Pokémon Go Plus Delayed to Ensure Quality Product

<p>Very late last night&comma; Nintendo took to Twitter to reveal that<em> Pokémon Go <&sol;em>Plus &&num;8211&semi; the accessory that will pair with mobile devices for <em>Pokémon Go &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;em> will be delayed until September&period; This news brought many assumptions that there simply would not be enough product to meet the demand&comma; so they delayed it to increase the quantity available at launch&period; A representative for Nintendo reached out to Polygon to notify them that the reason for the delay is purely to ensure a quality product is manufactured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;PokemonGO&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;PokemonGO<&sol;a> Plus accessory will now be released Sept 2016 instead of the originally expected end of July launch&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;QgjZf1aAV6">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;QgjZf1aAV6<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Nintendo of America &lpar;&commat;NintendoAmerica&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NintendoAmerica&sol;status&sol;758194900466671616&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">July 27&comma; 2016<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Pokémon Go <&sol;em>Plus is set to offer players a way to stay in touch with the game without having their phones out every waking moment&period; The Battery Saver mode is somewhat helpful&comma; but still requires attention from the player&period; The accessory would allow players to pair their Android or iOS device via Bluetooth and be notified when a Pokémon or PokéStop is nearby&period; It will retail at &dollar;34&period;99&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It makes sense that Nintendo would take the time to make sure the product works properly&period; <em>Pokémon Go <&sol;em>has been a huge success and could potentially become even bigger with an accessory like <em>Pokémon Go <&sol;em>Plus to help mitigate battery use and divert attention from the screen of the phone to players&&num;8217&semi; surroundings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are you still infatuated with <em>Pokémon Go<&sol;em>&quest; If so&comma; let us know what you think of <em>Pokémon Go <&sol;em>Plus and its delay in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NintendoAmerica&sol;status&sol;758194900466671616">Nintendo of America Twitter<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2016&sol;7&sol;27&sol;12294496&sol;pokemon-go-plus-delay-september">Polygon<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;