess of venue, and inappropriately speculate on how this may work. Will we see a City Experience that stretches into NYC? We have so many questions!

 

January isn’t ready to go quietly into the night, as there are still a handful of events to come during the month’s second half.  Steeled Resolve, Lunar New Year, DMAX Legendary Birds, and Gigantamax Kingler are all on their way in the next two weeks. We talk about the slow rollout of new Pokémon, and how lately, they all seem to be behind eggs or Raids. The only thing we know for sure is that January is going to keep us VERY busy, and we didn’t even mention Community Day Classic!

 

Finally we talk about the Tour Pass and how this could shape the direction for monetization in Pokémon GO. With a free version available to everyone, we should all be excited for additional gameplay loops and of course the rewards. 2 different paid options be available, and all we can do is hope that the rewards will make it all worth it!

 

Fashion Week: https://bit.ly/LU333FashionWeek 

Taken Over: https://bit.ly/LU333TakenOver 

Mega Gallade Raid Day: https://bit.ly/LU331Gallade 

Shadow Ho-Oh: https://bit.ly/LU333ShadowHoOh 

Remote Shadow Raids: https://bit.ly/LU333RemoteRaid 

GO Fest Dates: https://bit.ly/LU333GOFestDates 

Jersey City, NJ: https://bit.ly/LU333JerseyCity 

DMAX Raids: https://bit.ly/LU333DMAXBirds 

Steeled Resolve: https://bit.ly/LU333SteeledResolve 

Lunar New Year: https://bit.ly/LU333LunarNewYear 

GMAX Kingler: https://bit.ly/LU333GMAXKingler 

Rose Bowl: https://bit.ly/LU333RoseBowl 

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