Pokémon GO: 10 Essential Features It Desperately Needs

6. Trading Between Players

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Another one I'm guessing isn't available due to balancing, if Niantic are thinking of evolving the game over the course of months and years, they can't let every player get the fanciest Pokémon.

Instead, you'll always play for longer if your friend has something rare that's missing off your own roster - a factor that would be negated if they could just hand it over.

Still, trading has been a staple of Pokémon since we hooked up Link Cables between our old Game Boys, and to not have it here in some capacity makes the act of meeting up as a group that little bit lacking.

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