With Ditto comes the prospect of pokémon breeding…

Data miners have found references to new pokémon not officially part of Pokémon GO, as well as Ultra Balls and Max Potions.

Some of the more technically-minded pokéfans have been trawling through the computer code behind Pokémon GO and they seem to have found evidence of several new features.

Data-mining, as it’s called, is common with console and PC games and often turns up references to characters and elements the developer intends to add in later. Although there’s no guarantee they’ll actually get round to it.

PSIFlash on Reddit has discovered references to Mew and Mewtwo in Pokémon GO, which have always been assumed to be in the game (Mewtwo is in the CGI trailer) even though no-one’s caught them yet.




The same goes for Ditto, who started off as a fairly ordinary pokémon but gained unexpected importance in later games when it was found he could breed with almost any other pokémon – even genderless ones. But since breeding isn’t yet a part of Pokémon GO it’s assumed that’s why Ditto hasn’t turned up yet.

Mewtwo and Mew are referred to as legendary pokémon and are very difficult to catch in the regular Pokémon games (Mew can usually only be gained via special Nintendo promotions).

Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are legendries too, and so the big question is when they’re going to be activated and what you’ll have to do to catch them.

Some have speculated that there’ll only be one spot in each country to catch them, which is similar to how things worked in the Game Boy games. But the data-mining doesn’t reveal anything about that.

What it does show though are plans to add items such as Master Balls, Ultra Balls, Max Revives, Max Potions, X Attack, and X Defense. All are items from the regular games, with the ‘X’ potions giving a temporary stat boost to your pokémon.

There also seems to be evidence for new moves for existing pokémon, such as Blastoise. Which again seems logical and exactly the sort of thing you’d expect.

Game developer Niantic has said their plan in the future is to update the game bi-weekly. But they’re unlikely to introduce any major new features until the game’s connections problems are sorted in America and it launches in the rest of the world.

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