Niantic lacked ‘awareness’ about Pokémon Go radius bug, says it was never intentional

Niantic is back in hot water in the Pokémon Go community after reversing a boost that let players interact with Pokémon at an increased distance. The developers noted that this change was an unintended bug and is claiming that the messaging lacked “awareness” when responding to questions about the decision. 

When the radius increase first started going live in Pokémon Go version 0.275.0, most players did think it was a bug that would eventually be patched out—calling it too good to be true based on Niantic’s recent track record of unpopular content decisions. Not long after that, however, some community influencers began saying representatives from the Niantic confirmed this was actually an intended change. 

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