Future Pokemon Go features include more Pokemon, customizable PokeStops and trading

Don’t worry. You did not miss a chance to capture any special or legendary Pokemon by not attending the Pokemon Go presentation on Sunday at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Turns out not even the top executive of the company that developed the game has that power.

“If I could summon a Pokemon for you, I would,” said Niantic CEO John Hanke when an audience member asked if there were any chance players would receive covetable rare Pokemon for attending the event.

That said, Comic-Con’s decision to upgrade the Pokemon Go panel to Hall H was warranted — the room was packed with fans who speckled the darkened room with light from their cellphone screens as they played the mobile game throughout the presentation.

Officially titled “Re-imagining Reality: Bringing Games Into the Real World With Ingress and Pokemon Go,” this event marked the first occasion where a video game headlined a presentation in the convention center’s hallowed Hall H.

As can be expected when any size group of Pokemon Go aficionados is assembled, the team rivalries were played up as the room cheered and booed for Teams Mystic or Valor.

And while Team Instinct may often be the butt of the joke on the Internet, turns out the yellow team can claim a VIP as one of their own — Hanke himself is a member of the team.

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During the presentation, Hanke discussed his affinity for augmented reality games over virtual reality — the appeal being, of course, that AR games encourage players to get up and explore the world around them. And a majority of attendees answered in the affirmative when asked if playing Pokemon Go created opportunities for actual human interaction with other players in addition to physical exercise.

What fans did get for attending the Pokemon Go panel was a first look at the art of the various team leaders — Blanche, Candela and Spark — whom players have seen only as silhouettes when prompted to select a team.

Additionally, Hanke confirmed that the rumored method to control Eevee’s evolution is true — and that there are other Easter eggs yet to be discovered within the game.

Hanke also teased what players can expect from the game in the future: Rare Pokemon are on the way; the Legendary Bird Pokemon associated with your team will be significant in some way; ways to further customize PokeStops (such as having items allow players to turn the stops into PokeCenters to heal Pokemon) are being considered, and trading is coming.

Of course, other priorities for the developers include bulking up the servers, rolling out the game to all the markets and fixing known issues such as the three-step bug.

Hanke also took note of addition features that fans expressed interest in during the presentation — namely, breeding and making it harder for other players to poach gyms.

The Niantic chief’s advice for all Pokemon Go players?

“Always spin.”

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