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Pokemon GO Fans Plan A Remote Raid If Niantic Limits Their Favorite Item

Shaun Cichacki

Published: Feb 23, 2023 11:24 am

Fans of the uber-popular Pokemon Go Articles | Attack of the Fanboy seem to be getting more and more fed up with Niantic every day. From the drastic over-monetization of specific tickets to the removal of features that fans love and live by, the magic slowly seems to be draining from this mobile collect-a-thon. The latest controversy seems to target those who don’t live in the bustling cities, rendering a key feature of the game almost moot with a dramatic and silly change.

Why Is Niantic Thinking Of Limiting Remote Raid Pass Uses?

So @PokemonGoApp has updated the text of remote raid passes to indicate that we are soon to be limited to the amount of Remote Raids we can do in a single day

This is going to seriously impact how a lot of people play the game.

I think this is a very bad idea. pic.twitter.com/7MoxXQ11t2
— Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) February 20, 2023

Brought to life on February 20, 2023, by Twitter user @JoeMerrik, the text for the Remote Raid Pass was updated to the following:

Pass to join a Raid Battle remotely. You can join {0} Raids a day.

This seems to signal that Remote Raid Passes will begin being limited to a few uses a day, rather than the unlimited uses that Trainers are currently used to. Since these items cost real money or the use of PokeCoins, it seems that Niantic is shooting itself in the foot with this decision.

As a rural Pokemon GO player, Remote Raids are some of the only times that I can personally attend Raids with friends, unless I want to travel an hour or more, depending on the location of that particular battle. There are plenty of players that depend on Remote Raid Passes to enjoy the secondary battle aspect of Pokemon GO, and they are not happy.

In case Niantic goes through with their Remote Raid Pass changes, this is how we can react as a community and show we aren't ok with their greediness. Join the cause and save money!
byu/Moumantai inpokemongo

Reddit user u/Moumantai wants to lead the charge, with a boycott of purchases in the game. No Remote Raid Passes, no boxes, nothing at all. Hoping that this will help Niantic realize that players are not happy with the choice to change this fundamental factor for a large portion of their audience.

Will this be a success? It’s hard to say, but the community can only hope that Niantic realizes the mistake that they are making by limiting a paid item to a certain number of uses per day before this leads to a large portion of their fanbase leaving a title they hold so dear to them.

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Author

Shaun Cichacki

As a fan of RPGs, Action & Retro titles, Shaun has been gaming since he was a young boy. Alongside an affection towards Metal Gear Solid, you can find him jumping into anything new and exciting. As a newer writer, Shaun has been working in the Games field for just over 1 year in total and is continuing to learn and grow with experience.