Lured Up Podcast 305

Stream Date - 4/23/2024

Publish Date - 4/26/2024

 

When the Rediscover GO trailer dropped the Community was hyped and social was filled with speculation and hope of how the game would be updated. The Rediscover Yourself campaign was first up, and we are sad to say that it was one of Niantic’s biggest misses to date. This isn’t poor servers or a latency filled experience, but rather a slew of unpopular decisions that Niantic has made to advance their new Avatar update. We will take a dive down the Community rabbit hole at the end of the episode.

 

We start things off with a recap of our Bellsprout Community Day experiences, and how triple Stardust is always a popular bonus. Our first gameplay story of the week is about how Sustainability Week has changed over the years, and unfortunately not for the better. We look back to 2021 when the event actually had a real world component to it by partnering with non profits to promote cleaning up the environment. Each year since then the event has lost some of its magic, culminating in this year’s event, which seems to be falling flat. Being overshadowed by the Rediscover Kanto spawns didn’t help things either.

 

Cleffa Hatch Day will be rounding out the month taking place during the final weekend of April. The big story of the week takes us back to the Community reaction to the Rediscover Yourself update. From missing genders, to clipping assets, to a very strange art style, there isn’t much if anything that is getting high praises this week. While inclusivity may have been the goal of this update, it may have backfired.

 

We look to a pair of articles from GO Hub that cut to the chase and identify many of the issues that the Community has with the update. The site also touches on the sensitive nature and purpose of the update outside of simply an avatar graphical update. The backlash online has been significant, and Niantic has been getting dragged on this one, with a lot of toxic energy fueling some pretty negative stuff. To be plain, this week has been a disaster.

 

We want to be clear that we really believed in this update, and see the importance of greater options when it comes to character creation. We also identify however, that the execution of the update completely replacing the existing Avatar aesthetic rather than simply being in addition to it, has us all scratching our heads as to why this Niantic handled it like this. There are other important things to discuss as well regarding the sale of digital goods and how purchased items may not look or fit the avatar in the same way that originally influenced the purchase. There is a lot to unpack here.

 

Bellsprout Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU304Bellsprout 

Sustainability Week 2021 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2021 

Sustainability Week 2022 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2022

Sustainability Week 2023 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2023 

Sustainability Week 2024 - https://bit.ly/LU305Sustainability2024 

Cleffa Hatch Day - https://bit.ly/LU305Cleffa

Rediscover GO - https://bit.ly/LU305RediscoverGO 

GO Hub’s Hot Take - https://bit.ly/LU305GOHubAvatar 

GO Hub’s Follow Up - https://bit.ly/LU305AvatarFeedback 

Rediscover Kanto - https://bit.ly/LU305RediscoverKanto 

Turkey Play Store - https://bit.ly/LU305Turkey 

 

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Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

 

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

 

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

 

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

 

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Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

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Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

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Lured Up Podcast 304

Streamed Live - 4/9/24

Audio/VoD - 4/13/24

This was a massive week for both events and announcements! We begin today’s episode with a recap of our last week of gameplay including Sizable Surprises and Bagon Community Day. Wh will have a few days of vanilla spawns before we hit the Bug Out and the debut of Mega Heracross. We will get you prepped and ready to get through the first half of April. Niantic struggled with the timing of the announcement, but Bellsprout will be the April’s Community Day Pokémon. While maybe not every Trainer’s favorite pick, the fact that Victreebel will learn Magical Leaf is pretty fitting for the 4/20 event date.

We open a discussion about the level cap and how it has been nearly 4 years since the GO Beyond update. It surely seems as if Niantic has been throwing a lot of XP our way, which may mean a level cap increase is imminent. We riff on if an increase is due, and the impact it could have on both new and veteran Trainers.

After being teased during the Ultra Beast Incursion in Los Angeles back in 2022, Necrozma has been announced to debut at Pokémon GO Fest 2024. While it may create more questions than it answers, this announcement is pretty exciting and just gave us something to set our Raiding sights on in NYC.

We close things out with a Mega Heracross Raid Guide and Battle Party. With Mega Heracross getting a Raid Day and entering the Mega Raid rotation, you are going to want to get a few hundred Mega Energy to place a few Heracross into your Mega Rotation. Being double weak to flying, it is time to bring out those Mega Rayquaza that you worked so hard for last year!

Sizeable Surprises - https://bit.ly/LU303Sizeable

EUIC - https://bit.ly/LU304EUIC

Bug Out - https://bit.ly/LU304BugOut 

GO Beyond - https://bit.ly/LU304GOBeyond 

Bellsprout Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU304Bellsprout 

GO Fest Tickets - https://bit.ly/LU304GOFestTickets

Necrozma Tease - https://bit.ly/LU304Necrozma

Necrozma At GO Fest - https://bit.ly/LU304NecrozmaGF 

Worlds - https://bit.ly/LU304Worlds 

Mega Heracross Raid Day - https://bit.ly/LU304MegaHeracross 

Mega Heracross Battle Party - https://bit.ly/LU304BattleParty

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Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

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National Park

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Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

GameChops - Ultraball

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Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.

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Lured Up Podcast 303

Streamed Live - 4/2/2024

Published - 4/6/2024 

 

Trainers saw Team GO Rocket Take Over their games last week and we will recap how we did during the event! With Sizeable Surprises on the horizon, April is shaping up to be another packed month of events. We also have Part 2 of the Wonder Ticket to work through, which has proven to offer some great value in the grand scheme of things. 

 

April Fools brought us an Excellent Opportunity to get frustrated over TImed Research, with a very divisive task to work through. Is making 25 nice throws in a row too hard? Probably not, however it was frustrating to fail and be forced to start over. Let us know how you felt about this task and if you want to see more like it!

 

Changes to AR have been pushed through and the Community suddenly cares about AR. We digress, but it is definitely a hot topic as Buddy interactions are a bit less engaging with being forced to use AR+ is a bit cumbersome. We can only hope that a new rollout of AR features will be coming and make sense as to why this change has happened in the first place.

 

We wrap things up with a Raid Guide and Battle Party for the Ultra Beast dui of Kartana and Celesteela. This pair is easy to Raid together as you can use a single party for both bosses. We put together our lists and will make quick work of these Ultra Beasts in the coming week.

Taken Over - https://bit.ly/LU303TakenOver

April Content - https://bit.ly/LU302April 

Sizeable Surprises - https://bit.ly/LU303Sizeable 

Wonder Ticket Part Two - https://bit.ly/LU303WonderTicket2 

Excellent Opportunity - https://bit.ly/LU303Excellent 

25 In a Row - https://bit.ly/LU303TimedResearch 

AR Changes - https://bit.ly/LU303AR

AR Support - https://bit.ly/LU303Support 

Celesteela Counters - https://bit.ly/LU303Celesteela 

Kartana Counters - https://bit.ly/LU303Kartana 

 

Community Shout Outs

Central London - https://bit.ly/LU303CentralLondon 

Bishal - https://bit.ly/LU303Bishal

 

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Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

 

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

 

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

 

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

 

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

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Break Music

National Park

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Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

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Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.

 

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Lured Up Podcast 302

Video Streamed Live - 3/27/2024

Audio Podcast Published - 3/29/2024

 

We had plenty happening on and off the screen this week! We have plenty to unpack and plenty to compare opinions over! We begin with a recap of Weather Week and our current feelings on Verdant Wonders. Is Zarude the new Galarian Mr. Mime? With a $7.99 Ticket and a boring task progression, Zarude may take the cake as the most overpriced ticket when you combine it with the Wonder Ticket and other one offs that are constantly being hurled our way.

 

The April Content Update is here and there is plenty to dig into. Next month will bring us a new Mega, first time Shiny Legendaries, and a spattering of events to keep every type of Trainer engaged. How happy they will be is a different story, as Some Trainers are starting to feel the burn of the same old, same old for the last 7 years.

 

As we peek into our early April Events like Sizeable Surprises and Bagon Community Day Classic, we can both agree that the month will be starting off strong. With Bagon having the ability to help new Trainers hit their Dragon-Type medal and end-game Trainers hunt for the perfect Mega ready Salamence.

 

After touching on a few International tidbits of news, we dig into the big topic of the week. PGO Twitter’s Super-Villian, MasterWarlord01 has struck again. We look back on the FleeceKing situation and how it created a lot more concerns than just those regarding security. With many Trainer’s feeling like chopped liver about Fleece’s special treatment, we try to look at it objectively, to validate their feelings, but counterpoint for Niantic. With MasterWarlord01 striking again, it is a mystery as to what will happen and if Niantic will make a statement.

 

Verdant Wonders - https://bit.ly/LU302VerdantWonders

Taken Over - https://bit.ly/LU302TakenOver

Poor APAC - https://bit.ly/LU302ZoeAPAC 

April Content Update - https://bit.ly/LU302April 

Bagon CDC - https://bit.ly/LU302BagonCDC

Sizeable Surprises - https://bit.ly/LU302Sizeable

Ph. D. Pikachu - https://bit.ly/LU302PhD 

FleeceKing - https://bit.ly/LU302Fleece 

MasterWarlord01 - https://bit.ly/LU302MasterWarlord01 

MasterWarlord01 Strikes Again - https://bit.ly/LU302WarlordV2

GoodNewsGembe - https://bit.ly/LU302Gembe 

 

McDonalds India - https://bit.ly/LU302McDonalds

Madrid Highlights - https://bit.ly/LU302Madrid

London Games Festival - https://bit.ly/LU302London

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Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

 

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

 

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

 

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

 

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

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Break Music

National Park

Mikel & GameChops

GameChops - Poké & Chill

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Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

GameChops - Ultraball

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https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity

Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.

 

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Lured Up Podcast 301

Record Date - 3/12/2024

Publish Date - 3/24/2024

 

March has become a non stop barrage of events and has proven that this Season is bringing the heat. With the Horizons event wrapped up we have Weather Week and Verdant Wonders up next. 

 

GO Fest details have been shared for each of the IRL locations. We will be in NYC this year, and hope to see everyone there! Stay tuned for details on our meetups and schedule.

 

Horizons - https://bit.ly/LU300Horizons

March Content Update - https://bit.ly/LU300March

Weather Week - https://bit.ly/LU300Weather

Verdant Wonders - https://bit.ly/LU301VerdantWonders 

GO Fest NYC - https://bit.ly/3Ty8oIY

GO Fest Madrid - https://bit.ly/LU301GOFestMadrid

GO Fest Sendai - https://bit.ly/LU301GOFestSendai

Trail Marker Update - https://bit.ly/LU301Wayfarer

 

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Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

 

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

 

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

 

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

 

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

http://gamechops.com/ultraball/

https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 

https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0

 

Break Music

National Park

Mikel & GameChops

GameChops - Poké & Chill

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https://twitter.com/mikel_beats

 

Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

GameChops - Ultraball

http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ 

http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats

https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity

Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.

 

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Lured Up Podcast 300

Record Date - 3/5/2024

Publish Date - 3/10/2024

 

We are back after a brief hiatus! Thank you for your patience!

 

There is plenty to catch up on including our GO Tour gameplay, Research Day, and thoughts on the Horizon event. Niantic definitely has no interest in slowing things down post GO Tour as March is looking strong and packed with  events. While we work through the Horizons tie-in event, we can prep for Weather Week and the return of the Primals. Plenty to be excited for and lots of decisions to make regarding how to approach prepping for the things.

 

The Wonder Ticket has been causing quite a stir as Niantic is continuing to test out different monetization styles as we shift to a ticket based gameplay pattern. While we aren’t talking big bucks, there seems to be a shift in what we are spending our money on, even if we are still spending the same amount. The question is whether or not the consumables that can be earned through ticketed events can provide the same results as spending for them a la carte.

 

Pikachu PH. D has been released through earning a Platinum Showcase Medal, which is a nice nod to rural Trainers. With city Showcases being exceptionally competitive and potentially filled with unwanted visitors, the rural Trainer finally has the edge with this one. We wrap things up with a discussion about some international IRL events happening on the other side of the globe!

 

Charged Up Research Day - https://bit.ly/LU300ChargedUp 

Horizons - https://bit.ly/LU300Horizons 

Horizons Trailer - https://bit.ly/LU300Trailer

GO Tour Global - https://bit.ly/LU300Global

March Content Update - https://bit.ly/LU300March

Weather Week - https://bit.ly/LU300Weather 

Primal Return - https://bit.ly/LU300Primals 

Wonder Ticket - https://bit.ly/LU300WonderTicket 

World Of Wonders - https://bit.ly/LU300WoW 

Pikachu Ph.D - https://bit.ly/LU300PhD 

Bali Air Adventures - https://bit.ly/LU300BaliAir 

JT Valor at Bali Air Adventures - https://bit.ly/LU300Bali 

City Safari: Tainan - https://bit.ly/LU300CitySafari 

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Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

 

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

 

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

 

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

 

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

http://gamechops.com/ultraball/

https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 

https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0

 

Break Music

National Park

Mikel & GameChops

GameChops - Poké & Chill

http://smarturl.it/pokechill

https://twitter.com/mikel_beats

 

Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

GameChops - Ultraball

http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ 

http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats

https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity

Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.

 

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Lured Up Podcast 299

Record Date - 2/6/2024

Publish Date - 2/9/2024

 

Lunar New Year is here and at the time of this recording, are still working our way through the Global Challenge. Writing this description after the goal has been met and the bonuses not being well received, let’s enjoy our blissful ignorance in not yet hearing Twitter’s cries about it. Chansey Community Day was a fan favorite and great time!

 

This weekend brings us Hisuian Decidueye Raid Day which also falls on Super Bowl Sunday here in the USA. Mix this with Enamorus on Valentine’s Day and Twitter may have a melt down! With previous Hisuian Raid Days going well, even with the Super Bowl, we don’t think Decidueye will perform any different.

 

The Carnival of Love is up next and you will want to make sure you get your Heart Trim Furfrou and Heart Pattern Spinda. You will only have a few days to grind and then you may have to wait an entire year for another chance. 

 

We save the dates for next Season’s Community Days and notable events. We speculate on whether or not we will see the, “every-other month” Starter trend continue. April is looking to be a busy month, and we even get a 4/20 Community Day.

 

Lunar New Year - https://bit.ly/LU298Lunar 

RaspberryWeiner - https://bit.ly/LU299Meme 

Chansey Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU299Chansey

Timeless Travels - https://bit.ly/LU299TimelessTravels

Hisuian Decidueye - https://bit.ly/Lu298Decidueye 

Carnival of Love - https://bit.ly/LU299Carnival 

Enamorus Elite Raids - https://bit.ly/LU299Enamorus

Save The Date - https://bit.ly/LU299SaveTheDate 

Spacial Rend - https://bit.ly/LU299SpacialRend 

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Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork 

 

Hosts

Ken Pescatore

Adam Tuttle

 

Writer and Producer

Ken Pescatore

 

Executive Producer 

Paul Bhatt

 

Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons

 

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

http://gamechops.com/ultraball/

https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 

https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0

 

Break Music

National Park

Mikel & GameChops

GameChops - Poké & Chill

http://smarturl.it/pokechill

https://twitter.com/mikel_beats

 

Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

GameChops - Ultraball

http://gamechops.com/ultraball/ 

http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats

https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity

Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2024 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.

 

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Lured Up Podcast 298

Record Date - 1/30/24

Publish Date - 2/2/24

 

Taken Treasures was a ton of fun and was the perfect close to January. As we close out the month, we need to get ready to grind because February will be an onslaught of events. Pacing has been over the top every month for the last few years and the barrage of events will continue into 2024.

 

We start with a runthrough of the February Content Update from the Official Pokémon GO Twitter account. While the final Eggs-pedition Access of the Season offers a web store twist, Lunar New Year is looking to be a winner of an event. We will have Chansey Community Day this weekend, but we will be able to enjoy a few days of Vanilla Spawns before the release of Drampa on 2/5.

 

The Road to Sinnoh will be our precursor to the Global Sinnoh Tour, with the return of Global Challenges. The blog leaves a lot of information out as we will need to play through the event to unlock the different encounters. While some roads lead to Sinnoh, others lead to nowhere. Another 1,000+ trip Route was just removed from the game for inaccessibility. We have no idea why this continues to happen, but it’s a real bummer.

 

The big news of the day was a wild tweet from FleeceKing that has rocked Twitter. The reactions to it have been wild, and we are watching the madness unfold in real time during the recording of this episode. It’s been a bizarre day in the Twitter Community, and we are here for it.

 

Taken Treasures - https://bit.ly/LU297TakenTreasures

February Content Update - https://bit.ly/LU298February 

Eggs-pedition Access - https://bit.ly/LU298Eggspedition 

Lunar New Year - https://bit.ly/LU298Lunar 

Hisuian Decidueye - https://bit.ly/Lu298Decidueye 

Road To Sinnoh - https://bit.ly/LU298RoadToSinnoh 

Route Removed - https://bit.ly/LU298Routes

Fleeceking Drama - https://bit.ly/LU298FleeceKing 

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Lured Up Podcast 297

Record Date - 1/16/2024

Publish Date - 1/20/2024

 

We have a nice combination of news and commentary this week as the both the blogs and social media have been on fire. We start with a recap of the last week of gameplay including Dazzling Dream and its questionable choice of a Hatch Collection Challenge. The Community was very upset about this being time gated, as well as the target hatches being in 7k eggs. 

 

Adventure Effects are proving to be more polarizing than we originally thought. Once the initial excitement settled down, the social media sentiment took a major turn. It opened up the conversation of if the Effects were worth the investment, with many thinking the return just isn’t worth it. This is mainly influenced by only looking at the rewards and not the experience, a divide that is becoming more and more common in non-casual circles.

 

Annihilape will be here next week and it looks to be an exciting addition to a Battler’s arsenal. With relevance in all three leagues, you are going to want to catch multiple specs of this one! We look at GO Hub’s analysis of what you should expect heading into Raging Battles and GO Battle Week. 

 

Taken Treasures will close out the month and is another two for one event as it is paired with a Team GO Rocket Takeover. Solid bonuses and Raid bosses will make this a good time, while the Battlers will finally have another chance to TM away Frustration. 

 

We close the show with another heated debate from social media. A growing belief that ALL paid Research in Pokémon GO should be Special Research. We take a look at the reasons behind the feeling, and how both Paid Timed and Special Research can exist at the same time. Once again, we see the experience of the event being lost in the shuffle, as many are simply looking at the rewards as if they were making a direct transaction. Let us know your thoughts on the matter!

 

Dazzling Dream - https://bit.ly/LU297DazzlingDream 

Hisuian Typhlosion Raid Day - https://bit.ly/LU296HisuianTyphlosion

Adventure Effects - https://bit.ly/LU297AdventureEffects

Poke The Bewear - https://bit.ly/LU297PokeTheBewear 

GO Hub’s take on Adventure Effects - https://bit.ly/LU297GOHubAE 

Raging Battles - https://bit.ly/LU296RagingBattles 

Annihilape Analysis - https://bit.ly/LU297Annihilape 

Taken Treasures - https://bit.ly/LU297TakenTreasures 

PokéJungle on Paid Timed Research - https://bit.ly/LU297PokeJungle 

Joe Merrick on Paid Timed Research - https://bit.ly/LU297JoeMerrick 

 

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Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

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Lured Up Podcast 296

Record Date - 1/13/2023

Publish Date - 1/16/2023

 

Niantic did not have the best week with a slew of hiccups across different mechanics of the game. From Therian Tornadus not available as a Shiny to Bewear learning a charge move as a fast move, only to be followed up with the Dusk Form Lycanroc debacle, Trainer sentiment of Niantic is exceptionally low. While Twitter may be as toxic as ever, those with thick skin and a level head have plenty to be excited about.

 

We have new GO Tour: Sinnoh details, including the announcement of Origin Forme Dialga and Palkia, along with their Adventure Effects. These new charge move perks could revolutionize how we engage with the game, requiring increased attention to inventory management and Stardust. The result will be new ways to bring efficiency to our gameplay, drastically improving our in-game experience. While we have some time before its release, we are sure that Adventure Effects will be polarizing and exciting.

 

The announcement of Porygon Community Day Classic and Chansey Community Day means 3 major in-game events over a 29 day period. While some may say the game is asking a lot of their schedule, others say bring it on. The event overload leads to our topic of the week: monetization.

 

The Eggs-pedition Access may become the new normal, with a recurring $5 monthly ticket, in addition to any a la carte spending. We do feel that Niantic is giving Trainers plenty of options with their spending, allowing F2P players a great experience, while enhancing gameplay for those that are willing to invest. Finding the balance between passive spending and FOMO will prove to be a very interesting vibe to follow.

 

January Content Update - https://bit.ly/LU295January

Bewear in GBL -https://bit.ly/LU296Bewear 

Lustrous Odyssey - https://bit.ly/LU296Lustrous  

Eggs-pedition Access -https://bit.ly/LU296Eggspedition 

Rowlett Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU295Rowlet 

Porygon Community Day Classic - https://bit.ly/LU296Porygon 

Chansey Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU296Chansey 

Hisuian Typhlosion Raid Day - https://bit.ly/LU296HisuianTyphlosion

Raging Battles - https://bit.ly/LU296RagingBattles 

GO Tour: Sinnoh Details - https://bit.ly/LU254GOTour 

Adventure Effects - https://bit.ly/LU297AdventureEffects 

Monetization -https://bit.ly/LU296Monetization 

Fendi Avatar Items - https://bit.ly/LU296Fendi 

Fendi Is Expensive - https://bit.ly/LU296FRGMT 

Fendi Code - FENDIxFRGMTxPOKEMON

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Intro Music

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National Park

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Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

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Lured Up Podcast 295

Recorded and Streamed on Twitch- 12/26/2023

VoD and Audio Publish Date - 12/28/2023

 

We have plenty of gameplay to recap from the last week. The pair of Winter Events made for a nice setting for Wyrdeer Raid Day. With the holiday weekend making it tough for someTrainers to find the time to get out to Raid, we discuss how an increased Remote Raid limit makes for a nice supplement to in person play. Sometimes, but not always, shelling out the cash for Remote Raid passes can equate to a satisfying gameplay and event experience.

 

Rowlett will be our first Community Day Pokémon of the year and we speculate on if we will see a consistent return to Starter Pokémon alternating months with non starters. Any way you look at it, triple Stardust is worth the effort and mixed with half hatch distance, there are two solid reasons to get some IRL gameplay in. 

 

January looks to have a few tricks up its sleeve but New Year’s will be our first Event of the new year. We hope you like Costume Pokémon because this event is filled with them. While we would always be on the Shiny hunt, the grief of transferring Costume Pokémon is dreaded. Pichu with a Party Hat looks to be a solid chase in the egg department if that’s your thing.

 

The Aye Aye Captain Wayfarer Review Challenge has wrapped up and the stats are in. As expected, the Wayfinders came out in force and proved that there is an amazingly strong movement of Trainers that believe in Niantic’s vision to map the world. With over 175,000 nominations resolved, and the Challenge making its way to the US, Trainers around the world are able to enjoy the results of the Challenge. For those that took part, the Tier 4 Rewards were absolutely amazing, and the individual rewards were insane.

 

We wrap things up with a Raid Guide and Battle Party for Buzzwole. While the Shiny will not be available, it is still a cool Pokémon. We turn to Pokébattler to help us construct our teams, and they couldn’t be more different. With Mega Pidgeot making the top 10, can decides to pay tribute to one of Pokémon’s OGs, and bring a party of Pidgeot… Like a G. Adam on the other hand, brings a beautifully diverse mix of hundo Flying Types, with some of his party getting action for the first time.

 

Wyrdeer Raid Day - https://bit.ly/LU294Wyrdeer 

Winter Part 1 - https://bit.ly/LU294WinterPart1 

Winter Part 2 - https://bit.ly/LU294WinterPart2 

Rowlet Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU295Rowlet 

New Years - https://bit.ly/LU295NewYears

January Content - https://bit.ly/LU295January 

Aye Aye Captain -https://bit.ly/LU295Wayfarer

Buzzwole PokeBattler - https://bit.ly/LU295BuzzwolePokeBattler 

Buzzwole GOHub - https://bit.ly/LU295BuzzwoleGOHub 

 

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Hosts

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Ken Pescatore

 

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Paul Bhatt

 

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Intro Music

Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) 

Tetracase

GameChops - Ultraball

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https://soundcloud.com/tetracase 

https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0

 

Break Music

National Park

Mikel & GameChops

GameChops - Poké & Chill

http://smarturl.it/pokechill

https://twitter.com/mikel_beats

 

Outro Music

Vast Poni Canyon

CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)

GameChops - Ultraball

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http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats

https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity

Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2021 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc. Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.