And it’s exactly this thing that’s determining Nintendo to go after websites hosting the APK and making Pokemon Go available for users living in countries where the game can not be downloaded from the store.
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The wildly popular augmented reality game, Pokemon GO, has officially been released in Spain, Italy and Portugal.
“Then, when war breaks out, Japan and the USA can easily target their guided missiles, and China will have been destroyed by the invasion of a Japanese-American game”, said a social media post circulated on Weibo. On the profits front, Nintendo the gaming giant holds very less of Pokemon Go’s share and thus shall enjoy only a minute percentage of the massive profits the game is now making.
Anticipation is running high, with rumors circulating the game might be coming to Japan sometime this week.
However, for the game to work users will also need to install a virtual private network on their phones to bypass censorship and have a Google account, as well as a GPS simulator, as the global positioning system has strong restrictions in China.
The game, which marries a classic 20-year old franchise with augmented reality, has taken the world by storm despite having been launched in only five countries – the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Germany.
According to data shared by Similarweb, the game is a massive hit.
Fortunately, UK players can still pre-order the device on theNintendo UK site, as the game’s server for some European countries were announced just this week.
But Nintendo resisted smartphones and mobile devices for years, sticking to its trusted formula as it struggled to protect its core earnings.
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Contrary to the stereotype of a solitary game player glued to a display in a room, Iwata believed everyone is a child-at-heart, eager to go outside and play, interacting with the world and other people. “Fun for everyone”, he said, in one of his most quoted comments.
