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08-24-2016, 12:02 PM
'Pokémon Go' update gives you unhelpful advice on the strength of your Pokémon
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One of the (many, many) questions Pokémon Go players face in their adventures is: How powerful is this or that Pokémon?
There are online tools (http://www.pokemongodb.net/) to find this out, but unless you're a seasoned gamer, the game so far hasn't been very helpful with this regard. This changed with the latest update (http://pokemongolive.com/en/post/ver-update-082216/) to the game, but only slightly, as you can **w get an appraisal of the Pokémon you've caught — in somewhat ambiguous terms.*
SEE ALSO: This unimpressed mom understands your 'Pokémon Go' problems (http://mashable.com/2016/08/21/pokemon-go-mom-unamused/)
To get appraisals, you must join a team, and then tap on the right side menu in the "Pokémon" portion of your main menu and choose "appraise." You'll get different appraisals depending on your team, but all are equally vague: "Overall, your Pokémon is above average," and "I am certainly impressed by its stats, I must say" being some of the examples. Check out a full list of appraisals and what they mean here (http://www.pokemongodb.net/2016/08/appraise.html) (that's right, you'll need an online tool to figure this out — again). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/pokemon-go-appraisals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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One of the (many, many) questions Pokémon Go players face in their adventures is: How powerful is this or that Pokémon?
There are online tools (http://www.pokemongodb.net/) to find this out, but unless you're a seasoned gamer, the game so far hasn't been very helpful with this regard. This changed with the latest update (http://pokemongolive.com/en/post/ver-update-082216/) to the game, but only slightly, as you can **w get an appraisal of the Pokémon you've caught — in somewhat ambiguous terms.*
SEE ALSO: This unimpressed mom understands your 'Pokémon Go' problems (http://mashable.com/2016/08/21/pokemon-go-mom-unamused/)
To get appraisals, you must join a team, and then tap on the right side menu in the "Pokémon" portion of your main menu and choose "appraise." You'll get different appraisals depending on your team, but all are equally vague: "Overall, your Pokémon is above average," and "I am certainly impressed by its stats, I must say" being some of the examples. Check out a full list of appraisals and what they mean here (http://www.pokemongodb.net/2016/08/appraise.html) (that's right, you'll need an online tool to figure this out — again). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/pokemon-go-appraisals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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