Pokemon Go Gameplay Speculation

[YourPokemonCompanion]

Gameplay (Speculation)
*note that this is just what I imagine Pokemon Go being like, its not an actual representation of how it may/will work...


1. First Start up / some basic hopeful account features (: one can dream!
When you first start the app, it will display news as a overlay, then has the login, create account buttons.

When logged in, all data is saved to the cloud, so new pokemon are always accessible through the account.

1a. Avatar creation, or image selection?
1b. Biography? Players can Role Play by giving their character history (:
1c. You start with 1 Starter Pokemon (Charmander, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Pikachu?)
1d. Optional Hopeful 15x Pokeballs or 5 will do (:


2. The Gameplay Features?

Finding Pokemon/Items
-As said below, if Pokemon are Geocached, they will appear once and only once, so if a player catches that Pokemon, the spot that is Cached will be removed so other players cannot encounter said Pokemon whose been captured or defeated in battle (if it lets players battle Pokemon to weaken them and then catch them)
-Items will work the same as Pokemon, Cached, and then displays How Far/Range from Item/Container, when the item is obtained by a Player, it is removed
-When the image/GPS Maps/Phone shows the In Range image, see below (perhaps the player will use their camera to find said "In Range" msgs/other msgs)

-When finding the Pokemon it's likely that they will not be in a real view picture, see below for first image -- but instead the Pokemon will force the player into a stage battle, similar to the original Pokemon Game when the player encounters a Pokemon, see last images

If the environment matches, the stage will match, see image

Battling
-As from whats seen, player profiles seem like something that will carry players data, so it won't store on a single device, so when battling others, you can find out who you find near or whose battling who
-Default 6 Pokemon (when challenging players/setting a Fort, perhaps this will ask you to choose your top 6 Pokemon for battle)

-Forts (Will be placed by players to indicate they are here willing to battle others that are also within range, etc) or used for two teams, Blue and Red
-Raids, notifies all players of a Rare/Strong Pokemon, likely to be in all cities, etc or perhaps just big cities

Trading

-Same as Original Pokemon Trading
-Hopefully Pokemon can carry Items like the original series, this will allow for next Gen evolution where Pokemon are required to hold specific items to do so

Banking and 6 Carryable Pokemon
-Hopefully, like the series, players will only carry up to a maximum of 6 Pokemon
-This means, the players will have a Bank/Storage, so they can browse Pokemon they caught and swap out one of the six currently held for another

Land/GPS Type (for Geocaching Pokemon in Maps, based on Biome/Stage)

Normal Ground? or perhaps just Normal Land
Forest/Grassy Plains
Water/Rivers/Oceans
Highland (High Elevation/Mountains or perhaps Hills?)

Micro-Transactions
Plausible Transactions

Pokeballs - 15x Pokeballs for $5
Potions - 3x Potions for $1
Honey - 1x Honey for $.50


Disgraceful Transactions (that will definitely ruin the game)
Pokemon
Master Balls (being way to easy to obtain/cheap, etc)

Other Gameplay Features
If you can transfer other Pokemon/Items from the next Gen Pokemon Game or maybe Pokemon Go -> Pokemon Gen 7 but no backward so Players can't transfer from Gen 7 -X Go

Red / Blue Teams
-Forts
-Taken by which Team Player is currently in range
-if taken/owned Players of opposite Team battle for the area, then is claimed by winning Team


Please post your thoughts/any other thing related to Pokemon Go and anything speculating features/gameplay!

 

[Hiatus]

I wonder if they'd be allowing us to transfer Pokémon over to Bank from Go? I feel it'd be sort of sweet if they did, and am sure would help encourage others to play the game more.

 

[Sopheria]

I'm imagining it to be essentially, a wild Pokemon battle is initiated once you go to the location, and the battles work more or less the same way they do in the main series. The legendary Pokemon battles probably work the same way as events, they start and end on dates certain, and you have to go to a certain location to get them. I'm still not sure how items are going to work though. Maybe you just stumble onto them in certain locations?

 

[YourPokemonCompanion]

I'm imagining it to be essentially, a wild Pokemon battle is initiated once you go to the location, and the battles work more or less the same way they do in the main series. The legendary Pokemon battles probably work the same way as events, they start and end on dates certain, and you have to go to a certain location to get them. I'm still not sure how items are going to work though. Maybe you just stumble onto them in certain locations?

Yeah I see the exact the same thing happening, Stage Battles, also I hope Items are like that, I would hate if all items were only obtainable through Micro-Transactions

 

[MontyBellum]

I hope we can find items too. I want a Vileplume and for that I'm going to need a Leaf stone!

 

[Drayton]

I doubt Masterball would cost more than Ultra Ball/Pokeball or even great ball say like it's around $25+. Maybe if there's a possibility to just buy a single ball instead pack of balls

- How much would Full restore be? just bit less expensive than masterball
- How about other <better> potion prices

 

[Lone_Darkrai]

Hey You Forgot to Mention About the Wrist Band Go Plus !

 

[Sopheria]

Oh yea, the Go Plus! That neat little gadget that you wear on your wrist that connects to your phone via a Bluetooth connection. From the sounds of it, it's just going to be for basic controls like catching a Pokemon at the push of a button, and for vibrating to notify you of events like nearby wild Pokemon. I think it's a neat feature, but I'm still not entirely sure I'm going to be wearing that around...unless it comes in different designs and colors :)

 

[Lone_Darkrai]

Yep its a Extra thing but Thanks Arecues it is not Required we Can Use it for Better Experience at it .
It Notify and helps us Use Control .

 

[brantman19]

I imagine it like this:
Pokemon randomly spawn in any given location for 15 mins-3 hours. That gives enough time for someone to complete what they are doing and try to capture it. Just because someone else gets there and catches it, doesn't mean that you can't catch it yourself.
Pokemon show up in biomes similar to their type. I can't find a Magmar on a river bank but I might find a Goldeen, etc. I battle with that backdrop.
Battling can take place anywhere as long as you are close to others and it takes place in the environment you are in.
Forts are just as you said. Raids the same too.
Training is the one thing that I am unsure on how they would like to do it. I think it could be based off of walking or something. It could also be based off of battling wilds and other trainers. I am just not sure. I assume that training will be in the game though.

Trasactions are another area. I think they should only charge for Great and Ultra Balls. If they only give you 5 Pokeballs to start with then I can't imagine the game staying popular amongst a wide audience for long. Maybe 1 Pokeball a day given or they can find some currency that builds based off of battles that can buy Pokeballs.

This game is 3 months to a year from completion so who knows what will happen though.

 

[YourPokemonCompanion]

I imagine it like this:
Pokemon randomly spawn in any given location for 15 mins-3 hours. That gives enough time for someone to complete what they are doing and try to capture it. Just because someone else gets there and catches it, doesn't mean that you can't catch it yourself.
Pokemon show up in biomes similar to their type. I can't find a Magmar on a river bank but I might find a Goldeen, etc. I battle with that backdrop.
Battling can take place anywhere as long as you are close to others and it takes place in the environment you are in.
Forts are just as you said. Raids the same too.
Training is the one thing that I am unsure on how they would like to do it. I think it could be based off of walking or something. It could also be based off of battling wilds and other trainers. I am just not sure. I assume that training will be in the game though.

Trasactions are another area. I think they should only charge for Great and Ultra Balls. If they only give you 5 Pokeballs to start with then I can't imagine the game staying popular amongst a wide audience for long. Maybe 1 Pokeball a day given or they can find some currency that builds based off of battles that can buy Pokeballs.

This game is 3 months to a year from completion so who knows what will happen though.

Well I am hoping that each Pokemon is unique in the world, so it appears, and only one player can obtain, it would be more realistic in the sense of 'Pokemon in the Real World'
Training would make sense if you just Battle other Players/Wild Pokemon

I really do hope items are how they appear in the games, you can find them through the 'Map' but it'll just be our streets, someones backyard, or the local park (:

Ah I forgot to add the Plus again, I did edit the OP, but I added some additional words to help make it more understandable, but I speculated how they will let us create our character ID, etc

Also I was wondering, if they let us choose a starter Pokemon, they would all be Bound to the Owner, so Players wouldn't just make new accounts and then trade the entire starter set to themself (I did that in 1st gen lol)

Maybe the first normal three are free, and when creating an account you can purchase the 'Pokemon Go Yellow Edition' which lets you start with a Pikachu instead of the other Starter Pokemon :D also Bound to the Owner it would be $1

 

[GamerTamer]

I hope some Pokemon are only available in certain areas like in the games. Trapinch should only be found in a desert area but getting water Pokemon will be hard.

 

[Wicked3DS]

I think it's gonna be basically like a normal Pokémon game, but instead of battling with in-game trainers, you're battling other real players.

 

[Somewhere_]

If we have to pay real money for poke balls, i imagine they will be making it difficult to catch pokemon.

I hope there will be like goals for the day, like walk x amount of miles in a certain direction or something to find a rare pokemon!

 

[YourPokemonCompanion]

Well if it's something like the games, Pokeballs, Great Balls, Ultra Balls and Master Balls will all have different catch rates, I wonder though, Master Balls will they make it a micro-transaction? I would hope that they only do the rest instead.

I would definitely walk 2 miles if needed for a daily goal to earn anything, from an item to rare/or decent level Pokemon encounter (:

 

[LilBueno]

I would definitely walk 2 miles if needed for a daily goal to earn anything, from an item to rare/or decent level Pokemon encounter (:

Finally, a reason to exercise!

I'm wondering if there will be a kind of Trainer card with a customizable image used to communicate with other players in the way that a lot of mobile games lets you challenge someone or send a message via Facebook, etc.

 

[Drayton]

:x I don't want spend real money to get pokeballs. Pokeballs should be earn differently, Great balls and other better items are fine and potion is also fine, but potion should be earn differently too

 

[Sebastian_Sommer]

I honestly expect other pokeballs such as dusk ball, quick ball or even apricorn balls to be in the microtransaction option since they have situational purposes that doesn't impact the gameplay overall. But I agree with the above posts that the standard types such as pokeball, great ball and ultra ball shouldn't be bought with real money.