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Niantic has announced that its planned events for Pokémon Go Safari, scheduled for August 5 in Copenhagen and Prague, will be postponed. The Stockholm and Amsterdam events which were planned for August 12 will also be postponed for now. This move comes despite promises that all future events would continue as planned. The Japanese Pokémon event in August will, however, be going ahead, as will the September events in Germany and France. Which is something to look forward to. I guess.
Niantic has explained that it’s postponing the events so it can deliver the best possible gameplay experience to users.
‘In order to guarantee the best possible gameplay experience for European Trainers, we have decided to postpone the events in Europe scheduled for August 5 (Copenhagen and Prague) and August 12 (Stockholm and Amsterdam) until a date later in the Fall.No other scheduled events are affected including the event scheduled for Yokohama, Japan on August 14 and the events scheduled for September 16 in France, Spain, and Germany.We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you understand that our priority is to ensure a great experience for Pokémon GO Trainers in Europe and around the world. Trainers that might have questions regarding the Safari Zone events should visit the help center’.
To make up for crushing the dreams of the hopeful participants, Niantic says that Pokémon ‘rarely seen in Europe’ will be appearing in select cities ‘for a brief time’. Hopefully these Pokémon will be spaced out so as not to overload any local network providers.
Niantic’s Pokémon Go Fest a couple of weeks ago in Chicago went extremely well, by which I mean it went terrifically badly, with many users unable to access the app due to network congestion and server issues. The fallout from this event result in Niantic refunding the ticket costs for everyone who attended and giving the attendees $100 in PokéCoins. Some attendees feel this didn’t go far enough and they are in the process of filing a suit against Niantic.
