Tech Insider
Since "Pokémon GO" was released earlier this month, many players have observed that certain Pokémon tend to always spawn in specific locations.
These "nests" mean that you can go to a certain area and consistently catch the same Pokémon. In New York City, for example, players constantly see Duduos, Pinsirs, and Zubats.
On Friday afternoon, people started noticing that nests of Pokémon had changed.
Niantic appears to have just changed Pokémon "nests" around the world. Electrabuzz is the new Pinsir in NYC pic.twitter.com/dggdMP3Hz1
@PokeVisionGo #Pokevision @Komcinturf Magmar nest is now Jynx nest in SW Austin. pic.twitter.com/M1iT98IVPa
For example, Pinsirs used to be everywhere in Central Park:
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But now Electrabuzz spawns everywhere!
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New York City isn't the only place where Pokémon nests have changed. There used to be tons of Electrabuzz sightings in Santa Monica, California.
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But as of Friday, Electrabuzz is nowhere to be found.
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It's been 100% accurate in all of our tests, and millions of people have used it since became available last week.
The most compelling evidence that "Pokémon GO" has changed where creatures spawn is this area of Sacramento County, California that used to be Dratini nest.
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Now it's all Eevees:
@PokeVisionGo the dratini farm turned into an eevee farmhttps://t.co/WH5szFkm1e pic.twitter.com/SQFM5yjr2S
Another Dratini nest was replaced with Eevees in Arizona:
@PokeVisionGo @BarNeYDaSQuiNT Yep, this once proud Dritini nest has been replaced with eevee's. pic.twitter.com/MnV6AxiYZZ
- SwagyTheGod.TV (@SwagyTheGod) July 29, 2016
While not every "nest" has changed around the world, many of them appear to now spawn different creatures than before.
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We've reached out to Niantic for comment and will update this story if we get a response.