It seems the world is going crazy about Pokémon GO
The popularity of the game for smartphones is responsible for all sorts of things: from the massive increase in the value of shares of Nintendo until the discovery of a corpse
Pokémon GO uses. augmented to place creatures and objects in real places, which has led people (and Pokémon) to places where they usually go reality.
in some cases, caused problems …
the locations that have been taken
unwittingly, the homes of some people have been in the hands of coaches Pokémon.
Boon Sheridan, who lives with his family in an old church in Massachusetts, USA, was surprised to see that his house was marked gym Pokémones, ie, a place for people to train their fictional creatures. “Living in an old church means many things. Today means my house is a gym Pokémon Go. This will be fascinating,” he tweeted.
Throughout the weekend, players have passed out in your garden and entrance has been constantly blocked with cars. “This gives me some suspicion. People will park and blocked my entrance while playing with their phones,” he tweeted.
Another gym is located in the famous Westboro Baptist Church, known for his controversial speeches against the LGBT community. The church is currently in charge of a pink pokémon known as Clefairy . Users can assign custom names to their creatures and it seems that the current leader of the gym is making fun of the homophobic attitudes of the church to have a pokémon with the nickname “love is love”.
locations within the game (gymnasiums or places to get objects) are assigned to sites in the real world and can be monuments, buildings or smaller and simple things like a sign.
One of those places is a Police station in Darwin, Australia. The Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Services Northern Territories had to ask the players not to enter hunting to the station.
The story of a body
Shayla Wiggins 19 rose early on Friday, July 8 to catch a pokémon near the river Big Wind in Wyoming, United States.
“I was trying to get a pokémon of water, “Wiggins told CNN . However, he made a startling discovery. A corpse near the bridge of State Highway 789
“I probably never would have gone down there if it were not for this game,” he said. However, the chilling incident not dissuaded. Wiggins said he would continue playing.
Armed robbers used the game in their favor
Police Missouri, United States, reported that some thieves Go armed Pokémon are using to attack victims in paragraphs sites.
the agents were taken into custody four suspects after receiving a distress call at around two o’clock on Sunday July 10. Later they found a firearm, according to a statement O’Fallon Police Department.
“With the help of geotagging application Pokemon Go , the thieves were able to anticipate the location and degree of isolation of the victims, “authorities said.
” we think what happened is that you can add a bookmark to a PokeSpot to attract other players. apparently the application used to find people who were in the middle of a parking lot or elsewhere “, published O’Fallon Police on Facebook.
in the game, players can place a module in a real place bait to attract many Pokémones for 30 minutes. It has been reported that some business owners have used modules bait to attract people to their stores.
Through a joint statement, developers (The Pokémon Company International and Niantic) application noted they were aware of incidents in which they had been involved some players.
“We urge all people playing Pokémon GO to be attentive to their surroundings and play with friends when they go to sites do not know. Please remember to stay safe and alert at all times “.
Soon it will be more popular than Twitter
you can say that the augmented reality application has real consequences in the real world. Just two days to present himself to the game, had settled in the 5.16% of Android devices in the US, according SimilarWeb, a company analysis.
The application is already more popular than Tinder and will soon have better results than Twitter in Android. It is also the most popular free application and more gross income generated in the iPhone App Store in the United States.
So things are and not even been published worldwide. It is only available in certain markets, including the US and Australia.
A boom in business
Nintendo shares are in a good run from Thursday July 7, the day the Japanese company introduced its latest game: Pokemon Go. Shares rose nearly 25% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday 11 July after rising 9% on Friday, 8.
The immediate success of Pokemon Go could be an impressive second wind for company I had been in trouble. Sales of its latest console, the Wii U, proved a colossal failure because he ran into fierce competition from rivals such as Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4. Consequently, earnings were affected Nintendo: net income fell about 60% in the most recent financial year. Before recovery on Friday, the company’s stock had lost nearly 50% of its value over the previous 12 months.
As profits and sales were down, Nintendo worked in a new strategy. The company said it plans to introduce a new game console early next year, the key name is NX , but has not given more details.
in March, Nintendo introduced a video game for phones called Miitomo , which broke with decades of tradition of presenting games and characters for their own systems. The company is also considering the possibility of making movies with popular characters in video games.
In order to get cash, Nintendo sold its stake in the Seattle Mariners, a team of professional baseball States States earlier this year. The company had a majority stake for 24 years, but is now a minority, as it retained only 10% of its original stake.
With information Sophia Yan
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