The latest "Pokemon GO" update has exposed a lot of problems reported by the players. Most importantly, some gamers who are sensitive to light have experienced seizures after seeing the flashing screens.
Niantic is now addressing the issue that it has learned from several gaming outlets and communities.
Niantic Responds to the Issue About Flashing Screens
"Pokemon GO's" latest update involves flashing screens which triggered seizures among some players. Niantic is looking for a way to fix it.
At the moment, the "Pokemon GO" creator is listening to the concerns of its players. Some comments came from different game news sources.
The addition of the flashing screen in the newest patch of the game might appear normal for others, but for those who are photosensitive, this could trigger epileptic seizures that are sometimes life-threatening.
From the Silph Road Reddit thread posted via SuddenHelicopter6604 earlier this week, the author said that normal players wouldn't find harm from the flashing screens. But for him who has epilepsy, he experiences discomfort every time the bright colors appear on the screen.
Moreover, the discomfort, which he stated, is a clear sign that an epilepsy seizure is already on its way.
The poster added that Niantic should immediately find a fix to this problem if they don't want a large pool of their players to stop playing the game, Kotaku reported.
As a matter of fact, what the Redditor published was not an isolated case as other users reported the same thing as well. Many said that they have suffered from seizures after playing "Pokemon GO" on its new changes.
The complaints have reached Comicbook, and Niantic answered that it would be working to fix the update that "altered the transition time between screens."
It is expected that the fix will arrive this week.
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Specifically, what players noticed was the bright white flash that would keep on appearing on the screen. There are two moments where the eye-squinting flash originates.
First, it comes from a long flash when the player clicks a Pokemon and later moves to the battle screen, while the second one is a shorter version that emerges during the fleeing scenario in the wild. What made it worse is the prolonged exposure to the white screen which is reportedly causing seizure issues.
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A year ago, "Pokemon GO" players experienced the same instances of unusual light flickering in the game. Again, many Reddit users voiced out the issue to Niantic.
On the evening of December 16, 1997, in Japan, 700 children were rushed to the hospital after suffering from seizures. The young patients had reportedly watched the latest "Pokemon" episode at that time.
The 38th episode of the Pokemon franchise involving Porygon has been banned in the franchise. The anime management decided to take a 4-month pause to solve the issue in its future episode releases. They also limited the visual effects that appeared in the succeeding videos.
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Written by Joseph Henry
