As we now know, neither happened. Niantic introduced the
baby pokémon that serve no purpose in trainer battles, and accomplish no more
than filling a slot in the pokédex. On top of that, the new creatures can’t be
caught in the wild, but are hatched exclusively from eggs. To the surprise of
no one, the reaction from the player base was largely negative. One of the most
interesting parts about the game is actively searching for new pokémon and
interacting with others while playing the game. Hatching eggs doesn’t require
players to do either. Niantic had the opportunity to capitalize on a tremendous
amount of hype they had built up, and they somehow succeeded in driving players
further away.
Another lost opportunity for Niantic was their update of the
in-game tracker. Niantic took a step in the right direction when releasing the
newest iteration of the tracker, which was on the top of almost every player’s
wish list since the game’s introduction in July. Most efforts to track pokémon
lead players to wander aimlessly in a pursuit of a pokémon that would eventually
de-spawn. The updated tracker was seen as the cure for these ails, as it would
direct trainers to the location of the pokémon they were searching for.
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