Made by Nintendo together with the guys that made Ingress .
Pokémon is going mobile with an all-new game developed for Android and iOS smartphones called Pokémon Go, The Pokémon Company announced at a press conference in Japan today. The new game is a collaboration between Nintendo, The Pokémon Company and Niantic, the developer responsible for the augmented reality mobile game Ingress.
The Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara announced Pokémon Go today, saying the game was inspired by the massively multiplayer, location-based, AR game Ingress, which was originally developed within Google. Like Ingress, Pokémon Go is a location-based game, letting players track, capture, battle and train Pokémon in real-world settings.
Ishihara said that late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was heavily involved in the concept behind the mobile Pokémon game.
Niantic's John Hanke described Pokémon Go as a mobile game that's wholesome, fun and can be enjoyed by families. Players will track down and capture Pokemon in real-world locations, Hanke said, collecting monsters like Bulbasaur, for example, at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station or Pikachu at the Eiffel Tower. Pokémon will appear in parks, on streets and other locations around the world.
Junichi Masuda of Pokémon developer Game Freak appeared at today's press conference to announce that it was collaborating with Niantic in developing Pokémon Go. Niantic was previously a start up within Google, but recently announced it was working as an independent company.
Pokémon Go will work with a Bluetooth-powered device called Pokémon Go Plus, which players can wear on their wrist or pinned to their clothing. The device, which looks like a Pokéball combined with a Google Maps marker pin, has a built-in LED light and a vibration function that will notify players that something important is happening in the game, such as a Pokémon appearing nearby. Ishihara said that Pokémon Go players won't be required to use the device to play the game, but that it will reduce the amount of time players spend staring at their smart devices in order to play the game.
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto also appeared at today's press conference to talk about Pokémon Go, likening it to Nintendo 64 classic game Pokémon Snap, only now, players will be able to get up close and personal with the series' monsters in the real world.
"Our challenge was to develop a great game for smart phone devices that expressed the core values of Pokémon," said Ishihara, president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, in a release. "Pokémon GO is the answer to that challenge."
"Pokémon GO is a wonderful combination of Niantic's real world gaming platform and one of the most beloved franchises in popular culture," added Hanke, founder and CEO of Niantic, Inc. "Our partnership with The Pokémon Company and Nintendo is an exciting step forward in real-world gaming and using technology to help players discover the world and people around them."
Played it today for a bunch of hours, and I can say that it's pretty fun actually. I rarely download any games from the Store because most of them are a complete piece of boring garbage, but that one really grabbed me.
Btw it drains the battery really fast. Niantic need to work on that.
I never really found Pokemon appealing but Im hearing and seeing this all over the internet so I snagged the APK! I think servers are overloaded! Between multiple restarts of the app its taken me a ridiculously long time to create a character and find my first Pokemon and now I cant do anything more! Will try it again later
@freiwald WTF is disgusting about a nice butt or vagina?
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Armed Robbers Use Pokémon Go To Find 9 Victims
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About eight or nine people have been robbed by four men over the past couple of days, a spokesperson from the O’Fallon Police Department told Gizmodo over the phone. The latest robbery occurred Sunday morning at around 2am by the men in a black BMW before they were finally apprehended by police.
The suspects used the Pokemon Go game to find their victims by anticipating where people might go through popular PokeStops—virtual sites in the game that can be designated at any real word location, from businesses to parking lots to churches.
The four men who were apprehended all range in age from 16 to 18. Their names and what they stole from their victims have not been released.
The O’Fallon Police Department advises that if you’re going to let your kids play Pokemon Go, make sure you keep an eye on where they’re hanging out.
@freiwald WTF is disgusting about a nice butt or vagina?
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Also:
Armed Robbers Use Pokémon Go To Find 9 Victims
Quote:
About eight or nine people have been robbed by four men over the past couple of days, a spokesperson from the O’Fallon Police Department told Gizmodo over the phone. The latest robbery occurred Sunday morning at around 2am by the men in a black BMW before they were finally apprehended by police.
The suspects used the Pokemon Go game to find their victims by anticipating where people might go through popular PokeStops—virtual sites in the game that can be designated at any real word location, from businesses to parking lots to churches.
The four men who were apprehended all range in age from 16 to 18. Their names and what they stole from their victims have not been released.
The O’Fallon Police Department advises that if you’re going to let your kids play Pokemon Go, make sure you keep an eye on where they’re hanging out.
@freiwald WTF is disgusting about a nice butt or vagina?
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Also:
Armed Robbers Use Pokémon Go To Find 9 Victims
Quote:
About eight or nine people have been robbed by four men over the past couple of days, a spokesperson from the O’Fallon Police Department told Gizmodo over the phone. The latest robbery occurred Sunday morning at around 2am by the men in a black BMW before they were finally apprehended by police.
The suspects used the Pokemon Go game to find their victims by anticipating where people might go through popular PokeStops—virtual sites in the game that can be designated at any real word location, from businesses to parking lots to churches.
The four men who were apprehended all range in age from 16 to 18. Their names and what they stole from their victims have not been released.
The O’Fallon Police Department advises that if you’re going to let your kids play Pokemon Go, make sure you keep an eye on where they’re hanging out.
The game is a real hype here, even though is not even officially released. Walked through town yesterday and I saw a lot of people playing. You see cars stop at a Pokestop, you see groups of people near a gym. I'm sure I saw at least 40 people playing in the 30 minutes I walked.
Brilliant, game-changing concept, extremely mediocre game. The music, the graphics and the gameplay is so lackluster - why can't gym pokemon be played by a good AI and we can use actual pokemon combat ?
This game sucks shit compared to ingress which i still player after 3 years, all u do is catch the monsters, lv lthem and go to random gyms? seems most players will drop after a few weeks there isnt really any depth in this game.. but maybe thats teh point since this game isnt for the mature audience? i expected more from niantic tbh.. fuck u nintendo
This game sucks shit compared to ingress which i still player after 3 years, all u do is catch the monsters, lv lthem and go to random gyms? seems most players will drop after a few weeks there isnt really any depth in this game.. but maybe thats teh point since this game isnt for the mature audience? i expected more from niantic tbh.. fuck u nintendo
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I rarely download any games from the Store because most of them are a complete piece of boring garbage, but that one really grabbed me.
waiting to happen! 
