I'm not personally effected by it's removal, but it is weird they'd remove something that was a part of it's initial marketing.
@pancake61042 ай бұрын
They removed it because the camera of buddy Pokemon was glitching after a new update, and then decided to remove everything
@Revan3842 ай бұрын
@@pancake6104 "Well, none of our staff know how to fix it, just delete the feature. Nobody will care."
@Nex_2B2 ай бұрын
@@pancake6104so basically they got lazy
@tomasramirez2914Ай бұрын
@@pancake6104pretty much
@ElmithianАй бұрын
@@pancake6104 Translation: they don't want to hire anyone competent to fix their money cow since it is still bringing in the cash.
@TRquietАй бұрын
“People like it because it makes shiny hunting faster.” Nah, people like it because they get to see Mimikyu hanging out in their parking garage.
@SantiagoLoza-ey8rmАй бұрын
Mimkyu isn’t available in pokemon go…
@SantiagoLoza-ey8rmАй бұрын
U clearly don’t play pokemon go
@gavinrak2692Ай бұрын
You cant still use the photo mode with your buddy by the way (i think so anyways)
@goldeneyekiller101Ай бұрын
@@SantiagoLoza-ey8rm Homeboy its an example. Dont take it so hard
@SantiagoLoza-ey8rmАй бұрын
@@goldeneyekiller101 im not taking it hard homeboy im just exposing the fact he clearly doesn't play the game and is yet complaining about it
@StormTrooperEXАй бұрын
ninantic nuking their fan base speed run
@zyphurGDАй бұрын
fr
@burnumАй бұрын
Sony still faster
@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32Ай бұрын
It really does feel like that they just want their game to die huh...
@theradiantdehd3997Ай бұрын
@@burnumSony at least has some PlayStation fanboys arguing for them since they already have PlayStation accounts and don’t care. Even the people Niantic are pandering to hate the changes and are saying that by trying to be, “inclusive,” they’re actually just worsening their dysphoria. Niantic has killed their biggest cash cow and danced in its blood. Sony is killing a major player for them, but they know that they’re so big that even killing Helldivers as a franchise wouldn’t be enough to ruin their company.
@sheknowzayy3456Ай бұрын
@@theradiantdehd3997bro said all this about pokemon go just to be wrong. The new features are great stop hating 😭
@Monster003Ай бұрын
Niantic is good at making everyone feel included in the losses. 😂
@Killer_sans_StabbyАй бұрын
Pokémon go is slowly destroying themselves that I left…
@DamianSzajnowskiАй бұрын
Come back, please.
@Killer_sans_StabbyАй бұрын
@@DamianSzajnowski Hahaha. Never gonna happen -Alastor
@DamianSzajnowskiАй бұрын
@@Killer_sans_Stabby Well, fuck. -Me
@BooIsuckАй бұрын
Someone says nazis?!? -Hitler probably
@justvincenturb2 ай бұрын
Its always confusing when a company removes something that is OPTIONAL. I dont use it either, but like..... just let people decide for themselves if they want to use an OPTIONAL feature????
@CTomCooper2 ай бұрын
Features are meant to be fun. Wait. Fun? Fun is optional. Take it away.
@Anthony-uz5tjАй бұрын
its because people were using it to exploit the game and skip animations giving anyone who knows an edge over the people who dont.
@yunoyukki7344Ай бұрын
Thatz a dumb reason @Anthony-uz5tj
@Anthony-uz5tjАй бұрын
@@yunoyukki7344 any game would do it. every single game that exists will ban you for abusing exploits esp when you gain an advantage doing so. its in every tos
@Tenebrio-MorioАй бұрын
Apparently it was because of a glitch that needs fixing.
@KazeFuu1313Ай бұрын
I mostly miss it when interacting with my buddy. It is near impossible to use the AR+ while in a bus or crapped space. I just want to feed my fella!
@MyNaymIsSnek1526Ай бұрын
Sssame.
@SakuraKotoniАй бұрын
Same! Most of the time I'd just take a whatever photo of my buddy to get the heart but sometimes I'd put actual effort in and it was fun. Now if I'm in my own house, it doesn't recognise any of my surfaces as flat - including the floor, a desk, and a table. So I can't even take a photo of my buddy at home.
@AuroraButterflyxАй бұрын
Yeah I have to completely turn if off. Now it just a blank void
@DarkMasterJo23 күн бұрын
Turn AR buddy off in the settings and you can feed pet and do whatever with your pet anywhere you want. Your welcome
@DarkMasterJo23 күн бұрын
@@SakuraKotoniturn AR BuDdy off in settings
@coachleifАй бұрын
This was the entire hook that made the game popular.
@jason300c12 ай бұрын
It fucked up the buddy system. I don't have time to waste finding my buddy for a buddy heart.
@AllegedlyHumanАй бұрын
You can turn off buddy AR specifically, it's under the AR options
@beatrizolea2701Ай бұрын
@@AllegedlyHuman Not anymore, for some reason when I try to play it's mandatory for it to be AR mode and the option to turn it off was remover entirely from my game (some friends too)
@jason300c1Ай бұрын
@@AllegedlyHuman so how many times have you tryed to take a picture with your buddy and a beautiful back drop.. Not and ugly Green screen.. it was faster. I didn't have to do the animations... something I spend thousands on you have to find little things you appreciate and Yes. They ruined it. I don't care if you can turn it off, it's the principal behind some of the pictures I took now I feel relegated to some ugly screen.
@AllegedlyHumanАй бұрын
@@jason300c1 personally? Something like 5 times. I'm not defending the removal of the function though, I agree that it's stupid, I was just offering a possible solution
@MyNaymIsSnek1526Ай бұрын
I hate it becaussse it’sss all glitchy… the placcce they ssstand isss ALWAYSSS too clossse… I hate it.
@KaYem_incАй бұрын
“I didn’t care until it affected me”
@warfu_Ай бұрын
You put a clip of a Mew at the beginning and guess what: Mythical Pokemon encounters with AR are NO LONGER POSSIBLE ANYMORE. They only work with the original AR, not AR+ (except Zarude) Edit: and recently, the second Poipole works with AR+
@warfu_Ай бұрын
(I catched my Shiny Mew today and it had the regular background, no option to make it go AR+. Good thing is I could just take a photo of it *after* I catched it)
@OtsileM27 күн бұрын
Niantic, ruining the game since 2016
@MOISTxPANDAx26 күн бұрын
Bruh the game isn’t getting ruined from getting rid of a tiny ass feature that barely anyone used it was stupid and hopefully this means they’ll focus more on the actual game instead of AR stuff
@dogqueen1247Ай бұрын
You have my respect for using "His Theme"
@jdhartmann5730Ай бұрын
Same
@jdhartmann5730Ай бұрын
It fills me with determination
@dogqueen1247Ай бұрын
@@jdhartmann5730Hearing the Familiar theme.. it fills you with determination Save❤ Go on
@rs07scapeNews2 ай бұрын
Fast catching is nerfed. For casuals sure it doesnt matter but for people who hardcore grind the game this is a huge blow
@notnateeeee2 ай бұрын
Always used it for big events :(
@19Ferns93Ай бұрын
@@notnateeeeesame 😢 now it won’t be as fun at go fest
@georgegonzalez5364Ай бұрын
Lmao huge blow? No not even close. Inconvenient sure but huge blow? You the family member who caught that huge fish bit it got away?
@Retroactive93Ай бұрын
How is it nerfed?
@georgegonzalez5364Ай бұрын
@@Retroactive93 to quote you " fast catching is nerfed" and "how is it nerfed" ???
@EmilyGraham-qs8ueАй бұрын
When i used AR to catch something... It full on crashed my phone, twice and when i say crash i mean it made my phone go to the black screen with the phone logo/build
@DeathbyProxyАй бұрын
I loved using AR mode to get cool pictures of catching pokemon in interesting locations. I once found and caught a blastoise near Tower Bridge, I think that was the best pokemon go screenshot I ever had. Never saw another blastoise near there again and since it’s such an iconic landmark too it looked like a scene from an old monster movie
@itsdreamzyshorts9255Ай бұрын
The fact its like shiny Chansey slapped on the "This does not work anymore"
@Abicuh2 ай бұрын
I liked using it, not because I would catch it faster, but because the entire purpose of pokemon go is to have them in the real world. My phone doesnt support ar plus and now the game is alot less interesting.
@excalibur493Ай бұрын
I never used it because it never worked, but same. It's even worse because textures are REALLY bad and I lag like hell.
@hr_wiffleball_65092 ай бұрын
I can't see the sparkles for a second time on a shiny now 😭😭😭
@TRPPYFRGRАй бұрын
You still can, it’s only the attack animations get reset.
@hr_wiffleball_6509Ай бұрын
@@TRPPYFRGR but I don't have AR+
@greensnivy1012 ай бұрын
I feel like this guy made this video just to show off all the shiny encounters it’s just hard to overlook
@shearnos2 ай бұрын
it’s like 10 shiny encounters..
@SqueakyToyBrainАй бұрын
Whats wrong with that? Hes caught a lot of shiny pokemon, and it is something to show off, after all.
@anabaptist5194Ай бұрын
Ok are we gonna talk about how the caterpie had a best friend badge
@mineallmine992003Ай бұрын
@@anabaptist5194It’s a Zorua.
@BjenTheBlaster2 ай бұрын
Is this why I need a flat surface now to play with my buddy? I can't just open it and give him his attention and feed him etc anymore without a flat surface to first put him on wich wastes tons of time and is often not even possible depending on what Imm doing at the time so I now have it turned off
@JonNuclearАй бұрын
I think that this feature was like, kinda the whole point of the app at the start, like that was the building block the rest of it was developed around trying to achieve. So I think it really sucks because if that
@daviddelrio7532Ай бұрын
Love the undertale music 🥹
@Necromancer75142 ай бұрын
Wait... They are taking out the AR mode?... I rarely used it but I will miss it😢
@tadtacosinc2 ай бұрын
I only used it for the buddy mode, and it completely ruins it
@Orc_2000Ай бұрын
@@tadtacosinc exactly. Now you have to go through the whole process of scanning the area and everything each time. It's tedious enough that I haven't interacted with my buddy pokemon at all since the update.
@tadtacosincАй бұрын
@@Orc_2000I opted for the green void instead
@jervistetchMadHaterАй бұрын
Niantic is filling with poor excuses of programmers
@NeCoruption2 ай бұрын
My game crashed when i tried to get the action shot and i lost my pokemon. Luckily it was just a giant wailmer
@AshKetchum442Ай бұрын
I stopped playing pokemon go fall of 2017, but i still took it out so i could get some AR pictures of the pokemon I found on my vacation to NYC
@user-yj7pg8rx7m2 ай бұрын
I thought this was a glitch I'm so mad I often play when I'm a passenger of a car and ar mode made it so I could encounter more Pokemon before they despawn but know I end up missing half of the Pokemon that spawn I don't want to know how many shinys I have missed because couldn't encounter them fast enough
@Armund_WolffeАй бұрын
eh, as someone totally unaffected by the change; i like the new customization and the new detailed scenery a lot more than i'll miss ar mode.
@carterstoysandrandomthings6466Ай бұрын
I missed it so much because before it was easy to get your poke him on in places where you can take photos like before, I wanted to take a picture of one of them next to fireworks, but I was on a stage, so I couldn't place it down
@TheGoodDoktor445112 күн бұрын
It’s almost like Niantic wants you Pokémon go enjoyers to have fundamentally less product out of spite.
@ethanm2562Ай бұрын
Scratch bringing back the Astral Tadpole was the highlight of my day.
@moenrhebgallantes20482 ай бұрын
Damn them i can't scan the AR Pokestop anymore
@lilhedgehog85767 күн бұрын
I would totally be one of the people who would be upset because the AR thing made it more realistic it made you feel like an actual Pokémon trainer, and as somebody who always wanted to live in the world of Pokémon, I loved that feature! But I stopped playing Pokémon go a while ago I’m impatient and getting newer Pokemon took too long.
@ErikaCartetАй бұрын
i just put together a scrapbook for last year and included pictures hanging out at the dog park with my pup standing next to a wild bulbasaur. bummer that i wouldn’t be able to take more cute pics like that
@sonicchicaАй бұрын
I’m personally affected sadly cause what I like to do on community days to take pictures of my shinies in hopes of the community day photo bomber would be a shiny too. But now I can’t even enjoyed that
@Ninjask7207 күн бұрын
I'm happy they added better backgrounds. And there's a small chance the pokemon does a small animation upon encounter, which was removed. (or maybe I'm tweaking out)
@cryptid_momochiАй бұрын
AR+ runs so ass too... When I try to play with my buddy the frame rate drops down to the single digits and I can't even get my buddy to spawn in anywhere half the time It's such a nonsense change and the way it was implemented is so stupid. Taking away AR absolutely should not be impacting people that don't use it.
@RobplayswithdragonsАй бұрын
I thought the whole point of pokemon go was seeing the pokemon in the real world... kinda weird to remove the whole selling point.
@xINVISIGOTHx22 күн бұрын
I hate it. I can't even take a photo of a wild pokemon next to a flower in a tree, because it's not on the ground where the AR goes
@IzzRei23 күн бұрын
There is a plus side to the reseting effect, all those annoying pokemon that go off to the side (always the side that de-synergizes with your handedness) now get re centered
@dustorm5012Ай бұрын
this was one of the selling points of the game, seeing abra on the toilet now won't be possible anymore.
@s1111rrahАй бұрын
I stopped doing AR when snapshot came out and made it easy. I used to do pretty good AR photography, and it was more fun to gamble on if I could still catch it after… Usually this was driving across down for a certain spot too.
@ImFangzBro2 ай бұрын
Me, I'm happy I managed to get a shot of my shiny Chansey before that happened.
@DylanSwag42Ай бұрын
Niantic paying off their debts with this one 🗣🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️🥶‼️🥶
@CaptainCarrot10016 күн бұрын
This update has really slowed down my spotlight hour. I used to have AR turned on just to shiny check and turn it back on to catch a shiny or decent CP mon. Sadly can no longer do this so am having to linger to check clusters when I'd rather just keep walking. I do like being able to interact with my buddy faster when AR+ settings are turn off though.
@Sabri301272 ай бұрын
I used it alot this helped me get 38-39 shiny's on sinnoh tour
@Griild_cheeseАй бұрын
From what i saw, it was used to make some pretty funny memes, for example, like conkelder hitting some guys' balls with pice of wood
@aidenbruce5 күн бұрын
Idk if this is just cuz I have a 3 year old phone, but now that they've added different effects in the background of the catching screen, based on what event is currently happening, my framerate for when I'm trying to catch a Mon is so so so slow and AR mode improved the framerate so much. Now that it's gone and the stupid different backgrounds are still there, my frame rate is so slow and changing the settings doesn't do anything at all. So it sucks :/
@scylla1772Ай бұрын
I barely play pgo but the Undertale music broke me 🫠
@gskate117Ай бұрын
I liked screenshots. It was a nice memory
@blindeyes9385Ай бұрын
I mean I only ever used it if it appeared somewhere weird like the toilet lol
@jonniefast2 ай бұрын
they call it AR but its intentionally blurry all my photos with my friends are ruined its like they actively try to ruin peoples memories
@EavenStarchildeАй бұрын
I personally caught the Ice Vulpix- she's currently my buddy. I'm half tempted to evolve her.
@That1980sFunkyGuyАй бұрын
I had a shiny Scyther but not anymore because I evolved him
@user-cj7ec7ou1o2 ай бұрын
The music.
@WishfulWind2 ай бұрын
In *Memory* of AR 🫡 GET OUT OF HERE FLOWEY! YOU RUINED THE MUSIC MOMENT-
@shadowOni82Ай бұрын
seriously no one wven gonna mention how its turned get pets on screen?
@Leostar-Regalius12 күн бұрын
i couldn't even use it, unless it was like mew or something like it
@ArunnejiroАй бұрын
Trying to get that money shot on pokemon go
@ijbsee4561Ай бұрын
Honestly when the update happened I just haven't played the game for weeks now its not the same anymore.
@eternalphoenix2662Ай бұрын
Cp 420 shiny scyther. What you smokin? Pass me that stuff
@H3r0oftheday0622Ай бұрын
Bring back the old avatars
@AgudnameАй бұрын
It was useful for pokemon that would go to the edge of the screen
@devin7803Ай бұрын
I wanted it to catch easier then discovered it was removed after downloading
@Frustratedartist215 күн бұрын
So... Nintendo ruined the one Pokémon thing that people actually loved in the last decade? Surprising indeed
@sauce77310 күн бұрын
I get mad when i get a shiny scyther i already have so many so when one pops up im scared to tap it because it can be shiny 😅
@DanielPereira-ey9nt5 күн бұрын
I'm assuming they ran into legal issues with the AR feature
@ianmartinez7748Ай бұрын
It’s an optional feature just bring the old one back there was no reason to change it
@Retroactive93Ай бұрын
It’s like niantic is TRYING to fail on purpose. Smh
@suzanneslifer1772Ай бұрын
I really could Never get the hang of AR anyway . I had a HARDER Time at Even LOCATING Where The Pokemon Would Be ... 9 Out Of 10 NEVER In Front Of Me .... ANYWHERE .
@scottbell51992 ай бұрын
Nelson from the Simpsons. Haha 😄
@lindybarnes641Ай бұрын
Wait, wasn’t AR originally like, one of the main points advertised about the game? How tf are they literally removing their most iconic feature!?
@see.eye.2361Ай бұрын
Wasn’t the AR feature the entire premise of the game? Finding and catching Pokémon in the real world?
@N3CRZMA_EDITS25 күн бұрын
I have SHUNDO chinchou that showed in the video!
@nicedragon815Ай бұрын
You have AR+ activated and then it won’t work. Deactivate the AR mode in settings, separate one for your buddy. Then it should work just as before, by tapping the AR slider.
@AugustDXАй бұрын
What is it with updates that just down grade? Do these developers ever look at previous notes?
@StormBlackwellАй бұрын
I wish they would have at least kept it in for buddy mode. The whole “flat surface” thing is super annoying to work around.
@StarryMysts2 күн бұрын
oh i missed nevaeh
@nathanielallen7482 ай бұрын
Oh SNAP you got a 420 shiny scyther as well??? That’s craaaaazy! I’ve had mine since 2020, never touched it. Called it “LettuceBlaze” 😬
@Silphwave14 күн бұрын
Bring back AR battles!
@camoveteran22199 күн бұрын
I hope you all find as much happiness as Niantic gets when they remove a popular feature.
@aligator.friendАй бұрын
I cant even catch pokemons anymore the new map updates crashed my phone
@AceFazАй бұрын
It's fine, the shiny odds in this game are like 1 in 10, lmaool
@Mimiyan_or_PikapikafanАй бұрын
For me it's made petting and taking a picture of my buddy hell since my phone has issues with running AR+. So I literally have to hope the game doesn't crash while taking a picture and petting my buddy. Alongside the new visuals crashing PoGO during day 1 of them being added. It's not as bad now but that was awful also
@philiptran9782Ай бұрын
It takes too damn long to get the daily picture and play with your buddy. Used to be a simple hit play scrub Pokémon snap picture and you’re done. But nooooooo I have to find the perfect spot to spawn them in and that takes ages
@Snake-In-The-Hood2 ай бұрын
I didn’t know what Ar was s until this video
@infktiousvenom1061Ай бұрын
Ahhh fuck i did this exact thing to get photos for brsgging rights. Not anymore.... i havnt played since april 1st and it doesnt look like im returning for a few months still.
@sallys.silver39214 күн бұрын
So... Am i the only person who likes all the updates? Xd
@foxbird123Ай бұрын
Neither of my phones really played nice with the ar functions. It crashes Go trying to scan the stops like it asks.
@Average22282 ай бұрын
It’s annoying trying to max your buddy’s hearts for the day. Gotta make space for a 2 second interaction
@mehmet08prime22Ай бұрын
F Pokémon go I wasted to much time on it . Developers always destroy their own games . Just don’t fix that what is not broken
@amazingagent140414 күн бұрын
Wasnt that like the whole point of pokemon go on release
@thend4427Ай бұрын
Good thing if u uninstall AR from ur phone u can do it
@soulfire90572 ай бұрын
For some reson I can't use the play option with my buddy anymor and it says I don't have access to it
@Another-Squished-Adam12 ай бұрын
Nice use of Undertale music :)
@Heart-pq3oiАй бұрын
I can't use AR+ so now I'm stuck with Green background 😢
@katiedrobina1348Ай бұрын
You can’t get shiny alolan vulpine anymore?
@The_Sphinx-2227 күн бұрын
What the fuck is a vulpine? Vulpix?
@LagannDriller02416 күн бұрын
What’s the song that you used?
@jesseking1403Ай бұрын
I can't take pictures of my buddies in nice places anymore, just a bland green background. I have two years of all my buddies in places I've been for good memories, but now this update is just basically telling me "get an AR+ or get out." Like how much is AR+ gonna cost?
@jexusdomel519414 күн бұрын
Bro what are they doing?? I have to wonder whats going on in the company when this type of shit just compounds unto itself so quickly