Pokmon Unite release date announced for iOS, Android but you can
pre-register now

Date:
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:15:59 +0000

Description:
Pokmon Unite phone game is launching on iOS and Android on September 22, bringing MOBA combat to the Pokemon world.

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The Pokmon Unite release date has been revealed: the free-to-play mobile battle arena (MOBA) set in Nintendos world of battling monsters is coming to smartphones on Wednesday, September 22.

Pokmon Unite launched on the Nintendo Switch in July, and the September release window for mobile was announced a while ago via the official Pokmon Unite Twitter account, but we didnt have a date until now. The game will be coming to both iOS and Android on September 22. #PokemonUNITE is coming to mobile on September 22!Pre-register for special rewards! pic.twitter.com/r671Bs31el August 18, 2021 See more

As the tweet notes, eager players can pre-register on the iOS App Store and Android Play Store to get some exclusive extras and given how intense the microtransactions are in the game, any head-start is helpful. If there are enough pre-registrations, players will get to play as Pikachu and get a bonus costume (called Holowear) for free, per an official blog post .

The game will offer cross-play between Nintendo Switch and mobile players,
and linking your Nintendo account between the console and smartphone versions will allow for cross-progression to carry over unlocked Pokmon, cosmetics, items, and currencies. Analysis: Pokmon finally joins the smartphone MOBA fight

It makes a lot of sense that the Pokmon juggernaut would venture into MOBAs next, especially on smartphones. Niantics AR game Pokmon Go has amassed two million downloads and continues to rake in revenue, making $52 million in
July alone, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower . Why not open up
another door to making Pokmillions?

Nintendo Switch players have already experienced the polish of Pokmon Unite, which shouldnt be surprising: the game was created in partnership with Tencents TiMi Studio Group, which made the first-person shooter Call of Duty: Mobile and the MOBA Honor of Kings (along with its international version
Arena of Valor), which has topped the mobile gaming revenue charts since they were released years ago (Honor of Kings made $231.2 million in July, per a Sensor Tower report).

Thus, wed expect players to flock to Pokmon Unite when it lands on
smartphones on September 22 given its free and from such a huge franchise. Theres still the question of how theyll feel about the microtransactions in the game, which has divided the fanbase and critics.

While some players have shrugged off microtransactions as intractable for the mobile MOBA genre, others have pointed out that Pokmon Unite diverges from
the norm in giving players an in-game advantage by spending real-world money, per Polygon , and a Reddit post by u/SpeedRacing1 laid out exactly how item upgrade costs start getting so prohibitive that players may feel the need to spend real money to remain competitive.

A YouTube video with 1.7M views of Twitch streamer moistcr1tikal showed exactly how packing three pay-boosted items can let a player snowball into dominating other teams. Of course, moistcr1tikal exhibited skillful MOBA play anyway, aligning with pushback from media outlets like The Gamer that Pokemon Unite's microtransaction advantages would likely be limited to high-level competition, where skill is more important than items. Alternately, the Washington Post found that teamwork was more important than individuals supercharged with upgraded items but a team of players with boosted
equipment would have an indisputable advantage.

Regardless, the free-to-play nature of the game will surely appeal to players young and old who have kept the long-running Pokmon franchise alive for Nintendo and its partners.

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