#Interview with Niantic’s Kawashima
Translated by FevGames
An article was recently released in Japan, with an interview with Mr. Kawashima from Niantic. This article was full of interesting tidbits so we’ve collected translation segments that seem interesting.
> Overview
- Niantic Japan has a new office.
- The 91 shards traveled 640,000 km corresponding to 16 laps of the Earth:
~ Enlightened moved them for 370,000 km
~ Resistance moved them for 270,000 km
- “Ingress is going to change more and more, various formats” – Mr. Kawashima
> Operation Portal Recon
- Operation Portal Recon will be available in Japan for agents L15 and L16 on April 12th.
- 9,000 new portals were added as result of OPR, while 11,000 portals were dismissed (rejected)
- Portal Recon will affect Pokémon GO as well as Ingress and all of the product of Niantic
>Ingress 2.0
- Ingress is a very important product for Niantic.
- Version 2.0 is coming within the year (maybe earlier depending on testing)
- UI and Illustrations are changing (to get a "fresh feeling" as said by Mr. Kawashima)
- Ingress will adopt Unity
>Ingress Wearable
We want to adapt and make things like Pokémon GO Plus. More wearable products
Source: https://fevgames.net/interview-niantic-kawashima/
@IUENG
Translated by FevGames
An article was recently released in Japan, with an interview with Mr. Kawashima from Niantic. This article was full of interesting tidbits so we’ve collected translation segments that seem interesting.
> Overview
- Niantic Japan has a new office.
- The 91 shards traveled 640,000 km corresponding to 16 laps of the Earth:
~ Enlightened moved them for 370,000 km
~ Resistance moved them for 270,000 km
- “Ingress is going to change more and more, various formats” – Mr. Kawashima
> Operation Portal Recon
- Operation Portal Recon will be available in Japan for agents L15 and L16 on April 12th.
- 9,000 new portals were added as result of OPR, while 11,000 portals were dismissed (rejected)
- Portal Recon will affect Pokémon GO as well as Ingress and all of the product of Niantic
>Ingress 2.0
- Ingress is a very important product for Niantic.
- Version 2.0 is coming within the year (maybe earlier depending on testing)
- UI and Illustrations are changing (to get a "fresh feeling" as said by Mr. Kawashima)
- Ingress will adopt Unity
>Ingress Wearable
We want to adapt and make things like Pokémon GO Plus. More wearable products
Source: https://fevgames.net/interview-niantic-kawashima/
@IUENG
Fev Games
Interview with Niantic's Kawashima | Fev Games
An article was recently released in Japan, with an interview with Kawashima of Niantic. This article was full of interesting
#FreeCode #Twitter
"We love seeing Agent profiles! Share your profile with us and you may get a code. Be sure to follow us so we can DM you."
Where to share it? Here: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/851825863767113728
On Reddit (https://goo.gl/ud6FPp) the Niantic employee soloredcup writes «Please note the original post says "may". While we'll do our best to reward as many as we can, we won't be able to give a code to everyone»
@IUENG
"We love seeing Agent profiles! Share your profile with us and you may get a code. Be sure to follow us so we can DM you."
Where to share it? Here: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/851825863767113728
On Reddit (https://goo.gl/ud6FPp) the Niantic employee soloredcup writes «Please note the original post says "may". While we'll do our best to reward as many as we can, we won't be able to give a code to everyone»
@IUENG
Twitter
Ingress
We love seeing Agent profiles! Share your profile with us and you may get a code. Be sure to follow us so we can DM you. https://t.co/D1sjGfxlYZ
This is the content of the passcode Niantic is tweeting back to the Agents who shared their profile screenshot on Twitter!
Congratulations to everyone who received one!
Ph. @emmebi420
@IUENG
Congratulations to everyone who received one!
Ph. @emmebi420
@IUENG
#Video #FateOfThe13 #Kodama
@KodamaSmiles presents a briefing on the recent global XM event -- #TheFateOfThe13, in which Agents moved 91 Shards through the Portal Network to battle for the fate of the 13 Archetypes comprising the Niantic MAGNUS and the researchers who currently represent it. The individual or individuals to whom she is speaking are unknown at this time. This is Part 1 of a series
Video: https://youtu.be/RVbQanKftlE
@IUENG
@KodamaSmiles presents a briefing on the recent global XM event -- #TheFateOfThe13, in which Agents moved 91 Shards through the Portal Network to battle for the fate of the 13 Archetypes comprising the Niantic MAGNUS and the researchers who currently represent it. The individual or individuals to whom she is speaking are unknown at this time. This is Part 1 of a series
Video: https://youtu.be/RVbQanKftlE
@IUENG
#MagnusReawakens #Tickets
Agents,
We have completed the selection process for the 13Magnus Reawakens Portal Luminance Project. Due to the size of some of the teams there are open slots available at various campsites. We are opening registration on a first come first served basis for anyone who wishes to attend. You are welcome to participate in your team's project or not. Please speak to your team captain onsite.
If you wish to attend with a group, please appoint a group leader and have them register a group name. There is a field in the ticket during checkout that will allow you to specify a group or family name you will be with if you are registering individually.
Registrants will be assigned campsites at check-in.
Please check out the Complete FAQ and Safety Guide at the registration website: https://13magnusreawakens.splashthat.com/
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/XcNoov3cEzd
@IUENG
Agents,
We have completed the selection process for the 13Magnus Reawakens Portal Luminance Project. Due to the size of some of the teams there are open slots available at various campsites. We are opening registration on a first come first served basis for anyone who wishes to attend. You are welcome to participate in your team's project or not. Please speak to your team captain onsite.
If you wish to attend with a group, please appoint a group leader and have them register a group name. There is a field in the ticket during checkout that will allow you to specify a group or family name you will be with if you are registering individually.
Registrants will be assigned campsites at check-in.
Please check out the Complete FAQ and Safety Guide at the registration website: https://13magnusreawakens.splashthat.com/
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/XcNoov3cEzd
@IUENG
#USA #CircleK
"U.S. Agents, the Circle K Ingress Hack-A-Thon has ended. First place belongs to the Midwest Region!!
In a few days, Agents in the Midwest Region will have the ability to purchase items from a Circle K and earn a code redeemable for Rare or Very Rare items. In one week, players in the Gulf Region will also have the ability to do so for coming in second.
The ability to receive redeemable codes will launch nationwide on May 3rd, 2017."
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/GmCi6SFd83s
@IUENG
"U.S. Agents, the Circle K Ingress Hack-A-Thon has ended. First place belongs to the Midwest Region!!
In a few days, Agents in the Midwest Region will have the ability to purchase items from a Circle K and earn a code redeemable for Rare or Very Rare items. In one week, players in the Gulf Region will also have the ability to do so for coming in second.
The ability to receive redeemable codes will launch nationwide on May 3rd, 2017."
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/GmCi6SFd83s
@IUENG
Google Plus
U.S. Agents, the Circle K Ingress Hack-A-Thon has ended. First place belongs to the Midwest Region!!
In a few days, Agents in the Midwest Region will h...
In a few days, Agents in the Midwest Region will h...
#WorldCompetitions #NotOfficial
The Res and Enl players, waiting between official niantic events, created two competition (one only for res, one only for enl) to have fun. We remember you that these are not official events so no medals in game are involved. Here a little description of them:
#ENL #EBL
Enlightened BundesLiga ( #EBL ) is a competition between ENL agents all around the world. It takes place every month (for example start at the 2st of July and end at the 1st of August), it is based on the profile stats and you can decide to take part of the group or the individual challenge. Individual players can only compare them against all other players on a scoreboard but the main focus is based on the teams. In the teams daily, weekly and monthly can be compared and used for inner community competitions.
You can join here: @EnLigaBot send /start
Complete information here: https://erleuchte.de/ebl-beta-season-iv/
#RES #StE17
Smurf the Earth is a global competition open to all RES Ingress players. Agents compete in many different categories to see who comes out on top. The competition takes place in the 1st and 3rd week of May 2017, so you have two opportunities to do your best. Stats are recorded via “The Grid” which is a res only stats tool.
You can join here: https://the-grid.org
Complete information here: https://www.smurftheearth.com/
@IUENG
The Res and Enl players, waiting between official niantic events, created two competition (one only for res, one only for enl) to have fun. We remember you that these are not official events so no medals in game are involved. Here a little description of them:
#ENL #EBL
Enlightened BundesLiga ( #EBL ) is a competition between ENL agents all around the world. It takes place every month (for example start at the 2st of July and end at the 1st of August), it is based on the profile stats and you can decide to take part of the group or the individual challenge. Individual players can only compare them against all other players on a scoreboard but the main focus is based on the teams. In the teams daily, weekly and monthly can be compared and used for inner community competitions.
You can join here: @EnLigaBot send /start
Complete information here: https://erleuchte.de/ebl-beta-season-iv/
#RES #StE17
Smurf the Earth is a global competition open to all RES Ingress players. Agents compete in many different categories to see who comes out on top. The competition takes place in the 1st and 3rd week of May 2017, so you have two opportunities to do your best. Stats are recorded via “The Grid” which is a res only stats tool.
You can join here: https://the-grid.org
Complete information here: https://www.smurftheearth.com/
@IUENG
Enlightened Bundesliga
EBL Beta Season IV
Hello EBL Teams, I hope you all are doing fine surviving the winter in the north and the hot summer in the south. What is coming in Beta Season IV? Yesterday EisFrei made some changes because of the season count. In the last 3 season we tried to make it
#13MagnusReawakens
"Experience an Ingress event unlike any other. #13MagnusReawakens will take place May 19 - 21 at Camp Navarro, CA. Register today at: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawakens.
We have limited open registration on a first come first served basis for anyone who wishes to attend. When you check-in onsite you will be assigned a campsite. There may be a Portal Luminance Project team sharing the large campsite with you. You are not required to participate in the portal project, although, if you ask I am sure extra help would be welcome.
If you want to attend with a group, please appoint a group leader. There is a field in the ticketing process during checkout that will allow you to specify a group or family name.
Please check out the Complete FAQ and Safety Guide at the registration website: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawaken"
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/aAunakpLXwk
In the comments:
Catalina Reyes: "+Ingress would you please consider streaming this for us who cannot go???"
Ingress: "There will be pictures and live streams from players and our Community Manager +Andrew Krug throughout the event."
Matt Stevenson: "www.viridcascadia.com will also be working on providing updates during the event... stay tuned! :-) "
@IUENG
"Experience an Ingress event unlike any other. #13MagnusReawakens will take place May 19 - 21 at Camp Navarro, CA. Register today at: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawakens.
We have limited open registration on a first come first served basis for anyone who wishes to attend. When you check-in onsite you will be assigned a campsite. There may be a Portal Luminance Project team sharing the large campsite with you. You are not required to participate in the portal project, although, if you ask I am sure extra help would be welcome.
If you want to attend with a group, please appoint a group leader. There is a field in the ticketing process during checkout that will allow you to specify a group or family name.
Please check out the Complete FAQ and Safety Guide at the registration website: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawaken"
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/aAunakpLXwk
In the comments:
Catalina Reyes: "+Ingress would you please consider streaming this for us who cannot go???"
Ingress: "There will be pictures and live streams from players and our Community Manager +Andrew Krug throughout the event."
Matt Stevenson: "www.viridcascadia.com will also be working on providing updates during the event... stay tuned! :-) "
@IUENG
"Agents,
Starting today, we will be opening Portal submission requests via the Ingress scanner for Level 8+ Agents in Brazil and Korea. Before submitting potential Portal candidates, please ensure that you familiarize yourself with the guidelines for high-quality Portals. Portal submissions will be analyzed in the Operation Portal Recon tool by our Beta-tester Ingress Agents. While not all Portal submissions will be accepted, your contributions will enable us to expand the Portal network in the future. As always, we appreciate the diligence and help provided by our Agents to help curate and expand the Portal Network.
For full details regarding high-quality Portal candidates, please review the following guidelines: https://support.ingress.com/hc/en-us/articles/207343987-Candidate-Portal-criteria
—The Ingress team"
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/dQjMVXJoEiV
@IUENG
Starting today, we will be opening Portal submission requests via the Ingress scanner for Level 8+ Agents in Brazil and Korea. Before submitting potential Portal candidates, please ensure that you familiarize yourself with the guidelines for high-quality Portals. Portal submissions will be analyzed in the Operation Portal Recon tool by our Beta-tester Ingress Agents. While not all Portal submissions will be accepted, your contributions will enable us to expand the Portal network in the future. As always, we appreciate the diligence and help provided by our Agents to help curate and expand the Portal Network.
For full details regarding high-quality Portal candidates, please review the following guidelines: https://support.ingress.com/hc/en-us/articles/207343987-Candidate-Portal-criteria
—The Ingress team"
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/dQjMVXJoEiV
@IUENG
A very big CF field art in Saint Petersburg tonight dedicated to the Earth Day, seems like a picture of our planet looking from space! Awesome work agents!
Ph: @JuggernautSPb
@IUENG
Ph: @JuggernautSPb
@IUENG
#SanFrancisco #Kodama
"Agent KodamaSmiles is going to be in San Francisco this Sunday and is hosting an impromptu XFAC meet-up at the Ferry Building at 2:00 PM.
What you may not know is that she isn't in San Francisco for sightseeing -- she's on a mission.
And that's why I need your help...
Agents, here's your mission:
We need to run a recon operation on Kodama from Noon to 2PM on Sunday. I know approximately where she will be at Noon, and we know where she's going to be at 2PM, so we need to keep track of her on her journey.
> During that two hour window, use the Scanner to attempt to locate @KodamaSmiles. It's likely that she will be unable to resist taking down some Portals and this will help reveal her location.
> When she is in public (only), try and take pictures of her without getting spotted by her or spooking her.
> Try and follow her if she attempts to evade the tails -- but don't get burned!
> If she attempts to leave any dead drops or intel caches, try and recover them.
> Try not to get spotted.
> Share any images you can capture or intel you can recover using #KodamaRecon
> I'll sweeten the pot and throw some dynamite passcodes at the Agents who gather great intel during the course of this operation.
Counting on you, Agents... "
Source: http://investigate.ingress.com/2017/04/22/recon-mission-kodama-in-san-francisco/
Follow her live streaming of the event on the Ingress page on Facebook!
@IUENG
"Agent KodamaSmiles is going to be in San Francisco this Sunday and is hosting an impromptu XFAC meet-up at the Ferry Building at 2:00 PM.
What you may not know is that she isn't in San Francisco for sightseeing -- she's on a mission.
And that's why I need your help...
Agents, here's your mission:
We need to run a recon operation on Kodama from Noon to 2PM on Sunday. I know approximately where she will be at Noon, and we know where she's going to be at 2PM, so we need to keep track of her on her journey.
> During that two hour window, use the Scanner to attempt to locate @KodamaSmiles. It's likely that she will be unable to resist taking down some Portals and this will help reveal her location.
> When she is in public (only), try and take pictures of her without getting spotted by her or spooking her.
> Try and follow her if she attempts to evade the tails -- but don't get burned!
> If she attempts to leave any dead drops or intel caches, try and recover them.
> Try not to get spotted.
> Share any images you can capture or intel you can recover using #KodamaRecon
> I'll sweeten the pot and throw some dynamite passcodes at the Agents who gather great intel during the course of this operation.
Counting on you, Agents... "
Source: http://investigate.ingress.com/2017/04/22/recon-mission-kodama-in-san-francisco/
Follow her live streaming of the event on the Ingress page on Facebook!
@IUENG
Investigate: Ingress
RECON MISSION: Kodama in San Francisco
@KodamaSmiles is going to be in San Francisco this Sunday, hosting an impromptu XFAC meet-up. I need your help: We need to run a recon operation on Kodama from Noon to 2PM. I know approximately whe…
#SanFrancisco #Kodama
Go and ask to one of this agents the Intel drops or as said Kodamasmiles "the keys to the Kingdom"! Well done!
Ingress video: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1369913726389623&id=463638860350452&fs=1
I saw cool reports on G+ about the Recon Mission, you have only to search #KodamaRecon
@IUENG
Go and ask to one of this agents the Intel drops or as said Kodamasmiles "the keys to the Kingdom"! Well done!
Ingress video: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1369913726389623&id=463638860350452&fs=1
I saw cool reports on G+ about the Recon Mission, you have only to search #KodamaRecon
@IUENG
Happy to announce the new NL-1331 Asia van badge in faction specific packs at the Malaysia event! More details: https://goo.gl/08L3Tp
@IUENG
@IUENG
#OPR #LivePortals
"Agents,
Your effort in helping us fine tune the Operation Portal Recon (OPR) system has been a tremendous help during this beta phase. Portals are going live based on your analysis!! We have received 2.3 million OPR submissions so far, and 51046 portals have been created thanks to your contribution!
To show our appreciation, we are going to reward the top 100 reviewers. The criteria will be subjective and not only limited to how many portals you have analyzed but the quality of your analysis, how many of the candidates you analyzed have been decided on, and other factors. Once again, thank you for your support and assistance. Happy hacking!"
Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Ingress/posts/afFM1qeC2cA
@IUENG
"Agents,
Your effort in helping us fine tune the Operation Portal Recon (OPR) system has been a tremendous help during this beta phase. Portals are going live based on your analysis!! We have received 2.3 million OPR submissions so far, and 51046 portals have been created thanks to your contribution!
To show our appreciation, we are going to reward the top 100 reviewers. The criteria will be subjective and not only limited to how many portals you have analyzed but the quality of your analysis, how many of the candidates you analyzed have been decided on, and other factors. Once again, thank you for your support and assistance. Happy hacking!"
Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Ingress/posts/afFM1qeC2cA
@IUENG
Google Plus
Agents,
Your effort in helping us fine tune the Operation Portal Recon (OPR) system has been a tremendous help during this beta phase. Portals are going...
Your effort in helping us fine tune the Operation Portal Recon (OPR) system has been a tremendous help during this beta phase. Portals are going...
#13magnusreawakens
On May 19th, Ingress will host an event named 13Magnus Reawakens in Camp Navarro, CA, USA. The forests of Northern California have their share of lore and legend, but none so bizarre as those surrounding the whispering redwoods along the Navarro River. Register today at: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawakens.
There are still a limited number of camping spaces available. However, all of the space reserved for RVs has been allocated. If you want to attend with a group, please appoint a group leader. There is a field in the ticketing process during checkout that will allow you to specify a group or family name.
Please check out the Complete FAQ and Safety Guide at the registration website: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawaken
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/ZbWGc8KULDJ
In the comments:
Adriana Perkele: "Please do similar event in Europe (in every continent)"
Ingress: "That is something we are exploring +Adriána Perkele"
@IUENG
On May 19th, Ingress will host an event named 13Magnus Reawakens in Camp Navarro, CA, USA. The forests of Northern California have their share of lore and legend, but none so bizarre as those surrounding the whispering redwoods along the Navarro River. Register today at: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawakens.
There are still a limited number of camping spaces available. However, all of the space reserved for RVs has been allocated. If you want to attend with a group, please appoint a group leader. There is a field in the ticketing process during checkout that will allow you to specify a group or family name.
Please check out the Complete FAQ and Safety Guide at the registration website: http://events.ingress.com/13magnus/reawaken
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/ZbWGc8KULDJ
In the comments:
Adriana Perkele: "Please do similar event in Europe (in every continent)"
Ingress: "That is something we are exploring +Adriána Perkele"
@IUENG
#13MagnusReawakens #LuminescentHeart
In the spirit of including as many Agents as possible, the #13MagnusReawakens team that is creating a luminescent heart portal also created a series of themed missions around the world. You can participate in their project by completing these missions and posting a picture of your scanner or a selfie. Just be sure to use #luminescentheart in your social post.
Map with all the missions: https://goo.gl/maps/1MdDCBj2JPH2
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/YYzEqzhDe5h
@IUENG
In the spirit of including as many Agents as possible, the #13MagnusReawakens team that is creating a luminescent heart portal also created a series of themed missions around the world. You can participate in their project by completing these missions and posting a picture of your scanner or a selfie. Just be sure to use #luminescentheart in your social post.
Map with all the missions: https://goo.gl/maps/1MdDCBj2JPH2
Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/YYzEqzhDe5h
@IUENG
Google
Magnus Reawakens: Luminescent Heart Missions
Updated on 5/10