'Pokemon Go' Release Date News: Niantic Developers Talk Games Mechanics, Rare Pokemon And More [VIDEO]

Back in September the Pokémon Company and developers Niantic announced a location based multiplayer game called "Pokémon Go" for smart devices. "Pokémon Go" aims to place virtual Pokémon in the real world with you filling the shoes of an aspiring Pokémon trainer. Gamers will be able to catch, trade and battle Pokémon just like in the main game series but this time it'll be in the world around you.

Recently, CEO and Chief Marketing Officer of Niantic John Hanke and Mike Quigley sat down with GameBeat to discuss the forthcoming AR title. The pair revealed that the game was largely driven by Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara and the late Satoru Iwata. The two were focused on making partnerships and on expanding the usage of IP.

As far as the games mechanics are concerned, Pokémon will be in certain areas according to their types and the kinds of real worlds environments that they'd logically appear in. Furthermore, trading will be essential to catching all the 721 pokemon in game. Hanke said:

"Pokémon will live in different parts of the world depending on what type of Pokémon they are. Water Pokémon will live near the water. It may be that certain Pokémon will only exist in certain parts of the world. Very rare Pokémon may exist in very few places. But you can trade. If you live in a place with lots of water Pokémon and you come to an event — we have these Ingress events that are getting bigger and bigger. We'll have our biggest weekend ever on Saturday."

"We'll have events for Pokémon as well. Those are competitive, but they can also be places to trade stuff with other players. Pokémon trading is going to be huge. You can't get all of them by yourself. If you want all of them you'll have to trade with other players. Or you have to be someone who takes time off work and travels the world for a year. There may be people who do that."

Additonally, Hanke revealed there will be teams of two or more that gamers can join to catch more Pokémon or compete against.