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Now, that's changing: The company officially announced Tuesday that "Trainer Battles" would be coming to Pokemon Go in the near future. In other words, you'll finally be able to directly battle other players.

It might be the most heavily anticipated update yet -- but don't get too excited. After trying an early demo of the new combat system at Niantic's San Francisco office, it's hard not to find the results a bit disappointing. It's not bad, but if you were among the players hoping Pokemon Go PVP would adopt the traditional turn-based battle system of the core Pokemon franchise, you're out of luck.