Joey Relton
POKEMON GO
Developer: Niantic
Price: Freemium
Platform: Android, iOS
Release date: 6 July, 2016
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Your character on the world map
C
hildren of the 90’s
rejoice! Our long
yearned for dreams
of a reality where
Pokemon exist are beginning to be fulfilled.
It’s time to dust off
your unused walking
boots and brace yourselves for a tidal wave
of “too many damn
Zubats” memes, because the free to play
Pokémon GO is finally
out.
The augmented reality game has users walk
around outside, essentially following a glorified Google maps,
as a GPS tracks your
position. Walk enough
and, ‘pop’, a Pokemon
will appear.
This is where the
much hyped augmented reality comes
into play. The player
must use their phone’s
camera to find what
is probably t