Pokemon Go

[Last Week]

Travel between the real world and the virtual world of Pokémon with Pokémon GO for iPhone and Android devices! With Pokémon GO, you'll discover Pokémon in a whole new world—your own! Pokémon GO will use real location information to encourage players to search far and wide in the real world to discover Pokémon.

The Pokémon video game series has used real-world locations such as the Hokkaido and Kanto regions of Japan, New York, and Paris as inspiration for the fantasy settings in which its games take place. Now the real world will be the setting!

The Pokémon video game series has always valued open and social experiences, such as connecting with other players to enjoy trading and battling Pokémon. Pokémon GO’s gameplay experience goes beyond what appears on screen, as players explore their neighborhoods, communities, and the world they live in to discover Pokémon alongside friends and other players.

You can watch the video at the top of the page to better understand the Pokémon GO experience.

A small device called a Pokémon GO Plus will enable Pokémon GO players to enjoy the game even when they’re not looking at their smartphone. The device connects to the smartphone via Bluetooth and notifies the player about events in the game—such as the appearance of a Pokémon nearby—using an LED and vibration. In addition, players can catch Pokémon or perform other simple actions by pressing the button on the device. Pokémon GO Plus is being developed and manufactured by Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Pokémon GO is being developed by Niantic, Inc. Originally founded by Google Earth co-creator John Hanke as a start-up within Google, Niantic is known for creating Ingress, the augmented reality mobile game that utilizes GPS technology to fuel a sci-fi story encompassing the entire world. Ingress currently has 12 million downloads worldwide.

Niantic, Inc., The Pokémon Company, and Nintendo Co., Ltd., will all contribute to the Pokémon GO project.

Furthermore, Junichi Masuda of Game Freak Inc., the game director of the Pokémon video game series, is also contributing to the project. He is hard at work ensuring that the fun of Pokémon makes its way into this new project, and is also looking to come up with new kinds of gameplay while thinking of ways to connect this project with the main series of Pokémon video games.

Pokémon GO will be available for download at no charge on the App Store and Google Play. In-app purchases will be available.

Look forward to much more information about Pokémon GO leading up to its launch in 2016!

http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-go/

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[Last Week]

Now, I'm not exactly a Pokemon fan these days, more so when I was younger. But wow, this looks fantastic. I wish I were a child today to be able to enjoy this sort of stuff.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

So does this mean I'm going to be seeing groups of hippies running around pointing their phones in the air trying to catch virtual Pokemon?

Oh god, Youtube gold. I'll keep a tally of the stupid merkins who accidentally bump into the guy with the tray of Coffees in the city.

 

[Abz]

So does this mean I'm going to be seeing groups of hippies running around pointing their phones in the air trying to catch virtual Pokemon?

Oh god, Youtube gold. I'll keep a tally of the stupid merkins who accidentally bump into the guy with the tray of Coffees in the city.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Is, is this like, just geotagging?

 

[canberra_raiders2k2]

Wow looks quite good. I'm excited and I haven't played anything pokemon related since red/blue lol

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Funny you say that, I actually started playing Pokemon Emerald on a gameboy emulator on my phone.
Don't know any of the pokemon (only know the first lot of them), actually prefer it this way as its more like its replicating the show (each new encounter I'm learning a new pokemon!)

 

[thorson1987]

Wow looks quite good. I'm excited and I haven't played anything pokemon related since red/blue lol

got a game boy colour emulator on my phone with pokemon red.

so good.

 

[Abz]

I only even bought Pokemon red. All others were played on emulator. It's quite satisfying knowing that other people paid good dollars for these games and I come along and play the very same thing for free :lol:

 

[Frederick]

This game is live as of today.

A wild pidgey appeared on my kids laptop

 

[DiegoNT]

Darwin City Police station is one of the pokespots. They had to do a social media release telling people they dont have to actually go inside the police station for it to work

 

[Parra Pride]

The first thing I found in my house was a f**king Bulbasaur, of all the starters it has to be the worst one.

 

[Tenacious Titans]

Darwin City Police station is one of the pokespots. They had to do a social media release telling people they dont have to actually go inside the police station for it to work

lmao

The first thing I found in my house was a f**king Bulbasaur, of all the starters it has to be the worst one.

Yep, had a Bulbasaur in my house as well.

 

[redvscotty]

How are you getting it to look through your camera? I just get the GPS map.

 

[Parra Pride]

How are you getting it to look through your camera? I just get the GPS map.

When you find a Pokemon it'll go to a view through the camera.

 

[Frederick]

The first thing I found in my house was a f**king Bulbasaur, of all the starters it has to be the worst one.

You should've been able to pick your starter. All three appeared for me and I chose squirtle (of course)

 

[Tenacious Titans]

There was and still is a random Dodrio ptetty close by as well.

 

[Parra Pride]

You should've been able to pick your starter. All three appeared for me and I chose squirtle (of course)

Bulbasaur was the only Pokemon the popped up instantly, right as I hit it I noticed there was two more rings but it was too late to back out. Created a new gmail account purely to start it again and get a Charmander, so it all worked out in the end.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

This app is horrible.

 

[McLovin]