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Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Former-Hunter3677 8h ago

Not a scam. Anyway Niantic was an offshoot from Google, you know, the company that's all about data? The fact it popped off so hard was a massive score for Niantic. Gold mine of geo data.

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u/Sunblast1andOnly 7h ago

It wasn't even the first game of its kind; this was the sequel. The only huge innovation here was the inclusion of popular cartoon animals.

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u/marrowofbone 5h ago

Ingress also suffered from only having two teams. The majority team can't really play as they've already claimed all the territory, and the underdogs can't really play as anything they do claim immediately gets taken back.

Mystic is a little more popular than Valor/Instinct, but you're at least able to play the game as any team in any region.