Niantic CEO Hints At Coming Of Legendary Pokemon
A Pokemon GO legendary event will be added to the game soon, confirms developer Niantic. Legendary Pokemon are one of the most requested features for the mobile game.
John Hanke, the CEO of developer Niantic recently took part in a question and answer session at a high school, with some of his answers recorded on social media. During the event, which was verified by mods of the
/r/TheSilphRoad supeddit, Hanke confirmed that Pokemon GO will introduce legendary Pokemon “in the not so distant future.”However, for Pokemon GO players already envisioning ways to become the biggest and baddest gym leader in all the land with the help of those new legendaries,
Hanke warns that things won’t be that easy. Specifically, the Niantic CEO says that legendaries will be “treated with care” and that there will “limitations” on how legendary Pokemon are used in gyms. It’s unclear exactly what those limitations will look like but this will be good news to those frustrated by the current state of the feature and are eager for Niantic to roll out Pokemon GO gym improvements.