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title: "Player vs Player coming soon to Pokemon GO"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/player-vs-player-coming-soon-to-pokemon-go/"
description: "One of the most requested features, if not the number one feature that players have been asking for in Pokemon GO in the chance to battle it out with friends."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-12-04 21:40:21"
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Player vs Player coming soon to Pokemon GO | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Player vs Player coming soon to Pokemon GO](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/player-vs-player-coming-soon-to-pokemon-go.jpg "Player vs Player coming soon to Pokemon GO")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/player-vs-player-coming-soon-to-pokemon-go.jpg)One of the most requested features, if not the number one feature that players have been asking for in Pokemon GO in the chance to battle it out with friends.

Or have battles in general outside of raids and the like.

## [](#niantic-listened)Niantic listened

The developer Niantic shared the following image on Twitter which one would assume means that player vs player is coming to the game some point soon.

> ❗❗😮 [pic.twitter.com/2Zg5PvNUv6](https://t.co/2Zg5PvNUv6)
>
> — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) [November 30, 2018](https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/1068520102591516674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Without saying a word people knew that it was about Player vs Player. Further details have not been made available yet. But come on you know roughly what to expect right?

Are you looking forward to seeing this addition come to the mobile hit Pokemon GO?

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