- Pokémon Go finally started rolling out the Pokémon trading feature on Thursday.
- The bad news is that you have to be level 40, the game's max level, to take advantage of the new features.
- The good news is that Niantic, the game's developer, has a history of making new features available to small groups first, so as not to overload the servers. That means it probably won't be long until trading is ready for everyone.
- Still, players are frustrated: Niantic first promised these features in 2016, and being so close and yet so far is taking its toll.
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Pokémon trading has finally come to Pokémon Go — but there's a huge catch, and players are frustrated (NTDOY)
The good news is that Pokémon trading has finally come to Pokémon Go. The bad news: You have to be level 40 — at least for now.
The good news is that, as promised, Pokémon Go rolled out a new set of social features on Thursday that finally bring the ability to trade Pokémon with your friends, among other perks.
The bad news is that, at least at launch, the feature is available only for players at the game's maximum level of 40.
For context, I've been playing every single day since the game came out in July 2016, and I'm level 32.
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On its customer support page, Pokémon Go's developer, Niantic, says that this is a temporary situation and that it will be slowly easing people into the feature, though it didn't give a timetable.
Niantic has a history of this kind of thing. New features, like 20-player raid battles, have rolled out first to those at high levels before coming to the wider base. The ultimate goal is likely to avoid the kind of server instability that characterized the game in its first days.
Still, players are frustrated. The ability to trade Pokémon was first promised in the days after the game's release, so the hype was strong when Niantic announced this week that it would finally arrive. To have the feature and still not know when they can use it has made for some unhappy gamers.
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The good news is that this frustration will probably be short-lived. If history is any indication, it could be mere hours or even just a few days before most players can start adding friends and trading Pokémon.
In the meantime, check out our guide on how trading in Pokémon Go will work once you have access.
Niantic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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