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Pokémon GO (Page 7)

Iran becomes first country to completely ban Pokémon GO

Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2016
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Sorry, Pikachu, but the Middle Eastern nation doesn’t choose you.

W Asia
(ban • Iran • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

We catch up with world’s first Pokémon Go master, Nick Johnson, in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2016

He’s caught ’em all in the U.S., Europe, Hong Kong and Australia, and now we get to find out what the gamer’s been up to in Japan, the birthplace of Pokémon.

Japan
(Expedia • gamers • games • gaming • Japan • mobile games • Niantic • Nick Johnson • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon master • tourism • travel)

Hilariously dark YouTube video shows how Pokémon GO spawns its common Pokémon【Video】

Scott Wilson
Aug 9, 2016

Oh. Oh, god, I was not expecting that!

Internet
(CG animation • dark • funny • funny video • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

Clip-type massagers: The newest way to hatch your Pokémon GO eggs without walking【Video】

Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2016

Just sit back and let them do all the work.

Japan
(crazy • funny • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video • weird)

Don’t know what to wear on your Pokémon GO excursions? Try these trainer outfits from Japan

Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2016

Sleek cosplay designs look like they could double as modern sportswear.

Japan
(cosplay • fashion • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Pokémon Strike Back in Basel, Chase Trainers with Giant Pokéballs

Anime News Network
Aug 5, 2016

Europe
(advertising • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video • viral video)

The glitch this Japanese gamer encountered in Pokémon Go is just too cruel for words【Video】

Andrew Kane
Aug 4, 2016

This Japanese player was in for a cruel surprise when they cast their pokéball that day.

Japan
(glitch • Pokémon GO • video games)

“To protect the world from devastation!” Real-life Team Rocket cleans litter in Pokémon GO park

Scott Wilson
Aug 4, 2016

Team Rocket’s blasting off again… to make the world a cleaner place!

Japan
(litter • Nagoya • parks • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • team rocket • tsuruma park)

Pokémon GO preserves the memory of building lost in Japan’s 2011 tsunami by making it a PokéStop

Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2016

The Okada Theater was swept away in 2011, but Pokémon GO players are still visiting its location, and learning a little about this tsunami-ravaged city in the process.

Japan
(2011 earthquake • 2011 tsunami • earthquake • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • sad • Tohoku • touching • tsunami • video games)

New Pokémon Line app message stamps raise money for children in Japan’s disaster-struck regions

Oona McGee
Aug 3, 2016

Artists from around the country took part in the project, which sees Pikachu saying thank you in forty different ways.

Japan
(art • Great East Japan Earthquake • illustration • kumamoto earthquake • line • Line stamps • manga • messaging • mobile phones • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Smartphones)

Exercise-hating Pokémon GO player discovers another way to find and hatch Pokémon without walking

Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2016

Unlike previous methods, this one doesn’t require you to own any special equipment.

Japan
(clever • funny • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)

Pokémon memes go viral as Japan pokes fun at Exeggutor’s new long-necked Alola form

Oona McGee
Aug 3, 2016

Exeggutor turns into a tall palm tree for the new Pokémon Sun and Moon games and fans have wasted no time in making fun of him with a slew of hilarious memes!