Not only gaming, Pokemon Go represents a big step for AR, as game developers can now focus on games that interact more with reality and allow users to explore their surroundings.
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Players can stop by floating blue blocks called “Pokestops” to earn more Pokeballs and other items to use in the game.
Police forces, however, are anxious about the game luring people into potentially unsafe situations and are cautioning players to use their common sense. “The key thing is that this is happening globally”.
“Pokémon Go” seems to have taken the world by storm – or at least the countries where it’s been released. The Pokemon copyrights are held by Pokemon Co. rather than Nintendo.
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“People still remember the time when the Wii and the DS became a hit and boosted Nintendo’s shares”, he added, referring to the company’s popular game consoles. In an online blogpost, Kawashima invited the late company helmsman to “please watch from the sky, as we find out how many people start going outside”.
In an interview with Reuters, chief executive of Niantic (who along with Nintendo developed the game) John Hanke said: “Why limit it?” “I really looked forward to playing the Pokemon artificial reality game since they first announced it. That left a strong impression on me”.
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Nintendo suffered as a latecomer to smartphone games but is seeing the deep wealth of its franchise characters pay off with the success of “Pokemon Go”, even without a launch yet in Japan. As the game spreads rapidly around the world, Nintendo’s worth has gone up by more than $7.5 billion in less than a week. The goal is to build collections, make Pokemon more powerful, and battle other players in gyms. That’s also strikingly similar to Iwata’s vision.
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Data analysis company SurveyMonkey revealed on Wednesday that Pokemon Go is the most successful mobile-based app in United States history with some 21 million daily active users in 24 hours, exceeding the successes of Draw Something and Candy Crush, with some 16 and 20 million users respectively.
