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Pokemon GO Plus release date confirmed

By Nick Tylwalk

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 22: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) People play Pokemon Go at Shibuya Station on July 22, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese players started downloading 'Pokemon Go' following earlier releases this month in the United States and Europe. 'Pokemon Go Plus,' a wearable device that supplements the game-play experience by notifying users of the presence of a nearby Pokemon, is expected to be released at the end of July for 3,500 yen. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 22: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) People play Pokemon Go at Shibuya Station on July 22, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese players started downloading 'Pokemon Go' following earlier releases this month in the United States and Europe. 'Pokemon Go Plus,' a wearable device that supplements the game-play experience by notifying users of the presence of a nearby Pokemon, is expected to be released at the end of July for 3,500 yen. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images) /
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In case you felt like your Pokemon GO experience was incomplete without a $35 peripheral to use along with it, you’ll get your chance to rectify that next week.

The Pokemon GO Plus was delayed form its initial July release window, but didn’t immediately get a more solid launch date. Now it has one.

And it’s soon, too. As reported by Fortune, Niantic and Nintendo have revealed that the device will be available in “most countries” on September 16.

Actually acquiring one could be a bit more of an issue, because pre-orders are sold out in most places and there aren’t likely to be any sitting around on store shelves right away. Yes, even with Pokemon GO fading a bit in popularity over the last few weeks.

What can you do with the Pokemon GO Plus? This official blog post explains in more detail, but the TL;DR version is that it will allow you to perform some in-game actions and receive notifications without actually getting out your phone. You can even collect items from PokeStops and catch Pokemon with the device, though it’s not clear yet exactly how those processes work.

It sounds like South America will be the only large region where the Pokemon GO Plus won’t be launching right away, but that’s consistent with the slow roll-out of the game that took place there as well. In the meantime, if you can’t get your hands on a Plus but do have an Apple Watch, you can look forward to the version of the game for that device that was shown off at this week’s Apple event.

You can also bookmark pages like the one on Amazon for whenever Pokemon GO Plus is actually available for purchase again.