Pokemon Go News: Niantic To Increase Spawn Rate Of Certain Pokemons; Joint Promotion With Starbucks; More Bugs Fixes To Be Released

By Tony Park - 07 Dec '16 09:25AM

Niantic will hold a Pokemon Go Christmas event where more Pokemons will have improved spawn rate. Fans of the mobile game are expecting to find more Staryu, Starme, Clefable, Seel, Dewgong, and Snorlax. The Christmas event is similar to the Halloween event which saw the release of more Ghost Pokemons.

Express reported on Niantic's plan to reduce the required steps for players to travel to hatch eggs and to gain Buddy bonuses. The first Legendary Pokemon is also rumored to be released into the wild as a bonus for Pokemon Go players. This will definitely up the ante for fans of the mobile game.

Meanwhile, Pokemon Go and Starbucks are teaming up for a promotional event. This collaboration is expected to introduce the second generation of Pokemons. This event will allow players to catch Pokemons while drinking at Starbucks.

Starbucks is yet to confirm this partnership with Pokemon Go. Some fans are skeptic about this latest development while others are excited. Coffee shops are locations where Pokemon Go trainers are abound. The Starbucks-Pokemon Go event might be possible.

In another development, Niantic will release more bug fixes for Pokemon Go players using iOS and Android mobile devices. The game developer also created workarounds to address issues related to the loading bug. Niantic is responding to numerous complaints about the loading bug error.

Trainers, there is a known bug causing delayed loading. We are working on a fix. As a workaround, you can restart the app in order to play.

— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) December 1, 2016

A post on Niantic's official Twitter account announces the fix being made by the company to resolve the loading bug issue. Niantic advised Pokemon Go players to restart the app in order to play.

Speculations on Pokemon Go's promotional effort with mobile carrier Sprint were confirmed yesterday. A joint conference will be held today at 8:30 A.M., Pacific time. To be present at the meeting are Marcelo Claure and John Hanke, chief executives of Sprint and Niantic, respectively.