History YMMV / PokemonGo

** One of Cliff's pre-battle lines is "Add me to your list of weaknesses". In context, it's a reference to the game's ElementalRockPaperScissors, but out of context, it sounds a ''lot'' like a cheesy pick-up line.

*** Early in the game's lifespan, one could expect to see [[MightyGlacier Lapras and Dragonite]] as these were the most durable powerhouses that can be obtained in the game whose CP can easily be pushed into the 2000s at levels where most others max out around 1700-1800.

** When it comes to attacking Gyms instead, players have a habit of building up Golem, Rhyperior, and Machamp, all of which have utility against several of the more frustrating gym defenders (Rhyperior and Machamp in particular are two of the best choices for taking down the aforementioned Blissey, due to access to Fighting moves and high offensive stats).

* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/PokemonGo Too many to have its own page]].

* TierInducedScrappy: [[TierInducedScrappy/PokemonGo Has its own page]].

** In late March of 2023, Niantic announced that remote raiding would be heavily nerfed in favor of in person raiding. The price of Remote Raid Passes was nearly doubled and remote raiders would be limited to 5 remote raids a day. Raiding in person would reward the player XL candy of the Pokémon they fought plus even more XL candy if they caught it. Niantic states that the changes were made in order to bring the game's focus back on local communities instead of having everyone raiding remotely as a "shortcut" and not interacting with people. The changes caused a ''major'' stink among both local raiders and remote raiders; local raiders were upset that they won't be able to get remote raiders for extra assistance due to remote raiders likely [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just giving up on the game entirely]] over the changes. Remote raiders were upset over both the remote raid limits and the price increase, which meant it got more expensive to do remote raids and limits their ability to do a lot of raids for shiny hunting and the like.

** A December 2019 update brought a revamp of the Buddy system which now forces players to "play" with their buddy using the augmented reality system with your phone's camera (discharging your phone's battery even faster), where you have to feed a handful of berries to earn a limited window of time to walk around and earn candies, among other benefits. Before, players could at least enjoy walking around with the game inactive to help earn candies from walking while they're busy at work or what-have-you. Now, you have to waste ''more'' time and battery charge to open a limited window of time to earn more candy, while using up more berries in the process. ''Not'' using the augmented reality feature is not an option: the only small mercy is you can use Quick Treat or disable AR+ to make the augmented reality bare-bones in order to speed up the process, but even still...

** In late March of 2023, Niantic announced that remote raiding would be heavily nerfed in favor of in person raiding. The price of Remote Raid Passes was nearly doubled and remote raiders would be limited to 5 remote raids a day. Raiding in person would reward the player XL candy of the Pokémon they fought plus even more XL candy if they caught it. Niantic states that the changes were made in order to bring the game's focus back on local communities instead of having everyone raiding remotely as a "shortcut" and not interacting with people. The changes caused a ''major'' stink among both local raiders and remote raiders; local raiders were upset that they won't be able to get remote raiders for extra assistance due remote raiders likely [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just giving up on the game entirely]] over the changes. Remote raiders were upset over both the remote raid limits and the price increase, which meant it got more expensive to do remote raids and limits their ability to do a lot of raids for shiny hunting and the like.

** The trading system introduced in June 2018. Unlike the mainline Pokémon games, you can't just transfer Pokémon freely and call it a day- you and your partner now have to pay Stardust based on if the Pokémon you're trading for is already in your PokéDex, if it isn't, and if it's Legendary, Purified/Shadow (the difference between the two being that Shadow Pokémon cannot be traded at all) or Mythical (the last of which cannot be traded for at all except for Meltan and Melmetal). It also puts a one-day limit on so-called "Special Trades" for Legendaries and Pokémon not in your Pokédex, limiting them to just one a day. Lastly, rather than keeping the stats of your Mon the same, it now randomizes their stats; if you're lucky you could get a much better Pokémon than the one you traded (and if the game feels like it, your pokémon may indeed be tagged as lucky, which halves the stardust powerup cost), and/or viceversa, however there's also the unfortunate chance of lowering the CP and IV's of the Pokémon being traded, completely invalidating their usefulness (if any) in battling.

*** Go to the closest Gym. There is about a 95% chance that it will have one of the Eeveelutions at it, particularly Vaporeon and Flareon. This is due to the fact that they are much easier to get then other usable mons and have quite high CP.[[note]]Eevee only costs 25 candies to evolve, as opposed to the standard 50, and Flareon and Vaporeon were on par with ''Gyarados'' in terms of potential CP. Jolteon is lower down the chain, being slightly better than a Pidgeot.[[/note]] The 0.31.0 alleviated this somewhat by {{Nerf}}ing the Eeveelutions to a degree (especially the formerly dominant [[LightningBruiser Vaporeon]]), but their power and ease of access still makes them popular choices. Glaceon has also become a popular pick since it was added thanks to its good stats and Dragon-slaying Ice typing.

** All-in-One #151, the special research offered as a bonus for Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto is probably the worst offender yet. Described as a longer-term research to take a while to complete, it immediately sets you off on the right foot by having one of the first objectives to be to catch all 151 original Pokémon, including all of the legendaries, Pokémon that appear rarely outside of raids such as Kangaschan and Aerodactyl, and the aforementioned Mew. The next stage involves catching one Pokémon a day for 30 days, asking the player to play once a day for an entire month to progress. The final stage before the rewards-only stage includes the bonkers "Complete 151 Field Research tasks", which (generously assuming the player regularly spins four Pokéstops a day) could take even longer than a month to complete.

** In December, [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Delibird]], a Pokémon otherwise dormant through the entire rest of the year, spawn en mase. Delibird can be a pain in an ass for many players to catch and can easily cause a GameOver for the player, requiring finding another one.

** Kecleon, due to being the one Hoenn mon to take ages to be released into the game, long after Gen 6 was announced. To put things in perspective, the first Gen 3 Pokémon were added in December 2017. Kecleon didn't debut in the game until January ''2023'', by which point even several Gen 8 Pokémon had been added to the game.

** Even just after the game's launch and there are already reports of [[{{Jerkass}} players who take the game]] ''[[{{Jerkass}} way]]'' [[{{Jerkass}} too seriously, camping out at Gym locations and even being verbally abusive towards others players who try and beat the Gym they've claimed]], as well as players who take their friends being on other teams too seriously and will post memes biasing for or against a particular team just to rile them up. There have even been reports of players ''grabbing'' other player's cell phones out of their hands because they were about to [[SeriousBusiness catch a rare Pokémon in the area that they, themselves, wanted]] ([[GuideDangIt not knowing]] that Pokémon spawns aren't limited to a single player, they are available until they despawn naturally and as many players can catch the same spawn as is needed). Needless to day, these jerks might as well be on Team Rocket or UAA.
** For the most part, the various memes bashing other Teams often seem to be shared [[VitriolicBestBuds between friends]] as a gesture of friendly TrashTalk, so it shouldn't be taken ''too'' seriously.
** One may encounter people, or groups of people, who "claim ownership" to Gyms or areas of Gyms, and may get personal when the Gym they're currently occupying is under attack and they haven't hit the threshold for max coins of the day, even if they're only losing out on a few coins. It's also likely those people have alt-accounts in other factions for the express purpose of getting their 'mons out once that time threshold is reached. Somehow the idea of simply re-conquering the Gym is lost to them...

** Kecleon, due to being the one Hoenn mon to take ages to be released into the game, long after Gen 6 was announced. To put things in perspective, the first Gen 3 Pokémon were added in December 2017. Kecleon didn't debut in the game until January ''2022'', by which point even several Gen 8 Pokémon had been added to the game.

** Kecleon, due to being the one Hoenn mon to take ages to be released into the game, long after Gen 6 was announced.

** Costumed and variant Pokémon starting from mid 2019. Unlike previously-released Pikachu variants and Flower Crown Eevee, these Pokémon in costumes or with special limited-edition hats/appearances are barred from evolution whatsoever due to their associated evolutions not existing in the game. They are typically unable to amass a CP in the thousands and if they can with enough candies and Stardust, you're better off spending the power-ups on an evolution of that Pokémon instead of the costumed variant.

** Unlike Giovanni, the appearances of Jessie and James are pretty much unchanged from their ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Anime]]'' counterparts - their relatively oversized heads and eyes look very out-of-place in a game that uses a more realistic art style.

** The Kanto-themed event that occurred from April 10th to April 17th not only turned the usual ComMons into rare finds, but drastically increased the encounter rate of Kanto's lesser to almost non-available but harder to catch Mons, including the Starter trio and Pikachu.

*** The February 10/11 2018 raids didn't have any criteria at all for selection, resulting in invitations to gyms merely ''visited'' at least once, many of which are located abroad for some people, or even ''overseas''.
*** The March 9/10 2018 raids seemed pretty normal, aside from the invitations coming two weeks in advance. Come March 8, and a new wave of invitations were sent out, ''also'' for March 10. Many players were invited for both. Unfortunately for some, both raids they were invited to were scheduled ''at the exact same time'', meaning they had to choose one or the other, or, if the gyms were sufficiently close to each other, run to the next after completing the first raid.

*** The February 10/11 raids didn't have any criteria at all for selection, resulting in invitations to gyms merely ''visited'' at least once, many of which are located abroad for some people, or even ''overseas''.
*** The March 9/10 raids seemed pretty normal, aside from the invitations coming two weeks in advance. Come March 8, and a new wave of invitations were sent out, ''also'' for March 10. Many players were invited for both. Unfortunately for some, both raids they were invited to were scheduled ''at the exact same time'', meaning they had to choose one or the other, or, if the gyms were sufficiently close to each other, run to the next after completing the first raid.

** Speaking of the Leaders, the [[FanPreferredCouple fans have decided]] they like the idea of [[LesYay Blanche]] [[FoeYayShipping and Candela]] [[BifauxnenAndLadette hooking up]], as well as [[HoYay Spark and the default male player character]]. Really, the fact the Leaders, player characters, and even [[HotScientist Prof. Willow]] are all quite athletic and good looking is a real draw for the gay crowd.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MO0C8Hhs3M File 08: UB-05 GLUTTON | REEMERGENCE]] is another Guzzlord "recording" made right before its official release in ''Pokémon GO'', and it's even worse than the previous one. A Guzzlord partially emerges from an Ultra Wormhole on top of a Japanese carnival trying to grab whatever it could eat, leaving nothing but freaked out passerby scrambling to escape in its wake. When it emerges fully from the wormhole, it pounces towards the person recording it and seemingly squashes them flat point-blank before the video cuts off.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr966xaQywg One of the advertisements]] for the ''Go Fest 2022 Finale'' on the 27th of July in the same year. It shows five "recordings" of Ultra Beast activities in Tokyo, Berlin, Seattle and Sapporo, and they're made in the style of classic alien/cryptid sighting videos. The first two, featuring a woman sighting a Nihilego and a Pheromosa dashing across the streets of Berlin are scary enough because of their fuzzy quality. However, the ones after these are just terrifying. The third recording has a man recording a Buzzwole standing on top of the Space Needle, flexing its muscles before another Buzzwole jumps right in front of the man and attacks him, with the man shouting ''[[OhCrap "WHAT IS THAT THING MAN!?"]]'' before the recording cuts off. The fourth one has an office building in Sapporo suffering from a power outage... which turns out to be a Xurkitree who latched itself right next to the building, and doesn't even hesitate attacking the man recording it. Finally, we're back to the Nihilego again and when the woman recording the Nihilego tries to touch it, it almost manages to approach her [[note]][[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon If the mainline games are of any indication]], given what Nihilego [[PuppeteerParasite does to anyone it contacts]], the possibility isn't pleasant[[/note]] before it flies up, and there's now a ''whole swarm'' of Nihilego.