GungHo, whose Puzzle & Dragons was once the world’s highest-earning mobile game, is looking to tap into the popularity of Pokémon GO-style gameplay via Yo-kai Watch World, which also uses Google Maps to create 3D game environments based on real-world locations. The game is now available in Japan on Android and iOS devices. Since launch, the … Continue reading Yo-kai Watch World immediately fails to replicate the success of Pokémon GO and even Pokémon Quest mobile
Pokémon GO heavily inspires new mobile game Yo-kai Watch World from GungHo
GungHo, whose Puzzle & Dragons was once the world’s highest-earning mobile game, is looking to tap into the popularity of Pokémon GO-style gameplay via Yo-kai Watch World, which also uses Google Maps to create 3D game environments based on real-world locations. The game is now available in Japan on Android and iOS devices. The Japanese … Continue reading Pokémon GO heavily inspires new mobile game Yo-kai Watch World from GungHo
Get a 360-degree view of the Pokémon With You Pikachu-themed train
The Pokémon With You train has been aiming to make kids happy in Eastern Japan since 2012. It’s now 2018 and the train recently received a massive makeover, featuring more Pikachu-themed designs. The Pokémon With You train was originally inaugurated to help lift spirits in some of the regions hit hardest by the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. The … Continue reading Get a 360-degree view of the Pokémon With You Pikachu-themed train
Pokémon GO in-game map now uses open-sourced mapping service OpenStreetMap
The in-game map in Pokémon GO now looks significantly different after developer Niantic quietly updated the game to use another source for its landscapes, switching from Google Maps to an open-sourced mapping service called OpenStreetMap. The key feature of OpenStreetMap is that it allows users to submit their own data about geographic features and locations. … Continue reading Pokémon GO in-game map now uses open-sourced mapping service OpenStreetMap
Pokémon GO initially began as an April Fool’s joke
Did you know that Pokémon GO initially began as an April Fool's joke before becoming a global phenomenon? You may recall that in 2014, Google unveiled the "Pokémon Challenge" for Google Maps, which allowed users to find and capture certain Pokémon within the application. This feature eventually branched out to Pokémon GO developer Niantic, which … Continue reading Pokémon GO initially began as an April Fool’s joke
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