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Indiana, U.S.
Seen September 20th, 2016
Posted September 11th, 2016
304 posts
6.9 Years
A new way to get candies will be taking the Pokemon of your choice out on a walk.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/31/pokemon-go-buddy-system-reportedly-discovered-in-app-code

Data mined game code reveals this is coming soon. Here's the list of distance per candy for each Pokemon: http://www.pokemongochamp.com/buddy-system-chart-candy-distance-size/ (Thanks to user, "Paras" for this info!)

EDIT: Now confirmed, come read the PokéCommunity Daily article for the full scope!
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Posted February 24th, 2020
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7.1 Years
Here I was just casually thinking it would be cool if we could have a Pokémon following our avatar like in HGSS as a just for fun thing, and Niantic's making it a useful feature instead.

Not only would it be helpful for gathering candies of a hard to find Pokémon, but it'll make Pidgey grinding that much easier.

Edit: according to this, some Pokémon will ride on your shoulder. Which is adorable.
My hypothetical Galar team:
Spoiler:
Rillaboom, Toxtricity, Grimmsnarl, Coalossal, Polteageist, Frosmoth

Type combos I desire:
Grass / Fire
A real Grass / Electric
A proper Grass / Rock

yes i like grass type what of it
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Seen October 5th, 2017
Posted September 3rd, 2017
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6.8 Years
This could be nice.

Pokemon Go is losing players now, a big update is needed to keep the players and to maybe get some back that went inactive. Unfortunately this would be a small update.

The biggest thing i can think of would be to add gen2, obviously after adding the missing gen1 legendarys. Trading and breeding would also be rather big.
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Seen November 5th, 2016
Posted September 24th, 2016
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That would amazing, I walk a lot anyway and this would definately make me even more active
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Posted September 11th, 2016
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If it's true then this will be great! shame they didn't introduce it sooner though when I was stuck with a Psyduck that was 1 candy away from becoming a Golduck for almost a month.
That suuuuucks.

I have a Lapras I'll finally be able to get candy for. Though, nothing will change it's horrible Frost Breath/Dragon Pulse moveset. =(
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Posted March 28th, 2017
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That suuuuucks.

I have a Lapras I'll finally be able to get candy for. Though, nothing will change it's horrible Frost Breath/Dragon Pulse moveset. =(
I know, it was so frustrating but thankfully I hatched a Psyduck finally and evolved it and Golduck is now my highest CP so it worked out in the end.
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Posted September 11th, 2016
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Well, rumor has it Labor Day is going to bring a large update of some sort.

Lots of ridiculous things are rumored to be in said update, most of which I think will not be. But the Buddy System is very likely, imo.
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Official confirmation from Niantic about an incoming Buddy System has been given.

Click here to read the article!

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Mawa

The typo Queen

Age 30
Female
Canada
Seen August 13th, 2020
Posted March 1st, 2020
I like this feature, as I live in a small place where there isn't much stuff. I can always walk to have candies for the Pokemon I want to evolve!

The first one I want to use is Cubone, as Marowak is my favorite Pokemon and I only need ONE more candy!
I miiiiight be back?
And why am I not a supporter anymore >.<

Z25

Team Player

Age 25
Male
Seen September 25th, 2021
Posted February 26th, 2018
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10.3 Years
This is a pretty nice idea to have for the game. Walking with pokemon has always been big and now being able to get much desired candy will lead to a pretty good update. I'm excited for it and glad to hear something like this is happening! Hope it releases soon!
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Seen July 15th, 2021
Posted February 24th, 2020
234 posts
7.1 Years
Aww, I was hoping our Buddy would follow us around the map screen too... But, I guess they'd need walking animations for all the land-bound Pokémon then, so I can see why they stuck to just the profile page.
Maybe in the future?
My hypothetical Galar team:
Spoiler:
Rillaboom, Toxtricity, Grimmsnarl, Coalossal, Polteageist, Frosmoth

Type combos I desire:
Grass / Fire
A real Grass / Electric
A proper Grass / Rock

yes i like grass type what of it
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Seen November 17th, 2016
Posted September 21st, 2016
150 posts
6.8 Years
Glad to see this officially confirmed, gives me a bit of hope that it won't be far away!

I'm glad they don't follow the avatar around on the map, to be honest, as that seems like a lot of clutter getting in the way of me easily spotting wild pokemon, especially considering how enormous some pokemon are.

Lunar

Age 24
Male
England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
This is gonna be so good, it's a great way of evolving the rarer Pokemon that people have only found once *cough* Vulpix and Growlithe *cough*. I hope it's not too easy either, I want to evolve my rarer Pokemon but I want to work for it too. Also, it's a shame that it doesn't appear like the Pokemon will actually appear with you on the map which would have been cool, but this will be a great feature nonetheless.
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Indiana, U.S.
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Posted September 11th, 2016
304 posts
6.9 Years
Here's some more info about it - Pokemon GO Buddy System – Chart of Candy Distance and Size
That's great info, Paras, thanks! I'll update my original post to include it.
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Looking forward to this for sure! 3 KM for one candy seems a little tough for the stronger Pokémon but I definitely wouldn't want it to be much easier. Gonna be using Caterpie first just to see how cute he looks sat on your shoulder but after that I'll mostly be looking for Lapras and Tangela candy, also a few Koffing/Pikachu candy to finish off some evolutions.