What Is Pokémon Go and Why Is Everyone Talking About It?
First, my friend caught a Charmander at a supermarket. Then the flood
started: Digletts on a steering wheel. Rhyhorn at the bar. Magikarp on a
frying pan. They’re all Pokémon to catch, part of a new game called
Pokémon Go. You’ve probably heard of it—but what
is it, and why is everyone obsessed with it?
Pokémon is
the portmanteau of “pocket monsters,” and an insanely popular franchise
with a just as insanely long history. In Pokémon, monsters roam the
lands, and your job is to find, capture, and train them. Then you put
them in battle against other players. Growing up, I played the heck out
of the original Pokémon games on the Nintendo Game Boy, and followed
those adventures through a few more generations of handheld game
console. I collected the trading cards and obsessed over the (still
running) TV series. Fortunately,
you don’t need any previous Pokémon experience to enjoy
Pokémon Go.
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