As of August 29, 2019, Pokémon Masters is now available on your mobile phones. Be careful, however, it seems that our Belgian friends still cannot access it. Pokémon Masters being a free to play game with a kind of lootbox to open, it is prohibited in this country. If you live in Belgium, you can try to download the APK by following the steps at the bottom of this article. For others, go to your Store:
Google Play
App Store
You can read our full review of the game here.
Installing the APK
First of all, you will have to install the game APK that you can recover here. Once the APK is downloaded, you will of course need to install it. Before installing it, you must check that the installation of unknown sources is enabled. To do this, go to the settings of your smartphone then in the menu Security and tick Unknown sources.
The APK version of the game is now available to play without going through a VPN. Just downloading and installing the apk file (downloadable above) is necessary to be able to play. Knowing that it was not possible to play without using a VPN before today. In addition, you can also link your European Nintendo account (and therefore French) to the game in order to keep your data.
Using a VPN (if necessary)
If you ever see the following message (see the image below), it means that you will be asked for a VPN to play the game. Don’t worry, using an application like Kiwi VPN will do. The only condition is to be able to choose Singapore or Canada as server region.
Game Launch
Once this problem is fixed, you will need to download a first data patch of 389 MB. He is possible to download data via 4G or Wi-Fi by removing the VPN connection when downloading. However, you will have to put it back when you go to play.
Then you will have to choose a region so you can start your Pokémon Masters adventure. Also, remember that there is a story data patch after you finish the tutorial.
