A recent Pokemon GO update has introduced a frustrating glitch: players are finding their avatars' skin and hair colors inexplicably altered. While Pokemon GO remains incredibly popular, player dissatisfaction with recent avatar changes continues to mount.
Niantic's April 17th update, intended to "modernize" avatars, was met with widespread negative feedback. Many players felt the visual quality had significantly decreased.
Now, a new update has compounded these issues. Numerous players report logging in to find their characters' skin and hair colors completely transformed, leading some to suspect account hacking. One player's post dramatically illustrates this; their avatar shifted from light skin and white hair to dark skin and brown hair, appearing as a different character entirely. Niantic has yet to address this issue officially, but a quick fix is hopefully forthcoming.
Pokemon GO's Avatar Update: A Continuing Saga
This latest glitch is only the most recent chapter in the ongoing controversy surrounding the April avatar changes. Rumors of a rushed update quickly circulated, prompting speculation about the reasons behind the perceived downgrade in visual fidelity compared to older avatar models.
Further criticism targeted Niantic's marketing practices. The studio continued to use the older, better-received avatar models in advertisements for paid clothing items, a move some players labeled as deceptive and an admission that the new avatars were inferior.
This backlash resulted in a wave of negative reviews on app stores, a "review bombing." However, Pokemon GO's ratings remain relatively stable at 3.9/5 on the App Store and 4.2/5 on Google Play, demonstrating a surprising resilience to the negative player sentiment.
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