If you are of the many Pokemon GO (Free) players waiting for the Pokemon GO Plus to release at the end of this month, I have some bad news for you. According to a tweet by Nintendo of America, Pokemon GO Plus will release September 2016 instead of the end of July, which is a bummer for many. If you don’t know what the Pokemon GO Plus is, it’s a small device that lets you play Pokemon GO while walking around without having to keep looking at your phone. The device connects to your phone via Bluetooth low energy and notifies you for any in-game events. For instance, it allows you to search a Pokestop for items by pressing the button and can even use the device to add those items to your inventory.
The #PokemonGO Plus accessory will now be released Sept 2016 instead of the originally expected end of July launch. https://t.co/QgjZf1aAV6
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 27, 2016
The device also notifies you when a Pokemon appears nearby. When one of those Pokemon pops up around you, the device vibrates and lights up. When it comes to actually capturing Pokemon, you can use the button on the device to throw a Poke ball – but only if you’ve caught that specific Pokemon before. If you manage to catch it, the device will flash and vibrate. So, as you can guess, Pokemon GO Plus will be a good way to play the game while both saving battery on your phone and avoiding getting run over. So, a bit more patience – which is a necessary virtue when it comes to playing Pokemon GO anyway.
Think I'd rather just play Chip's Challenge! What a game that was.
I really disagree with this review. Quell Zen should be rated 4.5 to 5 stars. This is really a great game. If you are looking for a MMO or first-person shooter, well, then this is probably not for you. If your are looking for a Zen experience, you will not be hypnotized by this. Instead this is a challenging puzzler. Maybe this was just not the type of game the reviewer enjoys.
The three issues I have with the review are the complaint that it looks like a muted flash game. I'm not sure exactly what a "muted" flash game is, but why would the technology behind a game reduce its rating. Especially when, as the reviewer stated, that he has had no problems with the game. Visually, I think it is very pleasing.
The second complaint is that it offers IAP. Why does this reduce the rating for a game when the IAP are not a requirement. They simply allow someone who is not very good at the game to have more help. I finished all the levels perfectly without any of the help. No, I don't think that any of the help features should have been baked into the game.
Finally, the reviewer complained that it needs more polish. I'm not sure what that complaint means. It is a very polished game. The graphics are very nice, the game menu and controls all work well, no crashes. What polish is missing?
I've enjoyed this game tremendously. It was a joy to play and challenging in a good way. I would give it 5 stars and a hearty recommendation to everyone.
100% agree. This is a great puzzler. Also this review sounds like this is the first Quell game. Actually this is the fourth installment for the Quell series and they all follow the same basic formula (not that Zen didn't introduce some new mechanics).
The absolutely optional iAPs for making the puzzles easier have been the same for every Quell game up until now too.
It's not too hard to finish levels, perfecting them (minimal moves) often is a challenge for your brain though and I don't know why the reviewer makes it sound like that would be a bad thing.
Last but not least, the review itself reads at least like a 4 star review, if not 4 1/2 (not finding a lot of "real" negatives). Rather sounds the reviewer looked for some forced negative points (like this muted flash bit) to justify his 3 1/2 stars.
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