Lured Up - A Pokémon GO Podcast

• 337. Not Like That

  Lured Up Podcast 337: Not Like ThatIn one of the most shocking bits of news to ever come out on Pokémon GO, Bloomberg has reported that Niantic is nearing a deal to sell their games division to Scopely, a Saudi Arabian Publishing house, backed by a Saudi sovereign fund. The article cites no confirmed sources and is as vague as it gets outside of the price tag of 3.5 Billion dollars. There is so much to unpack.We start off with our weekly recap including Hoopa Unbound Raid Day and Scattered To The Winds. Ken played IRL while Adam played remote, which brought some balance to the world, although Adam felt a bit icky having to pay to play. The Shiny Scatterbug chase has reignited friends lists and people are finally opening their gifts!We skim through some newly released event details for Unova Tour as well as the announcement of Totodile Community Day Classic. It’s wild to think that Unova Tour info is somewhat of an afterthought in this week’s news cycle. Not surprisingly, the event will be split into Black and White Special Research paths, and will feature new music from Junichi Masuda.Digging into the Scopely news we would be remiss if we didn’t reiterate that the article does not cite any source. We look to GO Hub who shares some background on the rumored buyer as well as some hot takes on what their community is like. It appears that Scopely games are notorious for being exceptionally micro transaction heavy, with an ad-forward model.This is something that all PGO Trainers should be nervous about. So what can we do? Not much. We know from experience that Niantic doesn’t comment on anything, let alone rumors of this magnitude. It will be a difficult task to not think the worst, or to not lose motivation to play. Some online have been calling for Niantic to sell PGO for years, but after looking at Scopely’s reputation, they may have got it all wrong. This is just the tip of the iceberg for this conversation, but we don’t even know the next time we may get an update on it.Hoopa Unbound Raid Day: https://bit.ly/LU335Hoopa Scattered To The Winds: https://bit.ly/LU335Scattered New Unova Tour Info: https://bit.ly/LU337Unova Totodile Community Day Classic: https://bit.ly/LU337Totodile Niantic deal with Scopely: https://yhoo.it/40Yy58c Scopely: https://bit.ly/LU337Scopely GO Hub Scopely: https://bit.ly/LU337GOHub Monopoly GO Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monopoly_GO/Marvel Strike Force Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelStrikeForce/Star Trek Fleet Command Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/startrekfleetcommand/ Pokemon GO Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/ JRE Reaction: https://bit.ly/LU337JRE Mystic7 Reaction: https://bit.ly/LU337Mystic7 [email protected]    Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639 Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork HostsKen PescatoreAdam TuttleWriter and ProducerKen PescatoreExecutive Producer XanderShow music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative CommonsIntro MusicLake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix) TetracaseGameChops - Ultraballhttp://gamechops.com/ultraball/https://soundcloud.com/tetracase https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0Break MusicNational ParkMikel & GameChopsGameChops - Poké & Chillhttp://smarturl.it/pokechillhttps://twitter.com/mikel_beatsOutro MusicVast Poni CanyonCG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)GameChops - Ultraballhttp://gamechops.com/ultraball/ http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beatshttps://soundcloud.com/glitchxcityPokémon 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.#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast

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• 336. Game-Life Imbalance

  Lured Up Podcast 336 Record Date - 2/12/25 Publish Date - 2/14/25   Happy Valentine’s Day! We love all of you for the incredible support you have given us over the years! We hope you have an awesome day!   Plenty to recap this week as we are coming out of the Strong Yet Small event, Community Day weekend, and the start of the Beloved Buddies. With what seems less like filler events, this last week has brought us new Pokémon, Shinies, and move sets. The calendar doesn’t show any signs of slowing down, as this weekend brings us Hoopa Unbound Raid Day.    We put together a little Raid Guide and Battle Party for Hoopa and encourage all Trainers to prepare 1 or 2 Battle Parties in advance. With the ability to dui, you will want to make sure you maximize your time in the Raid to get the highest damage output possible. It’s not often that Bug Pokémon take the stage, but Hoopa will be taking double super effective damage from them this weekend!   The latest Save the Date blog has the community talking as it is becoming harder and harder to maintain a healthy game-life balance. Should it be left to Niantic to manage our priorities, or does the onus fall on the Trainer to decide how they spend their time. It’s a great topic and one that we feel will continue to be a part of the zeitgeist for the foreseeable future.   This month is still packed with events as we have Scattered To The Winds, the Road to Unova, and of course Unova Tour IRL and GLobal closing out the month. Is it even possible for the average Trainer to keep up with the schedule, or should they not even be concerned with playing every event? The FOMO is real, and it may be time for many Trainers to make decisions about their priorities.   In closing we briefly discuss Fuecoco COmmunity Day which will be the first of the next season. GO Tour: Unova will feature some Notable Trainers that you can meet and hang out with. Finally, a unique partnership between PGO and Major League Baseball will have baseball fans whipping their phones out at Stadiums across the United States.   Keep Training, Trainers!   Strong Yet Small - https://bit.ly/LU335StrongYetSmall Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU335CommunityDay  Beloved Buddies - https://bit.ly/LU335BelovedBuddies  Hoopa Unbound Raid Day - https://bit.ly/LU335Hoopa  Hoopa Counters GOHub - https://bit.ly/LU336HoopaGOHub  Hoopa Counters Pokébattler - https://bit.ly/LU336HoopaPokebattler  Scattered To The Winds - https://bit.ly/LU335Scattered  Save The Dates - https://bit.ly/LU336SaveTheDates  Fuecoco Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU336Fuecoco  GO Tour Notable Trainers - https://bit.ly/LU336Notable  PGOxMLB - https://bit.ly/LU336MLB    [email protected]     Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639    Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!   Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate    Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Xander   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   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.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast  

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• 335. The Big Game

  Lured Up Podcast 335: The Big Game Record Date - 2/5/2025 Publish Date - 2/7/2025   There is an insane amount of news to cover this week, and we jump straight into it. The Lunar New Year event, Legendary Flight, and GMAX Kingler Max Battle Day all happened in the last few days. Niantic is keeping their foot on the gas and we are here for it. We work our way through February’s slate of event, starting with Strong Yet Small and taking it all the way through to GO Tour: Unova,   We have a combination of event styles this month, with new Pokémon and new Shinies coming our way. We make sure to mention that we have yet another Pokémon being released that is not available in the wild. Could this be an intentional trend or does Niantic have something in mind? We aren’t sure of much, but we know that scarcity is an issue in the game, especially when Pokémon are gated behind eggs or Raids.   The month is overflowing with events as we prep for GO Tour Season. The event in LA is still a go, but sadly we won’t be traveling to it. The return of both Hoopa Unbound and Incarnate Forme Enamorus, the Raiders out there will be super happy. While the Tour Pass offers the average and hardcore Trainer a new way to connect with the game.    Legendary Flight - https://bit.ly/LU333DMAXBirds  Lunar New Year - https://bit.ly/LU333LunarNewYear  GMAX Kingler - https://bit.ly/LU333GMAXKingler  Strong Yet Small - https://bit.ly/LU335StrongYetSmall Community Day - https://bit.ly/LU335CommunityDay  Beloved Buddies - https://bit.ly/LU335BelovedBuddies  Hoopa Unbound Raid Day - https://bit.ly/LU335Hoopa  Scattered To The Winds - https://bit.ly/LU335Scattered  Road To Unova - https://bit.ly/LU335RoadToUnova  Tour Pass - https://bit.ly/LU335TourPass  GO Tour: Unova - bit.ly/LU330UnovaGlobal  [email protected]     Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639    Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!   Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Xander   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   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.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast

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• 334. Remote Destinations

  Lured Up Podcast 334 Record Date - 1/22/25 Publish Date - 1/24/25   This last few days have been incredible for Trainers! With Shadow Ho-Oh Raid Day and DMAX Articuno Max Monday, it has been a wonderland of gameplay options and pretty solid rewards.We kick things off with a recap of our last week of gameplay, from Fashion Week: Taken Over to the current Steeled Resolve. While the calendar is packed with events, that doesn’t mean it is packed with excitement. Carbink… Again!   As January comes to a close, we still have more events to keep us busy. The Lunar New Year Event is on its way and it really doesn't seem to offer much outside of the increased Lucky odds. With a spawn pool that is old and common, this event may be best enjoyed by two Trainers sitting across from each other while knocking out 100 trades over dinner. Ralts Community Day Classic is also this weekend, which means another opportunity to check in at an Ambassador Event or spend a few bucks on some Research.   The big news of the week is the Road to Unova event which is a full month away! The event’s massive blog is loaded with details on everything you can do while working on your Tour Pass progress. Niantic is doing a great job in building up GO Tour as a premier, annual IRL and global event.With so much happening in the event, it will be interesting to see if they squeeze in any additional stuff before the event kicks off.   Shadow Ho-Oh: https://bit.ly/LU333ShadowHoOh  Remote Shadow Raids: https://bit.ly/LU333RemoteRaid  DMAX Raids: https://bit.ly/LU333DMAXBirds  Steeled Resolve: https://bit.ly/LU333SteeledResolve  Ralts Community Day Classic: https://bit.ly/LU334Ralts  Lunar New Year: https://bit.ly/LU333LunarNewYear  Road to Unova: https://bit.ly/LU334Unova    [email protected]     Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639    Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!   Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate    Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Xander   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   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.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast  

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• 333. Slippery Slope

  Lured Up Podcast 333 Record Date - 1/15/2025 Publish Date - 1/17/2025   There are some serious ups and downs to navigate this week, including a very divisive decision by Niantic! We begin with our recap of the last week of gameplay including Fashion Week and Taken Over. With the Giovanni Loop beginning to feel a bit tired, some Trainers will simply get to it when they get to it. Others love the increased TGR action, and the additional gameplay that a Takeover brings. Mega Gallade was last weekend and while Ken was able to Raid heavy in Red Bank, Adam was able to squeeze one in thanks to Mama Tuttle and a few Remote Raiders!   Shadow Ho-Oh is coming this weekend and if that wasn’t big enough news, Niantic has decided to allow Remote Raiders to join in on Shadow Raids. Some on X are calling this a massive win for the Community, while others are calling it a desperate cash grab. We express some real world concerts like IRL Communities losing a few participants and some Trainers looking to do the entire event remote. We will have to follow this topic to see how many Remote Raiders join in the fray. Hopefully IRL Communities won’t see too much attrition!   GO Fest dates and locations have been announced and it is coming to Dirty Jersey! Jersey City will host the US GO Fest this year and we couldn’t be more excited. We take a peak at Liberty State Park, which is our guess of venue, and inappropriately speculate on how this may work. Will we see a City Experience that stretches into NYC? We have so many questions!   January isn’t ready to go quietly into the night, as there are still a handful of events to come during the month’s second half.  Steeled Resolve, Lunar New Year, DMAX Legendary Birds, and Gigantamax Kingler are all on their way in the next two weeks. We talk about the slow rollout of new Pokémon, and how lately, they all seem to be behind eggs or Raids. The only thing we know for sure is that January is going to keep us VERY busy, and we didn’t even mention Community Day Classic!   Finally we talk about the Tour Pass and how this could shape the direction for monetization in Pokémon GO. With a free version available to everyone, we should all be excited for additional gameplay loops and of course the rewards. 2 different paid options be available, and all we can do is hope that the rewards will make it all worth it!   Fashion Week: https://bit.ly/LU333FashionWeek  Taken Over: https://bit.ly/LU333TakenOver  Mega Gallade Raid Day: https://bit.ly/LU331Gallade  Shadow Ho-Oh: https://bit.ly/LU333ShadowHoOh  Remote Shadow Raids: https://bit.ly/LU333RemoteRaid  GO Fest Dates: https://bit.ly/LU333GOFestDates  Jersey City, NJ: https://bit.ly/LU333JerseyCity  DMAX Raids: https://bit.ly/LU333DMAXBirds  Steeled Resolve: https://bit.ly/LU333SteeledResolve  Lunar New Year: https://bit.ly/LU333LunarNewYear  GMAX Kingler: https://bit.ly/LU333GMAXKingler  Rose Bowl: https://bit.ly/LU333RoseBowl  Tour Pass: https://bit.ly/LU333TourPass  Android Devices: https://bit.ly/LU333Android  [email protected]     Voicemail and SMS: 732-835-8639    Use code FULLHEAL at https://tgacards.com/ for 10% off your order!   Support the show by bookmarking and shopping at TCGPlayer.com using this link - https://bit.ly/TCGPlayerAffiliate    Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork    Hosts Ken Pescatore Adam Tuttle   Writer and Producer Ken Pescatore   Executive Producer  Xander   Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons   ▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾ http://instagram.com/GameChops http://twitter.com/GameChops http://soundcloud.com/GameChops http://facebook.com/GameChops http://youtube.com/GameChops http://www.gamechops.com   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.   #pokemon #pokemongo #podcast

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