How to play Pokémon Go and become a true Pokémon master

After a long wait yesterday Nintendo officially launched Pokémon Go, a new game from the Japanese company for mobile devices that completely immerses us in the popular Pokémon universe. Unfortunately, at the moment, the new game is only available on Google Play or the App Store, although any user can already enjoy this game thanks to the APK leak.

In this article we already tell you how to install Pokémon Go, so what we are going to do now is explain all the details about this new game, some things you should know and especially how you will be able to become a true Pokémon master trapping a huge number of creatures.

Set the game options first

If you still do not know, Pokémon Go is not a normal and current game and it is that to achieve our goal we will have to go out and move. Remaining seated on the sofa we will not be able to hunt any Pokémon or enjoy practically nothing of the game. The fact that we have to go out and move makes it necessary to configure the game options first.

If we press the Poké Ball on the map screen and then select the options in the upper right corner we can activate or deactivate music or sound effects, in addition we can also activate a battery saving mode That will help us greatly so that the new Nintendo game does not end the battery of our smartphone in the blink of an eye.

It all starts with hunting a Pokémon

After creating our profile to be able to play Pokémon Go and which you can customize from its hair to its clothing, we will have to go hunting for our first Pokémon. To hunt the popular creatures we will have to walk the streets, but Nintendo wanted to make it very easy for us to capture our first Pokémon and it is more than possible that you will find it in your own house.

In my case I found Bulbasaur in the bathroom of my house, although the difficult thing was not to find it but to hunt it. From this moment the other Pokémon will have to look for them outside and walk the streets to be able to boast of having captured the 150 creatures that are available.

How to hunt a Pokémon

Despite the fact that you have managed to locate the first Pokémon within a short distance from you and in a simple way, the others will not be so easy to find, much less hunt them. And it is that one of the biggest difficulties of Pokémon Go is to hunt down the popular Nintendo creatures. For it, When you are near a Pokémon, you must click on it and point it at it through the camera of our smartphone.

When you have aimed at it, a Poke Ball will appear for you to try to catch. Select it and wait for the circle that will appear around the Pokemon to turn green, at that moment you must shoot it increasing the chances of hunting it. Surely you will need several Poke Balls, but do not despair because if you aim and shoot well you will be able to catch it.

If everything goes according to plan, the Pokémon will be locked in the Poké Ball and will be saved in your Pokédex.

Check your Pokémon in the Pokédex

Like we have already said Every time you hunt a Pokémon, it will be saved in the Pokédex where you can see the different creatures you have been capturing and all the ones you still have to capture., although of them you will only be able to see the number that corresponds to it in the game.

If you have managed to see a Pokémon, but for whatever reason you were not able to hunt it, in the Pokédex you will see its silhouette, although you will not be able to consult any more information about it.

The Poképaradas, places full of objects

Pokémon Go without having a good amount of objects at our disposal would be much more complicated and therefore much more boring. The Poké Balls, the incense or the camera are objects that we will need to become a great Pokémon master.

All these objects can be obtained through the baptized as PokéStops and that we can find in a huge number of places in the real world, which you will see reflected on the map by blue symbols.

In order to explore these Poképaradas and know what objects we can find in them, we must go physically and then see what objects they offer us and also be able to collect them to use them in the future.

In the following image extracted from the game you will see everything that we have told you with much more accuracy.

Visit gyms to fight

The original Pokémon games offered us the possibility to enter our creatures and fight with them in the Gyms. These places are not lacking in Pokémon Go, although to visit them you must have reached at least level 5.

Gyms can be located on the map as they are marked by a distinctive icon and are controlled by user teams. If you find any empty you can assign one of your Pokémon and claim it for yourself.

As has happened in all the games of the saga created by Nintendo in these places you can Train your Pokémon and also if you find a gym of a rival team you can challenge them to decrease their level and increase yours. Of course, be careful with the gyms you visit because even if you think you are invincible, and despite the fact that the game has only been available for a day in the different application stores, there are already users with extraordinary levels and who can kill your Pokémon in the blink of an eye with what that entails.

When you enter combat, it will not be too difficult to handle yourself, but to avoid the attacks you will have to slide your finger from right to left across the screen. Of course, do not spend the combat dodging blows, since the only way to win the battle is to attack and hit your hits.

The Pokémon Go store is always available

From the main menu, any user can access the pokemon go store that is always open and available to buy a multitude of different objects that we may need at any time.

In it we can buy incense, Poké Balls, lucky eggs and a wide variety of objects, which as surely you are thinking have a price, ranging from 0.99 to 99.99 euros. Be very careful with the game store, because although it sells the most interesting objects such as a Poké Ball, which can help us capture a Pokémon, we can spend a huge amount of money without us being aware of it. Let's not forget that Nintendo's great business resides in this store, since the game is completely free to download, so the Japanese company will try to do everything possible throughout the game so that we visit the store, and acquire different objects , in a continuous way.

Pay close attention to your smartphone's battery

One of the things that we must watch the most when spending long periods of time playing and enjoying Pokémon Go is the battery of our smartphone, which unfortunately will descend at a frantic rate without us practically noticing it.

And it is that this Nintendo game consumes many resources of our device since it makes use of the screen, the processor, but also the camera continuously, as well as the location. These last two functionalities are two of the most energy consuming on any mobile device.

Pokémon Go, an addictive game whether you want it or not

I have to confess that I have never been a fan or even a fan of the different Pokémon games that have been launched on the market, but cwith this Pokémon Go I have been captivated from the first moment in which I installed it on my mobile device.

The way of playing is totally different from what we have been able to try and enjoy in other games, and that hunting Pokémon is something complicated and that it forces us to move from our house and our sofa is something interesting and positive. Of course, when you have walked streets and streets without finding a trace of a Pokémon that you have not caught, it can still be exasperating and also tiring.

My recommendation is that you try Pokémon Go right now because I think you will like it, whether or not you have ever immersed yourself in the Pokémon universe.

Have you already tried Pokémon Go and managed to catch a Pokémon?. Tell us about your experience in the game in the space reserved for the comments of this post or through one of the social networks in which we are present and in which I already warn you, I will upload a photo of my progress in Pokémon Go, which I hope will be quick and fruitful.