Nintendo Pokemon Go Plus - Not Machine Specific

My son was home from college last summer and started playing on Day One. He's such a die-hard, he attended the CHICAGO FEST. I first got my first Android on October 23, 2016 and downloaded this app. I was on a special diet and trying to increase my weight loss by walking, but even using my fitbit didn't prompt me to get outside. Walking is so boring! Playing Pokemon Go with the truly fabulous Plus helped me lose 85 lbs and reach Level 38 in just 9 months. I'm very competitive but also very social and I've made a lot of friends on my jaunts all around Milwaukee. The beauty of the Plus bracelet is that it will spin the Pokestops and throw a ball at every Pokemon while you are walking a Lucky Egg and evolving Pidgeys and hatching eggs. You can use the Plus while you walk briskly and you don't even have to look at your phone. I pull the bracelet tight and wrap it around my fingers so it fits in my palm. Every time it buzzes/vibrates, I just squeeze my fingers to press the button. For Pokemon, it flashes green and gives 2 staggered buzzes; for Pokestops, it flashes blue and gives a long/short buzz so you can feel which it is without even looking at the Plus. But since it only throws 1 Pokeball with no berries, if I really want that Eevee or Magicarp, I just throw an Ultra ball and Pinap Berry myself. You know how you want to play while someone is driving? (NEVER play with your phone while YOU are driving.) Even with lots of stoplights, you catch or spin maybe 20% successfully? Well, with the Plus, the rate increases to maybe 50% and it's safe to do because you're just pressing a button on your wrist without taking your eyes off the road. Yes, sometimes when I press the little icon on the screen, it won't sync with my phone immediately. If it keeps acting up, I close out the app, turn it on and try it again. If it still won't work, after about 4 tries, Niantic puts up a message asking if I want to go to its Troubleshooting screen. Now I've learned just to go into Settings, click on the Plus icon and press the button on the Plus. I've only experienced continued problems with syncing maybe a half dozen times. And it usually shuts off by itself every 45 minutes or so. But compare that with how many times the game itself crashes, reloads, freezes, or displays "no internet connectivity" or "network error." Now THAT'S annoying, it's so common. The Plus enhances your play so much. I visited my sister but forgot it so I purchased 3 more and had them sent to her house so she and her husband and I could all have one. Now I'm purchasing one for my son. How did I level up so quickly? I walk an average of 5 miles a day--I know most people don't have as much time--but I also max out on the special events like Water, Solstice, Fire & Ice, pink (Valentine's Day), Christmas--anything with double XP. I cruised through Level 37 in less than a week by taking advantage of the Anniversary/Fest specials with double XP, catching everything that spawned (obviously the Plus comes in handy here), incubating eggs (3x faster!) and churning evolving on Lucky Eggs. I've gotten to the point that I can time it to hatch as many as a dozen eggs for double XP. Yes, it's annoying to have to buy incubators but I didn't buy anything in the Shop till I needed more space in my Items and Pokemon storage bags. There's a park near me that has 8 pokestops and a gym which takes only about 5 minutes to walk around. I had to rev up to 1500 Items because I kept hitting the max...in the past few months, I had to delete hundreds of Pokeballs, Potions and, yes, even Revives! I introduce myself as a friendly Mystic and have made a lot of friends and learned a lot of tips from other players. There is no gym that I can't take down on my own and out of 9 Legendary Raids, I caught a Lugia and 3 Articunos! And a Shiny Magicarp!!

This is great for those of us without the ability to keep their smartphone in their pocket, however, if you're able to keep your smart phone with you all day, this isn't all that useful. If you're wanting to forgo the Pokemon go plus, enable Adventure Sync and set up your Google/apple/Samsung fitness app to sync the steps to your game. Niantic provides resources if you need help. So I've established that you can easily count steps on your phone without having to buy this but the Pokemon go plus offers one feature thats exclusive to the Pokemon go plus, PokeBall go plus, and unauthorized 3rd party devices (basically does the same thing but has some "cheats" built in) is that you can interact with the game by pressing the button when prompted with vibrations and colored lights. Most importantly you can catch Pokemon with this feature. The Pokemon catching feature seems to work like kind of a coin flip. You either catch it or it instantly runs away. This feature only used standard aka red PokeBalls. This rats through your balls FAST and may have you playing the game more than you like (trying to spin stops and complete research missions) or have you dumping money into the game every 2-3 days. The Pokemon go plus also allows you to spin pokestops without having to open your game. This is often not super optimal. I use it when I'm trying to catch massive groups of Pokemon from lures and incense. That's really all it's good for. You can spin a stop every 5 minutes but sometimes it could be 6-7 minutes before you get a buzz. With modern smart phones there's new versions of Bluetooth (some experimental) that don't play very nicely with this device. I use a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and also a OnePlus Nord n10. Both devices had issues staying connected and would drop after 40-60 minutes. It was meant to help me make sure my steps were counted while I worked, but it ended up being a big hassle. Most android devices do allow you to change what Bluetooth version protocol you're using in the developer settings, but this didn't really do anything for me. If you do care about the catching feature the 3rd party devices will basically "press" the button for you automatically. Tl;Dr don't buy this unless you care about the catching feature or you think it's cool. There's a reason Niantic hasn't made new ones and it's likely because they're more focused on Adventure Sync.

I love the Pokémon Go Plus. I clip mine to the underside of my watch. Getting the hang of the different colour lights flashing meaning did not take long at all. While riding public transit, my catch rate has increased significantly though many (about 50%) are not caught: “The Pokémon fled!”. It’s great for gathering items from PokéStops and stardust by catching Pokémons. Just press the button with the app running in the background: No need to try to aim for a tiny moving, possibly jumping creature with a small ball in a moving bus on a bumpy road. As already confirmed by many sources, the Pokémon Go Plus, with the app running in the background, tracks your steps for hatching eggs and kms walked with your Pokémon buddy to find candy. This works very well. The battery drain rate has gone down substantially since I’m able to ride and walk with the phone locked and the screen off. Of course, the bluetooth connection requires power though it’s a very good trade-off. If a Pokémon you have not caught yet appears, it seems you will be warned with a yellow light to give you a chance to open the app and play on the phone with razz berries and great or ultra balls though that has yet to happen for me. When I’ve gathered enough balls and other items, I’ll either go to a gym or to a park to find the more elusive Pokémons with a full bag.

Es perfecto para atrapar o girar pokeparadas cuando estás ocupado o sólo no quieres estar frente al teléfono. Se desconecta después de un rato pero ppor mientras te consigue varias cosas así que no hay quejas. También dicen que el catch rate es algo bajo, y es obvio porque sólo usa pokebolas rojas, pero en mi opinión sigue valiendo la pena.

Ich habe es verschenkt und es ist auf volle Begeisterung gestoßen! Macht Spaß und ist total leicht zu handhaben! Easy

I've bought a Go Plus before (and lost it, SHAME!) but I wanted to buy another because: It really helps with the grind of catching basic pokemon to evolve and therefore level-up with a lucky egg. With the Go Plus, you only ever spend one pokeball on any wild encounter. You have to keep your eyes peeled for an indication of a pokemon you haven't encountered before (and if you've been playing since launch and up until 2nd Gen is released, that's highly unlikely) but it really means that you won't waste balls on basic pokemon. Playing without the Plus, there's always the temptation to throw a few extra balls at what are really very common pokemon like pidgeys and rattatas. You might even throw a couple of great balls at a meowth that you don't really need. But the Go Plus makes catching pokemon more efficient. One ball, one chance. And who's to say whatever pokemon you encountered might not have fled after your first ball anyway? At first it was thought the catch-rate with the Plus was 50:50 but I don't think that's the case. But either way, once you get to a certain stage in the game, perhaps looking to progress from level 20 to 30 in order to see pokemon at their peak level in the wild, then it's a big help. The biggest issue is potentially missing pokemon you really want. But whilst there were tracking apps/maps available it wasn't difficult to set your destination where you knew a pokemon you wanted had spawned, catch every basic pokemon in between, get out the game at the destination and spend real effort catching the pokemon more important to you. It's a bit different now with a lot of trackers and maps no longer available but the Plus is also still useful if you cycle or run as a hobby and want to catch pokemon or spin stops without fuss. In fact, sitting in a restaurant or near a stop is now more sociable again as there's no need to keep your phone primed, you can just tap the button in your pocket or on your wrist. It also saves some battery because you're effectively playing the game without your phone screen on. I can't wholly recommend the Plus because you might miss rare pokemon. But it has a few benefits and if you're trying to level up quickly, it's a great tool.

ウォーキングの際ポケモンGETするのに便利です 説明書はそれほど親切な解説ではありません 説明に従えば迷うことなくスマホに接続できます 使用して3週間使った感想として スマホとの接続が切れやすい＆繋がりにくい場合は ボタンバッテリーの電力不足ですので早い目に交換して下さい 使用電池はCR2032 パナソニックがよいかと思います ☆接続しにくい場合の追記です☆ 1か月使ってみましたが接続が切れやすい時や接続しにくい場合は ポケモンGOの設定からGO＋を削除しスマホの設定からも削除 スマホの再起動 スマホとのペアリングの後ポケモンGOの設定し直してください ポケモン発見時やポケストップ発見時の振動パターンなど 使用していればスグに慣れて把握できると思います ポケモン発見→ブーーブーーブーー ポケストップ→ブブッブブッブブッ ポケモンゲット→ブーブーブーブーブー（つーかーまーえーたー） ポケモンが逃げた→ブッブッブッ（にげた！） ポケストップアイテムゲット→（4個ゲットなら）ブッブッブッブッ その他 1時間ごとに接続が切れますので要確認 GO+使用時のみ特殊アイテム（メタルコート等）取得率が上がります 赤玉のみ使用可能です 手動操作の方がポケモンGET率は上がりますが 逃げるモンスは手動でも逃げます TLにもよるので気にしない 充電式だったらよかったなぁと思います