Big changes are coming to Pokémon GO？寶可夢go將發生很大的變化？

Niantic officials have coyly hinted that it was only a matter of time until Legendary Pokemon were added to Pokemon Go. In a new interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, a Niantic official seemingly confirmed that we'd be seeing Legendary Pokemon and a lot more this summer.

Mathieu de Fayet, Niantic's Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, was asked how Pokemon Go planned to keep players interested, as only one in ten people who downloaded the game are still playing regularly. De Fayet responded that they had to postpone some of the original plans due to the game's immense popularity, but that they were working on some things for this summer. Among

 Here’s the part of the interview we’re all interested in:

Q: Pokémon GO had 650 million downloads, but now it has 65 million active players. How to maintain people interested in the game?

A: “Because of the great success, we had to put off some planned news. Now, we are working in announcing new updates for the next summer (North hemisphere), like giving more value to the choice of teams, the announcement of the Legendary Pokémon and the battles between the players

. One thing which we learned with “Ingress” is that the game sustains itself if we are capable to create social interactions between the trainers, and we are working on that.”

最近根據巴西 O Globo 的報導，Niantic 戰略合作夥伴副總裁 Mathieu de Fayet 就透露今年夏季將會為遊戲推出更新，並且將會迎來傳說寶可夢以及玩家之間對戰的功能。

Mathieu de Fayet 受訪時被問道：「Pokémon GO 下載量突破 6 億 5 千萬，但現在僅有 6 千 5 百萬的活躍玩家，你們打算如何保持玩家對遊戲的熱忱？」

　　對此問題，他則回答：「因為此空前的成功，我們被迫延後了一些原訂計畫的功能。現在，我們正準備發表今年夏季（北半球）將要為遊戲推出的更新，像是為陣營選擇提供更多的回饋，以及加入傳說寶可夢和玩家間的對戰機制。我們從《Ingress》當中所學到的就是若我們可以創造訓練家之間的社群互動性，那麼遊戲就能夠自己維持下去，而這也是我們正在努力的方向。」

　　因此根據他的說法，訓練家們應該很有機會能在今年夏季見到傳說寶可夢的現身，以及期盼已久的 PvP 功能登場囉！

Mathieude Fayet's comments were a strong follow-up to Niantic employee Archit Bhargava's comments during the Webby Awards that this summer will be "Legendary"

Niantic 全球市場推廣主管 Archit Bhargava 曾在Webby Awards上台發表得獎感想時，就講出「這個夏天將會是傳奇」

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