{"id":66043,"date":"2018-11-30T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/11\/it_looks_like_pokemon_go_is_finally_about_to_get_player_vs_player_battles"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:45:00","slug":"it-looks-like-pokemon-go-is-finally-about-to-get-player-vs-player-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/30\/it-looks-like-pokemon-go-is-finally-about-to-get-player-vs-player-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"It Looks Like Pok\u00e9mon GO Is Finally About To Get Player vs Player Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/803280f19c126\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/803280f19c126\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Pokgo Cropped\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/803280f19c126\/pokgo-cropped.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/803280f19c126\/pokgo-cropped.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokgo Cropped\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One of the most heavily requested features for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a> looks set to finally arrive in the game, as developer Niantic teases the feature on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the app first launched back in 2016, fans have been hoping to see player trades and battles find their way to the game for that authentic Pok\u00e9mon experience. Trading was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/pokemon_go_lfriendsr_and_trading_services_are_now_live\">introduced earlier this summer<\/a>, securing one of the two nicely, and battling was then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/niantic_hopes_to_have_player_vs_player_battles_in_pokemon_go_by_the_end_of_the_year\">promised<\/a> to arrive at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see for yourself below, it certainly seems like that magical day is just around the corner. Things started with this first tweet earlier today.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hmm&#8230;what\u2019s this? \ud83d\udd0d\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EyCRUeVINd\">pic.twitter.com\/EyCRUeVINd<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon GO (@PokemonGoApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonGoApp\/status\/1068489886318174208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>From there, new tweets have followed to reveal the mystery. Each tweet has arrived on the hour every hour, so we might get treated to some more information as the day goes on.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ud83e\udd28 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRkqcA6U2O\">pic.twitter.com\/QRkqcA6U2O<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon GO (@PokemonGoApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonGoApp\/status\/1068505004569489410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\u2757\ud83d\ude2e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Zg5PvNUv6\">pic.twitter.com\/2Zg5PvNUv6<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon GO (@PokemonGoApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonGoApp\/status\/1068520102591516674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Since this article went live, another tweet was posted to confirm that our suspicions were true.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get prepared&#8230; Trainer Battles are coming soon to Pok\u00e9mon GO\u2757 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOBattle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOBattle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AUWyhNGlT7\">pic.twitter.com\/AUWyhNGlT7<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon GO (@PokemonGoApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonGoApp\/status\/1068535237368602624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Are you ready to battle your friends in Pok\u00e9mon GO?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most heavily requested features for Pok\u00e9mon GO looks set to finally arrive in the game, as developer Niantic teases the feature on social media. 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