Pokémon GO is a game that everybody plays nowadays. Not because it is the latest version of Pokémon game, but the gameplay is awesome and innovative, making people around the world become curious and play it afterward.
Who in this world actually don't know yet about Pokémon GO? I bet everyone has ever heard about it from the very first time. It seems general information about Pokémon GO is sufficient to be known by you. But, do you know some unbelievable, funny, or probably horrible facts about Pokémon GO? Some people say that Pokémon GO is a game full of conspiracy, resulting pros and cons, is it true?
For better understanding and detail facts about Pokémon GO, here are 30 facts about Pokémon GO that you probably don't know. We have collected them for you. Please enjoy.
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Pokémon GO is a game launched by Niantic, a start up of giant company named Google. Collaborating with Pokémon Company, they launched this game.
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Pokémon GO is a game that uses Augmented Reality (AR) technology, which is a mix between real life and virtual device. Beside, this game uses GPS feature, enabling the game to use world map acting as a map in the gameplay through satellite positioning.
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Because of so many people playing this game worldwide, Pokémon GO's servers frequently experience crash. There are also still a lot of bugs in the game even though after it was launched in various countries.
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According to many sources, Pokémon GO has ever been blocked in Philippines. Some sources said that the cause was the huge and abnormal number of users who played the game in this country. As a result, Nintendo blocked the availability of Pokémon GO in Philippines for a while in order to overcome the unusual number of traffic.
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You can find Pokémon with certain types of Pokémon based on the geographical area you visit. If you visit water area, then Pokémon that resides in that place will be water-type Pokémon. If you go to the grass area, you will find a ground-type Pokémon such as Caterpie, Ratatta, Mankey, and so on. But it is not always be like that. Sometimes I find electric-type Pokémon near water area.
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A woman in the United States has ever accidentally found a body while looking for Pokémon in a river near to his house. After being identified by police, the corpse was already dead 24 hours ago.
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According to the Associated Press, even though this game is categorized as new and just released almost a month ago, thanks to the single game's success, Nintendo's shares rose significantly by 20% from 3,310 yen to 19,580 yen. This game has raised the market value of the company for $7 billion.
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Pokémon GO is greatly sold like a hot cake in the United States and managed to get hearts of many people from young to middle-aged, especially teenagers who are still new and curious to know what Pokémon GO is, wanting to catch Pokémon for the first time, and also old people who are fans and stuck by Pokémon nostalgics.
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An Australian man, named Sonny Truyen, who worked in Singapore was fired from his job due to his complaint that Pokémon GO had not been released yet in Singapore, while in another countries it had been released, including Australia. Truyen sent a post on his Facebook saying that Singapore is a bad place to live since Pokémon GO had not been available, resulting him to be fired by his boss.
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Even though this game is free, there are a lot of players who have trouble downloading the game due to heavy traffic. As a result, there are some irresponsible persons taking advantage of this situation by providing pirated version which had been modified and placed malware inside, then uploaded it to other sites. Therefore, be careful when downloading Pokémon GO from unofficial sites that are not trusted. Just over 72 hours after the game had been released, the news of pirated version heard from New Zealand and Australia. Inside this pirated version, there was a malware named DroidJack, which was very dangerous because the hacker could freely control the devices which are already infected. However, fortunately the pirated version is not easy to install since users have to turn off security features on the phone first, which is logically suspicious.
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There are a lot of news saying that playing Pokémon GO is very dangerous. Starting from the fact that it may cause players fall and hit by vehicle while playing. Therefore, players should be more aware when playing this game outside.
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There was a man that resigned from his job just to play Pokémon GO. He might be a rich and free person, or probably he was a great Pokémon fans not giving a deal for quitting his job for something he loves.
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Pokémon GO can be used for sports. With the gameplay of Pokémon GO that demands players to go outdoor and find Pokémon in the real world, it makes the players need to walk, ride, or drive their car outside to catch 'em all. However, players may make use the game potential to make themselves healthy such as go jogging while finding Pokémon or Pokéstops. But, still keep in mind to be safe!
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There once was a man that found a lost cow in the night while he was playing Pokémon GO outside. He then called the police telling there was a cow being alone didn't know what to do.
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Forums and references about Pokémon GO was massively created. Because of the game's popularity, there are so many websites that create tutorials to make the players easily helped in playing the game. Forums and websites that discuss about Pokémon GO are rapidly rising and they are so many.
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Pokémon GO has been a viral on social media, television, and even in advertisements.
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There are so many cheating softwares that allow players to play Pokémon GO without traveling. Meanwhile, Pokémon GO's official prohibits the use of bots or other cheating applications, or else they will be banned.
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There are so many references (citations) about Pokémon GO in Wikipedia. There are approximately 200+ references in Wikipedia. This indicates that information about Pokémon GO is very important. Isn't it?
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A woman who underwent chemotherapy was accompanied by a Pokémon in Pokémon GO. She sent a post on Reddit, "In the middle of my chemo treatment, the homie Psyduck standing on a chair and playing with me."
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A child ran away from home after his mom deleted Pokémon GO on his phone. As a result, he left the house. Even though one day he was found by his older brother at his relative's house showing sad face while met by the brother.
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Pokémon GO once thought as an April Fool Prank when Google teamed up with Pokémon Company in an event of 2014.
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After Pokémon GO was released, this game has been downloaded by more than 100 million users and it still keeps growing.
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Pokémon GO is considered to be the best game in PlayStore beating Clash Royale's popularity, and it was achieved in less than a month after it was released.
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Pokémon GO got many pros and cons. Due to this game's effects that cause accidents, trespassing, and also potential to criminality. While on the other hand, there ones say that this game is good for the player's health, especially mental health.
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According to SimilarWeb, approximately 60% of Android users play the Pokémon GO every day.
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After Pokémon GO was released, the prices of all the old Pokémon game was increased too.
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Players who don't know in person and meet by chance in an event or Pokéstop become acquainted and make friends because of Pokémon GO.
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|Because Pokémon GO is an experience-based game, each game account is valuable, especially account that has high level. As a result, there are many players selling his or her account online and offline. On ebay, one of the highest bidding conducted was £ 7,300.
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Pokémon GO contains only first generation Pokémon series. Some of the legendary Pokémon are not included, except Mewtwo which lately was provided.
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The popularity and the good prospect of Pokémon GO make many entrepreneurs took advantages by opening up services starting from circumference service towards Pokéstop, hatching eggs, and heading to gyms with various prices.
That's all the facts about Pokémon GO. Have you guys heard them all? Hopefully this 30 facts list about Pokémon GO helps you in enlarge and enrich your knowledge about Pokémon GO.
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