Pokemon GO Disables Trading
Niantic and The Pokemon Company released Pokemon GO back in 2016 and since then the game has been improved in many ways and more generations of Pokemon have been added. One such improvement made to the game since its launch is the trading feature, but Niantic has temporarily disabled the ability for players to exchange Pokemon.
Trading is an integral part of the Pokemon experience in nearly every title in the franchise and that's no different with the mobile Pokemon GO. Pokemon GO fans have been able to trade Pokemon with each other since last year, but Niantic has stated that a glitch associated with the feature has been causing issues that inspired the team to remove the ability for players to trade with each other while it investigates the problem. Niantic didn't specify what caused the removal of trading from Pokemon GO, but a recent Reddit post hints at a glitch that gives players an increased likelihood of getting Lucky Pokemon from trades.
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Reddit user AndKrem recently shared an image of Pokemon acquired through trading in Pokemon GO that were all Lucky Pokemon due to a glitch associated with Lucky Friends in the augmented reality game. According to AndKrem, they were able to acquire 100 Lucky Pokemon from exactly that many Pokemon GO trades. The accuracy of these numbers showed that AndKrem was able to ensure that each Pokemon GO trade resulted in one of the rarer Lucky Pokemon rather than a standard Pokemon.
While Niantic hasn't clarified what caused the removal of trading, many Pokemon GO fans are speculating that AndKrem's Reddit post was seen by developers before its removal. It's currently unclear when trading will return to Pokemon GO, but
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