Pokemon Go players discover a hidden feature that has been missing for years

❘ Published: 2023-12-05T15:23:26 ❘ Updated: 2023-12-05T15:23:36

After seven years, Pokemon Go players have discovered that the rings under wild Pokemon change their appearance, allowing you to see at a glance what species they belong to without having to catch them.

Considering Pokemon Go was first released in 2016, you’d expect players to have figured it out by now. At the end of the day, the Pokemon Go meta is decided by the best players who have long since figured out which Pokemon are the best.

However, several useful features remain less known and underutilized. For example, stars in game animations say a lot, but many players do not even suspect their existence.

It’s a similar story with another mechanic that gives all kinds of information about a potential catch before you even start the encounter.

Pokemon Go’s colored rings mean more than you think

Pokemon Go players have discovered a mechanism that, despite being present for years, has gone largely unnoticed, colored rings that provide information about a given Pokemon before an encounter begins.

Noticing that the rings are different, one trainer asked on Reddit, “What do the different circles under each Pokemon mean? eg I got this screenshot of a hot tub under a bunnelby, like a ripple under a posimian and like a radar flashing circle under a lechon…??”