Well, it was good while it lasted.
PokéVision, the website that showed you where to find a given Pokémon at any time, is offline and it looks like it won't be coming back any time soon.
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Hey guys. We wish we had some news for you
At this moment, we are respecting Niantic and Nintendo's wishes.
Will keep you guys posted
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- Pokevision (@PokeVisionGo) July 31, 2016@Inmaniac I promise you 100% we kept it up as long as reasonably possible.
Maybe things will change in the next few days - let's hope.
- Pokevision (@PokeVisionGo) July 31, 2016Fans are none too pleased.
@PokeVisionGo not gonna lie, without Poke vision or an In Game feature replacement, the game is garbage now. Sorry @NianticLabs / @nintendo
- Corey Rollins (@CoreyRollins) July 31, 2016
@CoreyRollins @PokeVisionGo @NianticLabs @Nintendo i was actually out and about. Not posted at a lure. They'll lose players for this.
- Louis (@LouisPoletti) July 31, 2016
@PokeVisionGo Yeah let's all go on wild goose chases.....this really sucks for people who live in rural areas and barely get anything!
- Gloria (@GDoS_Tv) July 31, 2016
So they have time to shut down Pokevision and all other trackers but don't have time to fix their own tracking system hmm
- Danika (@DarthDanaa) July 31, 2016Niantic CEO John Hanke recently told Forbes sites like Pokévision could be shut down since they violate "Pokémon GO" terms of service. Hanke told Forbes he wasn't a fan of the radar sites.
"People are only hurting themselves because it takes some fun out of the game," Hanke told Forbes. "People are hacking around trying to take data out of our system and that's against our terms of service."
One of the creators of Pokévision told Tech Insider the site was visited by 16 million people in its first six days of launch. Pokévision cofounder Yangcheng Liu told Forbes the site "possibly could be" down for good.
It's not the only Pokemon location service that has gone offline. PokeHound.com has been shut down and has deleted its Twitter account.
Before shuttering, Forbes reports PokeHound shared a cease and desist letter, supposedly from Niantic, which has since made its way to Imgur.
The loss of sites like Pokévision and PokeHound are rough patches for fans who have been using these apps as a way to find new, rare Pokémon, and as a workaround for a glitch in the game which shows that all nearby Pokémon are "three steps" away.
An update to "Pokémon GO" completely gets rid of the steps underneath a nearby Pokémon. While the glitch is fixed for now, it's increasingly difficult to know where to walk in order to catch any Pokémon that pop up on your radar.
While Pokévision is down, there are other Pokémon locator alternatives you can use in your adventure to catch 'em all. Poké Radar is probably the second most popular app out there behind Pokévision. However, with Niantic eager to shut down location sites there's no telling how much longer these helpful guides may be available.