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Pokemon GO update’s controversial Appraisals rolling out now

Are you still playing Pokémon Go? Basically, by pressing the appraisal button while looking at a captured Pokémon, players can get feedback that indicates how that particular Pokémon’s stats compare to others of its species.

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Additionally, Axiom revealed that Pokemon GO engagement has dropped by more than 50 percent, and searches for “augmented reality” have declined significantly since Pokemon GO first launched.

Pokemon Go was recently released in the Asian market and is still number one mobile game in Singapore. The game is available to download for free on the iTunes App Store and Google Play.

If analysts from Axiom Captial Management are to be believed, augmented reality title Pokémon Go has seen a sharp decline in daily users – over 15 million in a month, to be precise.

Pokemon Go might be losing some of its luster. The chart only shows daily user numbers up until August 18th, and going off projections, the number of daily users should be even lower now.

The above suggests that the feature is only for players level five or above, as that is around the level that players can join one of the game’s three teams.

Bloomberg, which saw the raw data, reported that other major apps such as Instagram, Tinder and Snapchat “can breathe a sigh of relief” now that Pokemania is finally calming. That roughly a third of the peak daily players the game experienced in mid July.

Some of the players who were banned from the game made use of software that show fake Global Positioning System locations, thereby allowing them to be at different places quickly and without needing to go out and exert effort in capturing Pokemon for their collection.

In addition to the Pokemon appraisal feature, this update will also include “minor bot fixes”.

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Pokemon Go is a mobile game which is compatible with smartphones running iOS or Android. The developer is actively working on new features, such as a new tracker tool, as well as introducing Trainer Tips to help players better judge the quality of the Pokemon they’re catching.

Data suggest that the once ultra-popular mobile game'Pokemon Go is already on decline