Source
r/TheSilphRoad•
flatlander3

A gym from Japan has appeared in California

Bug

The attached video shows the following:

  1. Verifying via the View in Map option that the gym I'm standing next to is in Burlingame, California.
  2. Tapping the new gym down the street and showing that its name is in Japanese, which is already odd.
  3. Tapping View in Map on this gym (twice, because Niantic I guess) and being shown a location in... Saitama I think? Not familiar with Japanese address formats.

This second video https://youtu.be/4G_yCsh3M0k was taken after i walked down to this "new" gym. getting "Try again later" when I spun it, and "Walk closer to interact with this gym" when I tried to feed a berry to a Pokemon.

There's 6 Pokemon in the gym, most have been there for about 12 hours, all have names in English but I guess those just appear in my default language unless the owner customized the name? I was last on that street about 2 days ago and it wasn't there at the time, but I can't narrow it down any more than that.

So yeah... that was the most entertaining bug I've seen in a while, and if anyone more technically inclined has any theories on how the hell this happened, I'd love to hear them.

https://reddit.com/link/owstpf/video/uctsu9q1q1f71/player

Posted Aug 3, 2021, 1:27 AM UTC · edited

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TheRealHankWolfman:ukireland: Yorkshire - Mystic - L50 •

I've had this after a remote raid. A gym from Australia appeared on my street in the UK. It's just a visual bug and will persist until you reload the app.

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Classic-Anybody3615•

I´m curious if you were able to battle in this gym after the raid had disappeared.

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IntergalacticShell:midwest: USA - Midwest•

Probably not, if it's a visual glitch. The actual location of the gym hasn't changed, just the image of it has, so you'll likely get a "walk closer to interact" message no matter what

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t_a_c_os•

I was able to berry a glitched gym before, I wasn't able to attack it since it was a gym I was already in for over a day.

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Charmander27•

Yep. I get this multiple times per week. Doesn't have to be from another country either. Gym appears on the map and you can't actually interact with it. It will persist until you restart the app.

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Sonicdash24:northeast: USA - Northeast•

This is a bit of an old bug. If you recently have done a remote raid from a faraway gym ,a copy of it appears on the map outside of your vicinity. If you happen to go in the direction of that gym you may find it on the map ,but you can't actually normally interact with it though. If you reboot your game, it should disappear.

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rekire-with-a-suffix•

After seeing so many bugs, you are really surprised?

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Mxffi•

I have had this happen to me a twice, it was after I had done a remote raid but oddly enough the gym popped up in the same place both times in a town nearby. Happened maybe a year ago to me so has been a big for a while but is not majorly game breaking

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flatlander3OP•

Wait, is it still there. or did it go away eventually?

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Mxffi•

No it goes away unfortunately I was a passenger in a car when it happened both times so don’t know how long it takes to go, it is also only seen with you. I recognised the gym from where my girlfriend lives about 20 mins away but can confirm it should be only you who can see it

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ddark4•

After a restart

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128thMicYamagata-ken•

all have names in English but I guess those just appear in my default language unless the owner customized the name?

Even if they have customised the name, it still won't display it for obvious reasons, just showing the species name.

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Sg15z:south: USA - South•

This happens with remote raids. If you do a remote raid from a gym really far away, the game loads the gym just off the horizon. And then later if you move towards where it spawns the gym, the gym will still be there. I've had it happen a couple times

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benrookiesimmons•

Hoopa is at it again

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Liddlebitchboy•

It would be cool if this was part of the space ultra unlock and not a bug.

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Quasmad22•

It followed me home. Can I keep it?

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Randomman2789•

You will have to feed it berries everyday.

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flatlander3OP•

Thanks to everyone who responded! Sorry for reposting an old glitch; if the mods wanna remove this I’d certainly understand.

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Farnic•

I didn't know this glitch existed until you posted this, so I'm glad you did.

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VerainXor•

all have names in English

In gyms, you see the pokemon types ("pikachu", "dragonite"), not their names (whatever you or others name them), and you will see those in your display language.

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dragonfoxmemLos Angeles•

seem to be old glitch.... I have experienced like this so often when remote raid was first introduced

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badchriss•

Kinda reminds me of when local gyms would all line up at one place. THAT was annoying as hell.

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IntergalacticShell:midwest: USA - Midwest•

I've had this happen twice to me now since remote raiding was introduced. Restarting my game fixed it both times. It was definitely odd to see

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TwinleafMayorIL - Level 40 - Mystic•

If you obtain an egg from it, can it have regionals? Would be interesting if possible.

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flatlander3OP•

Can’t spin it, so no luck with that.

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Funny-Pineapple-9448•

I guess Hoopa is causing more mischief 🤣

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VeinySausages•

Kind of curious if there's more to this. Be real slick if this was the reason people were getting banned. For attempting to spin an instanced gym from remote raiding.

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