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YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE TEAMS ONCE PER YEAR, BUT HEY, IT’S SOMETHING.

Pokemon Go will finally add the ability to change your team in an update coming next week, developer Niantic announced. You’ll be able to purchase a Team Medallion for 1,000 Pokecoins (which can be earned for free or purchased with about $10 of real money) from the shop which you can use to hop between Team Instinct, Team Mystic, or Team Valor. The catch is that you can only use a medallion once, and not only that, you can only buy one medallion per year – as in, every 365 actual days.

It’ll be interesting to see how this update affects overall team composition. For as long as I can remember, Team Valor has been the most popular team, with Team Mystic slightly edging out Team Instinct.I still remember all the crap I got when I unwittingly joined Mystic after all my friends joined Valor. Not that I’m bitter or anything; Articuno is still the bird for me. It’s nice to have the option though, and I’m sure plenty of players are looking for a change of pace.