Pokémon Go is a newrealitygamethathascreated a hypearoundtheworld. It is uniquebecause it combinestherealworldwith a virtualone.Pokémon Go uses a mobilephone’sGPSdevice to captureandfightagainstmysteriouscreatureswherever a persongoes. In thefirstfewweeksafterthegame’srelease it wasdownloaded by over a hundredmillionpeople.
A userstartsPokémon Go by downloading theapp on theirmobilephoneandchoosing an avatarwhoaccompaniesthemthroughoutthegame.Theplayer’slocation is determined by thephone’sGPSsignal. A two-dimensionalmapturnsinto a virtualone. Asyoumovearound so doesthereal-worldmap.Whenyousee a Pokémonyoucanthrow a so-calledPokéball to captureit.Depending on where in theworldyouare,youget to seedifferenttypes of Pokémonsandotherobjects. By going to differentlocations,youcanincreaseyourplayinglevel.The game is free to playbutyoumustbuyPokéCoins to unlockspecialitems.
Pokémon Go mayturnout to be one of themostsuccessfulmobilegames of alltimes.ShortlyafterNintendo,thegame’sowner,releasedtheapp,thecompany’svalue on stockmarketsskyrocketed.
NintendoalsocreatedtheoriginalPokémon in themiddle of the1990s. In thatgameplayerswereable to catch,trainandfightagainstlittlemonsters in a virtualworld.Especiallythosewhohaveplayedtheoriginalversionarenowtheoneswhoareattracted to Pokémon Go .
Whiletheapphasturnedinto a socialphenomenontherehasalsobeennegativenews.Therehavebeenreports of peoplebeingluredintoplacesandrobbed or playersaccidentallyrunningintocarsandgettinghitwhilefollowing a Pokémon.
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