From what we can tell so far, it seems like random encounters are mostly, if not totally, gone. The Direct showed a variety of Pokemon roaming the overworld, much like in the Let's Go games. You ...

Cast your mind, if you will, to the distant era of 1998. This was the year that Pocket Monsters finally landed on western shores, and you took the reins of a plucky young trainer for the very first ...

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As you battle your way through the GO Battle League, you’ll be rewarded with bonuses and Pokemon encounters along the way. The World of Wonders season in Pokemon GO brings you some new Pokemon ...

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is all about those tabletop RPG vibes, but the random encounters will take you straight back to Pokemon Red and Blue - if you want them to, anyway. The travels you'll undertake ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

It looks like Team GO Rocket is causing problems for Pokemon GO's developer Niantic as it is forced to disable encounters with the evil team. A little over a month after legendary Pokemon were fleeing ...

Among the many exciting additions to Pokémon X&Y - like the ability to walk diagonally, worr - are aerial battles and encounters with hordes of wild pokémon. Gamefreak revealed the new systems at a ...

Battle Trainers Catching Pokemon Catch the same ‘mon over and over for bonus multipliers Catch ‘mon with blue or red auras for a bonus Aim for Nice, Great, and Excellent throws Pokemon Let’s Go brings ...

Random encounters are some of the most frequently employed features in recent video games. These encounters — which occur at arbitrary points when exploring the game world — have their roots in early ...

Nintendo, Game Freak, and The Pokémon Company held a Pokémon Direct for Pokémon Sword and Shield this morning, and a bunch of new information - including that vital piece of the puzzle, the release ...