With McDonald’s as Gyms, players will be drawn there and may then eat and those already eating may play a bit of Pokémon Go while they do so.
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However, there is an alternative.
The smartphone game, jointly developed by Japanese firm Nintendo Co., its affiliate Pokemon Co. and American game maker Niantic Inc., has been released in over 30 countries by now.
In our own testing the map told us a Staryu, Pidgey and a Slowpoke were all nearby and on opening the app that’s exactly what we saw.
Pokémon GO’s success has had a huge impact on the global market, where Nintendo is now valued at more than 25% than it was prior to the game’s launch. I felt like, ‘Yes!’ ” university student Shuta Saito said in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, a popular spot for fans of animation and games.
Pokemon, short for “pocket monsters” has been a constant in Japan since first being launched as software in 1996 for Nintendo’s iconic Game Boy console. “‘Pokemon Go’ can now be played in Japan”. The developers knew that once the game is out, a lot of people will play the AR game. “Pokemon Go came, I can not bother with work”, a Twitter user posted minutes after it hit Google Play. While there are some rumors claiming that it is in the first week of August that we will see the game launching officially in India, some others say that it won’t come before September. Shares of the companies behind the game have surged due to its popularity.
As anticipation built toward the Japan release earlier this week, the government issued nine safety-related rules for Pokemon Go players to follow.
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“When you go out to play, keep your head up, look around, enjoy the world around you and be safe”, he said in the video message.
