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In July, Pokemon Gowas finally released

People celebrated achildhood favorite

come to life

As well as thedawn of widely

available ARGaming

But the problemssoon emerged

Some lamented theabsence of a social

networking function

But that's not really aproblem. Niantic just

hasn't gotten around tocreating it... yet.

The bigger problemscame with a buggyPokemon tracking

system

A glitch renderedan important in-

game function nearuseless.

Naturally, thirdParty apps

sprung up to fillthe void.

But a recent in-gameupdate apparently

penalized these apps,and forced them

offline

However, the sameupdate seemed to shut

down the nativetracking feature for

good.

The update alsoaltered Pokémonbehavior, making

their capture moredifficult.

Many fans of the gamefeel these issues have

made Pokémon Go lessenjoyable.

What do you think? Didthe game launch too

quickly? Or are these justgrowing pains of early

AR?