Pokémon Unite has all the ballots to become a mass phenomenon and the developers have already given a release date for this game on Android and iOS. This date would be sooner than everyone thought.
Pokémon is a phenomenon that does not go out of style and it is thanks to the chameleon shape that the mythical video game saga has in adapting to users. Today’s big surprise was the announcement that Pokémon Unite will come to Android and iOS mobile devices.
This news has been very well received by users. Pokémon Unite has quite different mechanics to what we are used to in the Pokémon universe. The game is more like a MOBA than any other Pokémon game.
To date it was only available on the Nintendo Switch, where it has garnered good reviews thanks to its simplicity and being a free to play game. Of course, despite being free it has microtransactions within the game itself.
To encourage users to download the game, what Nintendo has done is to generate a series of rewards that will depend directly on the number of users who reserve it. These reservations, contrary to what one is used to, will not cost money.
In fact, reservations can be made directly from the app store of Android and of ios. The rewards are two in particular, if 2,500,000 reservations are obtained, the users who have made them will receive a Pikachu.
While, If the reserves are doubled to 5,000,000 million, users will receive a special costume with which they can dress Pikachu; the particular suit is called Pikachu Matsuri. In addition, all users who have a Nintendo Switch will be able to link the account.
The advantages of linking the Nintendo Switch account with the mobile device is that the progress made on both devices is shared. Thus, the user can have everything he does synchronized and not lose what he has achieved at any time.
Those of Pokémon has set the release date for Android and iOS on September 22. This means that in less than a month mobile phones can enjoy Pokemon Unite, it is most likely that it will become a mass phenomenon.