© NianticPokémon GO may not be your average mobile game per se, but there are still certain aspects that encourage users to exchange real money for in-game currency. There are also a number of gacha style elements.
To make the life of trainers a little easier, Niantic announced it has begun testing a new feature with a “limited number” of players – allowing them to see which Pokémon can hatch from the eggs in their inventory. In other words, at least you have now some idea of what you might receive from a particular egg.
“Trainers, we are excited to share that we are starting testing where a limited number of Trainers can see which Pokémon can hatch from eggs in their inventory!”
Niantic’s support account on Twitter explains how trainers in this test are able to “tap an egg” and it then shows a list of possible pocket monsters that can come out, along with their rarity level. Unfortunately, it doesn’t show if the Pokémon will be shiny.
Here’s a glimpse, courtesy of our friends at Eurogamer. As noted by the same website, “no probabilities” are listed and there is “no suggestion of how much rarer one level is than the other,” so it’s up to the game’s community to work out the rest.
This update follows a request from the game’s player base last August – calling on Niantic to reveal the odds of the game’s loot box, pointing out that it had been a problem for years.
So what do you think? Is this enough? Or do you think the developer of Pokémon GO need to do more? Leave your comment below.