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After a week of news about a game that, in terms of virtual history, is an antique, we explain how it became Pok é mon in a new cultural phenomenon.
I’ve heard of Pok é mon. Are you fashionable again
Yes. Go Pokémon is an augmented reality game for smartphones.
Use GPS data and Google Maps. The play walking down the real world for a virtual monsters, some think a little cheesy s, but others have the status of “cult” – that appear in places near the location of the phone.
once you get close enough, you should try to capture them using the touchscreen your your phone, where they appear superimposed on the real reality (captured by your camera). Already in your possession, you must train them to fight each other.
Monsters were first popular in the 1990s when they came out on the Nintendo Game Boy.
The ability to exchange these monsters or to be more precise, 722 fictional characters -y one of the goals is to capture all -, returned to the game a great success among children and youth, before Minecraft and even the Tamagotchi.
The characters, in addition to being protagonists of other games on Game Boy and Nintendo DS, have also been a cartoon show and a collectible card game.
But this is the first time appear in the phone s smart <. strong> s
here are some slang words:
- Pok é mon = A contraction of the Japanese Poke tto Mon sutā, which means pocket monster
- Pokestop = place
- Pokeball = special device to catch and carry a Pokémon to train
- Gym = site where the Pokémon fight each other
- Pikachu = the most famous Pokémon and an icon of Japanese culture
Where I can get the game?
In the Apple Store (App Store for iPhone) or Google Play ( for users of Android).
It’s free but as well as other free games, there are things to buy with real money once you’re playing.
It has been launched in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, some European countries, and soon, it will be in Japan. Elsewhere we have to wait a little longer.
Although there are many rumors, there are no definite dates for Latin America. Some are using third-party applications -a risk, because the company has warned it may contain malware- or turns of the technology to access it.
One of the problems is that many people are using the servers have collapsed.
therefore, their manufacturers, Niantic Inc., a subsidiary of the parent company of Google- Alphabet Inc have not yet released the game worldwide.
What is the strangest thing that has happened to someone while playing Pokémon Go?
There’s a lot to choose from.
An American woman found a corpse while looking for a Pokémon in a river near his home. Police said the man had died in the last 24 hours and that no suspect has been because of a crime.
Four people were arrested to use the game to attract players to remote locations and then threatened with a gun to steal them. In response, manufacturers advised Pokémon Go “playing with friends when going to new or unfamiliar places” and “remember to take care and be alert at all times”.
The Westboro Baptist Church in US ., known for its anti-gay activism, it appears as the location of a gym in the game, and players planted a “Clefairy” a Pokémon pink and called “love is love”. The Church said with a series of messages networks Social branding to Pok é mon sodomite .
There are also several reported cases of people who fall for not paying attention to what they have in front when they are playing, husbands playing while his wife gives birth, young people who offer their services as “hunters Pokémones” and even a man in New Zealand who quit his job to become Pokémon trainer full time.
on a more serious note, some institutions such as the Holocaust Museum United States, have asked to remove them from the game. pursue extraordarias creatures in places like that is considered at least inappropriate
Should I worry about my privacy?
Some people have pointed out that because it works in real time, if you’re close to another player you can probably see it in real life.
When you it s play you allow Niantic Labs use your location Compart a through the application.
that’s similar to what they ask for all applications social networks, but while sites like Facebook and Twitter you can disable location functionality, do it in Pokémon Go negatively affects your ability to play.
What has been successful so far?
Huge!
added and more US $ 7 .000 million to the value of Nintendo , under shares of the company since it was launched.
Go dominates Pokémon games lists US and it seems that is conquering two markets : The teenagers, who are discovering the monsters for the first time and those who have almost and a little over 30 years old, who remember that first time and enjoy a bit of nostalgia.
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