Lured Up - A Pokémon GO Podcast

NOTE - Since recording, Gift bundles have been nerfed heavily, so you can ignore our analysis of gift contents! Trading and Friendship have landed in Pokémon GO, and I think we can all say that it has been developed and balanced perfectly! We dig in to the mechanics of the Friendship System, and how it influences trading, battling, and grinding. Alolan Eggs, Developer Insights, a fantastic Communi...

Are you sitting down? Since recording, a few big announcements have been made! Trading and Friendship is coming to the game THIS WEEK! Regice has also been announced as the next Legendary Boss! AAAAHHHHH... But we will cover all of that in Episode 37! As for this episode, we talk Community Day #6 and all the fun we had with Larvitar! Increased spawn and catch rates along with Pinap fever will be s...

The crew gets caught up with the latest from the World of Pokémon GO! We break down the Water Festival and all it has to offer. We peek at the 0.105.1 APK Teardown, and prepare for Smack Down and Community Day! GO Hub put together a fantastic article about the Gym Defense Meta, which Adam goes into detail covering. Shout out to Pope Dave who was originally scheduled to come on the show this week. ...

This Episode is hella late! We tried to hold out for the post Adventure Week news to drop and we were still 2 days short! Since recording Niantic has announced the return of the Water Festival and the Legendary Raid Boss Kyogre. Shiny Shellder and Kyogre are confirmed! We will be covering this event in detail on Episode 35, which we are recording tonight!!! On this episode, we break down the Pokem...

What we originally thought was going to be a slow news week turned into some fantastic conversation about game mechanics play style! Adventure Week is upon us and we are all hunting for Shiny Fossils. We recap the event including the Raid Boss shakeup, Bonuses, and sale boxes.  While we wait for a full 0.105.0 APK Teardown, we peek inside and talk Alolan Pokemon. As you heard in the bumper, Alolan...

We did it! Another Community Day is behind us and we have plenty to say about it! Shiny Charizard is by far the coolest Shiny released in Pokémon GO to date, and Niantic delivered with another fun Community Day Event. To add to the madness, they bring back Ho-Oh, but with this time with a Shiny variant! Can we take a nap yet? We also talk Adventure Week Field Research, get completely over hyped ab...

We have a packed show this week, including an interview with Doctor PoGO! We hear his experience chatting with John Hanke, and get an inside look at what it takes to be a TL40 x4! We also break down the GO Fest Ticket Sale, an APK Teardown of 0.103.2, what an AR world map could mean for the game and wrap up with a Latias Battle Party!  Also, Ken thought he was banned and had the worst day of his e...

At this point I feel that it would be impossible to say that we are having a slow news week!  We discuss our feelings on the Battle Showdown Event and how Melissa is never going to catch a Fighting Shiny. If there ever was a time to work on Gym Battles, now is the time!  We put our lab coats on and discuss the PokeScience behind item drops, which proved to be a VERY interesting and exciting topic....

We are VERY excited to welcome very special guest, Khylerr to the show! Adam came across Khylerr on YouTube and immediately fell in love with his content! We were excited to reach out and here is is! Make sure you check out his channel at the link below and don't forget to Subscribe! We also roundup the news including Earth Day rewards, a research rotation, John Hanke tells some guy on a plane eve...

EARTH DAY! We hope everyone was able to get outside and do some good for this Earth! We talk about the PoGO Earth Day Event, Avatar Item, and Rewards. With all the good that this community can bring, we also take a look to the spoofing community and the culture that it is spreading. Then we do a happy dance because Niantic Perma-Banned a bunch of them... We cover a ton of news tidbits including Pi...

Another Community Day is in the books and we are whooped! We discuss our experiences along with how we made out with Mareep and Shinies! This monthly event has proven itself to be one of the most exciting times to play Pokémon GO! Rumor has it that Charmander will star in the Community Day #5! We also discuss the Kanto Celebration, a teardown of the 0.99.2 APK, Our feelings on Brandon Tan (Melissa...

Now that we have had a week behind the wheel of the Research System, we take a deep dive into both Field and Special Research. From mundane and basic tasks to the hunt for Ditto, Research has created a new dynamic in everyday playing. We share are experiences with the system, including how certain research tasks can halt your entire flow! Have you caught your Mew yet? In addition to research we ta...

The game has officially been changed! This week brings us the release of the Research System and the Mythical Pokemon Mew! Ken and the crew try to contain their excitement to discuss their hot takes on the 0.97.2 Update and all that came along with it! Niantic shares some Developer Insights, and Shiny Mew was found in the network traffic! SO MUCH HYPE We also touch on Niantic’s April Fool’s Joke,...

The Lured Up Crew is back together in person!  Adam drove 6 hours from New Hampshire to New Jersey for Community Day! The three of us put in a solid 7 hour grind session hitting 6 Lugia raids and catching 22 Shiny Bulbasaur between us. We plopped a microphone on a table and discussed our take on Community Day #3. From Melissa freaking out over her lack of Shiny Bulbasaur, to Ken almost getting in...

THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING! Niantic throws off the entire community by announcing the return of Lugia! If that wasn't cool enough, the SHINY version is also in the game! We discuss our early experiences with the return of Lugia, and Melissa has good reason to do some bragging! Raid Bosses have been shook up, Unown invades SXSW, Venusaur gets Fury Plant, and 0.95.3 has been fully datamined. Adam get...

We are calling this week the calm before the storm. As we approach the exit of Rayquaza, we are able to take advantage of the windy perks earned from Legendary Week. We speculate on what could be next, and share our stories from our week of training. 0.93.4 began to roll out to users before being halted. EX Raids are still messed up... We peek into the upcoming AR Games that may affect the player...

The Community Day schedule may just be the best thing to happen to Pokémon GO. After doing in depth on Community Day #2 last week, we already have a date and info for #3! Bulbasaur will be our next featured Pokemon and it has the community divided. Party Hat Pikachu makes a return, New Avatar Items hit the Store, and we dive into why you should even care about Breakpoints (if you are a nerd). We w...

Thank you for checking out our first episode on our new feed!  We appreciate each and every one of our listeners in making the expansion of our channel possible! We go in depth on our Community Day #2 experiences, discuss the latest batch of discount boxes in the store, Kyogre and Groudon are back so we build out a Battle Party to help you take them on, and finally we speculate on what Gen 4 and t...