8 Video Game Updates That Changed EVERYTHING

8. Pokémon Go - Trainer Battle Update

The Summer of 2016 truly was the dawning of a new age for Pokémon fans around the world, as suddenly their mobile devices were flooded with more critters and bugs than if they'd downloaded a program called "Soopa Smash Bros Legit Bowsette Nudes" app.

Pokémon Go landed with the impact of a sledgehammer, getting Pokémon trainers across the globe off their butts and into the streets to capture fan favorites wherever they went.

It was a pretty strange sight to see all these people rock up to hotspots around the country and tap their phones so much you could hear their screens cry out in pain, but there was something missing from the experience. For while it's everyone's goal to catch 'em all, many players lamented the inability to battle friends and foes from the get-go.

Enter patch 0.131.1 (catchy right?) which dropped at the tail end of 2018. This allowed players to finally team up and take each other on, changing the entire tone of the game in the process. Now it wasn't just a box-ticking simulator it was a real Pokémon experience! It may have taken two years to arrive, but when it did it rolled out with the same force as Whitney's bloody Miltank.