Touch Arcade reports that it is now looking more and more likely that some of the most popular fan-requested new features for Pokémon Go will be arriving this summer, including Legendary Pokémon and player vs. player battles.
The news comes via a translated interview with Mathieu de Fayet, vice president of Strategic Partnerships at Niantic. In the interview, De Fayet said that Niantic had learned from its experience with its previous game, Ingress, the game that Pokémon Go was based on, that it is important for a game to enable social interaction between players. With this in mind, De Fayet said that Niantic is looking to enhance team choice and introduce player vs. player battles. He also said that Legendary Pokémon will be coming to the game very soon. This was also previously hinted at by Niantic when it earlier refered to a “Legendary summer.” Will it be enough to create a second summer of Pokémon fever? Niantic is hoping so, and will surely do all it can to achieve that over the coming weeks.
Source: 'Pokemon GO' Legendary Pokemon and Player Battles Probably Coming this Summer
