Pokémon Go: A New Cultural Phenomenon in the Streets
Everyone’s familiar with the Pokemon series that made its first appearance in the 90’s, it’s now in the spotlight once again, thanks to Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go is a new smartphone game app mimicking the Pokemon series game play. The world is rapidly turning into a Pokemon Zoo, now anyone has the power to become the master of these pretty little monsters. Kids trading cards This is the first release of a smartphone app game by Pokemon Company that’s been looking forward to building a multi million video game since 1998. Niantic, the game designer, made a collaboration with Google Maps in designing the mechanics of the game for real time walking experience while playing the game. By using your smartphone’s GPS signal and camera, it appears as if the wild Pokemon monsters are matching the streets in your real world. Collectable cards You can see your avatar walking the streets in your locality, plus Poke-stops which are special locations that house digital items like poke, bal...