Ditto is one of the most sought after creatures inPokemon GO, but many methods of finding him have already been disproven — here’s the lowdown on which strategies are fake.
Just like prior games in the series, the end goal ofPokemon GOis catching ‘em all. However, Niantic isn’t being completely transparent about which pocket monsters are currently obtainable in the app, and which are being held back.
It seems likely that legendary Pokemon likeArticuno, Zapdos, and Moltresare going to be distributed via some sort of event, and Mew and Mewtwo probably fall into the same category. However, there’s another creature that no one has been able to catch in-game — the lovable copycat, Ditto.
Ditto is famed for its ability to mimic whatever Pokemon it’s squaring off with, so there’s some debate as to whether Niantic is holding off on adding it to the game while it mulls over an appropriate mechanic. That being said, there are plenty of rumors flying around about how trainers can capture it, more often than not wasting players’ time.
InPokemonlore, Ditto is believed to be a failed clone of Mew, and as such it’s possible that the monster could be available as part of a future event. However, dataminers have already discovered that Ditto is hypothetically capturable, whereas the legendary birds are not.
There’s still a lot of confusion about Ditto, and plenty of misinformation being spread around. As more techniques are proven not to work, we can perhaps start to get a better idea about new strategies that are worth investigating.
Of course, we won’t know anything for sure until Niantic gives official confirmation. Thereveal of the game’s team leadersat Comic-Con suggests thatPokemon GOis going to be fleshed out much more now that it’s available in a broad swathe of regions — and that’s very exciting news for trainers.
Pokemon GOis available now on Android and iOS devices in select areas.
