Pokemon Go is a big hit now in the whole internet. The launch of the game in United States, Australia and New Zealand was a huge success! Lots of normal human beings are turned into a Pokemon trainer and travelling across their streets to catch and battle Pokemons.
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| Photo credit: Niantic & Pokemon Co. Screenshot taken at Android Phone |
In case you are new to this news, Pokemon Go is a free to play augmented reality game in Android and iOS (sorry for Windows phone). The game is developed by Niantic and partnered with the Pokemon Company, if you know the android game "Ingress" which is also developed by Niantic, then they have almost the same theme. The game allows users to catch Pokemon in the wild, on the streets, just by using the android phone and the built in camera.
In the Philippines, the Pokemon Go app is still under surveillance on when it will be officially released. Reports say that the Asian server was up and running for a few hours today, July 11, 2016, but later on it went under maintenance.
In the USA, there are numerous people that are already enjoying their daily lives catching Pokemon. You can find these guys enjoying a Pokemon Go meetup (probably on the spot) taken by reddit user u/Paddy32. Refer to his post here.
There are also guys that will take drastic measures just to battle a battle Pokemon Gym! Twitter user MrsGreatnews (@MrsGreatnewssaw) saw a gym over the ocean, but since she cannot go into that particular gym, she just let it slip, but a group of Pokemon Trainers went wild! Check out her tweets!
There's a gym IN THE OCEAN. WHO'S BRIGHT IDEA WAS THAT? #PokemonGO #Wellington pic.twitter.com/kBh7yKK6K2— Pokéfan Libby (@MrsGreatnews) July 10, 2016
HAHAHA, omg, I'm pretty sure these guys are battling the gym! pic.twitter.com/00BY06Wntu— Pokéfan Libby (@MrsGreatnews) July 10, 2016
They're definitely battling it. #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/hxfhuxqZpf— Pokéfan Libby (@MrsGreatnews) July 10, 2016
— Pokéfan Libby (@MrsGreatnews) July 10, 2016
Two people, in a kayak. Staring at their phones. #PokemonGO is getting serious pic.twitter.com/HH4WgCUhAZ— Haydn Greatnews (@mrgreatnews) July 10, 2016
And guess what? That pair of Pokemon Trainers were really battling the gym! Check out their reply!
Yeah, we kayaked out to the fountain to claim this gym for #teamblue #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/vKyWMK4bsN— Kelsey Thomson (@Kelchup) July 10, 2016
Pokemon Go isn't just for travelling and having fun just by yourself and your Pokemons. Reddit user u/UnityTreeofSavior actually got a date just by playing Pokemon Go! Oh, what a lovely occurrence! The guy was just walking home and catching some Pokemons, when a cute girl just approached her and asked, ""hey, are you playing Pokemon Go too?". They walked home side by side sharing the experience of Pokemon Go, and promised to meet again on the next "training schedule". It may be a little walk, but u/UnityTreeofSavior still got a new cute friend. You can actually read his post here.
While everyone are enjoying the Pokemon Go app, we found some guys that actually made their worse.
Reddit user u/PokemonGoCauseDamage just made his very first Pokemon Go damage in his whole life with his friend. Apparently the new Pokemon Trainer was with his "rival" or best friend in catching Pokemons on the nearby town with their car. They were completely clueless on the town and a sudden turn of events went wild when they hit a few patches of beautiful flowers in a gorgeous landscape because an Oddish appeared. Oh, "It's super effective!" Read the whole story here.
There are mixed emotions on what is currently happening on the trending Pokemon Go, in the Philippines, it is still unofficial and will be released just a few days from now.
Will there be awesome happenings that we will encounter in the wild when this game official in the country? Will there be some trainers that will face their worse while catching a rattata? Will Team Rocket (a.k.a phone snatchers or simply Team Raket) will surface in the civilization?
The change is coming, and Pokemon Go is near. Just a few more sleeps and we will be rocking our neighborhood and will definitely share our stories.