Alolan Meowth is brilliantly haughty – the way cats can be, when they sit in judgement awaiting food when you’re still lying in bed. It’s one of my favourite Alolan designs – the tropical takes on popular Pokémon which were added to Pokémon Go around midnight last night.
And so, shortly after midnight last night, I was delighted to see a friend had just gotten an Alolan Meowth of his own. But not via a Twitter post or gloating Whatsapp message – I saw this via the new friends section within Pokémon Go itself, where we’d just finished adding each other.
Pokémon Go has always been a game about collecting things and over the past six months with the introduction of weather-based gameplay, quests and yet more Pokémon it has only gotten better. But Pokémon Go previously lacked a direct way to connect with everyone else out there playing, doing the same things – leaving its dedicated community blind without the aid of external services like Discord or IM.
Source: Eurogamer Two years on, Pokémon Go's new friend system refreshes the game