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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 11 Comments

Pokemon GO is finally live in Canada, Niantic has announced. The game can be downloaded for both iOS and Android.

Here’s the official announcement from Twitter:

Pokemon GO has continued to launch in new countries over the past few days. Japan is now one of the last few major regions without the app.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 17 Comments

Pokemon GO has landed in more and more countries over the past few days. Japan, however, still has yet to receive it.

Speaking with Forbes, Niantic CEO John Hanke explained that the delay comes down to server capacity.

He said:

“At present, the server capacity in Japan is not powerful enough. We are working hard with our partners in Japan to enable the servers to keep up with demand once the game goes online there. We expect it to be released by the end of July.”

Forbes also has its own speculation about what’s going on, and says “other game watchers and those familiar with Japan’s network complexities are suggesting that mid-September looks more likely.” I don’t think they can afford to wait that long. We’ll see what happens!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, Rumors | 54 Comments

Catching all of the original Pokemon in Pokemon GO may end up being a difficult task. That’s because, supposedly, there are exclusive Pokemon to find in the different continents.

Serebii says that Tauros is exclusive to North America. Mr. Mime can only be found in Europe. Kangaskhan is only in Australia, and Farfetch’d is located in Asia.

We haven’t been able to officially confirm this just yet. If it’s true though, folks who want to have all 151 Pokemon may need to do some traveling!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 6 Comments

Pokemon GO arrived in 26 new countries earlier today… and then the servers proceeded to go down. Users have been experiencing issues for the past few hours.

On the bright side, Niantic is aware of issues surrounding Pokemon GO, and is working to restore service. That was passed along through the game’s official Twitter account just a few moments ago. Niantic also said that another update will be shared “soon.”

Here’s the official message:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 10 Comments

Pokemon GO’s global launch has expanded once more, and in a significant way. The mobile game is out now in 26 new countries. This includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The official Pokemon GO Facebook page posted about the news a short while ago:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 5 Comments

Select GameStop locations are holding special Pokemon GO events this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, these stores will be dropping lures every two hours between 10 AM and 8 PM.

You can see if there’s a GameStop near you participating here. The same link will also let you determine if any GameStops are PokeStops or Gyms.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 2 Comments

Eevee is one of many Pokemon to be found in Pokemon GO. However, it can evolve into one of three creatures: Jolteon, Vaporeon, and Flareon.

Choosing your Eevee evolution is actually rather simple. For Jolteon, simply give your Eevee the nickname Sparky. For Vaporeon, name it Rainer. Choose Pyro to nab Flareon.

Here’s a look at the trick in action:

As for where these nicknames came about, the Eevee Brothers from the original anime were named Rainer, Pyro, Sparky who owned a Vaporeon, Flareon and Jolteon respectively.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, Random, Videos | 33 Comments

Update: If that wasn’t enough, here’s a video from earlier in the week when people were going nuts in Washington’s Downtown Park (Bellevue) after a Squirtle appeared:

Continuing the insanity that is Pokemon GO, a stampede formed in New York’s Central Park last night when players came across Vaporeon. This isn’t the easiest creature to catch, so when it was detected at around 11 PM, the crowd went into a frenzy.

Again, we’re not going to be posting too many off-beat news posts stemming from Pokemon GO, but things like this are tough to resist. It’s just crazy seeing the types of things happening!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 5 Comments

Update (7/15): Bumped to the top. Pokemon GO is now at the same spot in Italy and Spain. Not Portugal though!

Original (7/14): Let me know if you’ve heard about this kind of story before: Pokemon GO topping the charts. With the game’s arrival in the UK, that’s the situation we’re seeing once again.

Pokemon GO has managed to reach the top spot on iOS in terms of gross revenue. We don’t have an exact time on this, but it apparently rose to the top in just a matter of hours. Can’t say I’m entirely surprised by the success!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 15 Comments

SurveyMonkey is back with another report on Pokemon GO. The latest article takes a look at the game’s ability to retain players.

The bottom line: retention and revenue numbers for Pokemon GO are extremely good. SurveyMonkey says that roughly seven out of ten people who downloaded the app return the next day. The average of next-day return usually falls to three out of ten returners.

SurveyMonkey has some other stats as well. Based on their estimates, Pokemon GO’s average revenue per daily active user is at around $0.25. That’s very impressive given that it’s “twice the average for casual games, and higher than even the famously profitable Candy Crush Saga.” Yesterday, it’s estimated that just under 26 million Americans played Pokemon GO.

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