Pokémon Go: One year later reviewWith a more inclusive Gym system and Raid Battles that bring the community together, Pokémon Go is setting the stage for its second year. But how can it hope to match the success of its first?
Pokémon Go hit the world like a Solar Beam. Or a Hyper Beam. Some kind of powerfully explosive beam. Those who were familiar with the classic franchise and the cutting-edge technology knew it was going to be big. No one knew how big. Server-crushing, street-flooding, industry-redefining, culture-shaping big.
A year later and we've seen the developer, Niantic, mostly get a handle on the servers. Mostly. We've also seen the initial tsunami of players coalesce into a lower, if steadier wave. We've seen Gen 2 launch. And, just last month, we saw the biggest update in the brief history of the game — an all-new Gym system and Battle Raids. Literal game-changers both.
But are they the next chapters in the Pokémon Go saga and ones that will re-ignite interest and growth fr...
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Pokémon Go: One year later review
