Nantic Labs founder John Hanke wanted to use maps to lure people outdoors to explore neighbourhoods, see notable places and discover new places to eat, drink or just hang out. Pokemon Go players gather near Toronto's CN Tower Monday night to celebrate their shared enthusiasm for the mobile app. Google launches Pokemon hunt on Google Maps.Its goal, the company said, was to hire the world's best Pokemon Master - because it valued technically savvy risk takers who can "navigate through tall grass to capture wild creatures." In a mischievous 2014 post, Google announced a new training tool, created in conjunction with Pokemon and Nintendo, for hunting Pokemon using Google Maps. Google unwittingly planted the seed for Pokemon Go two years ago in one of the many April Fools' Day jokes the internet company is famous for. Activists use Pokemon Go to put spotlight on Syrian kids in war.
Pokemon Go launches in Japan with McDonald's as 1st sponsor.Then all it took was a prank to hatch a mobile video game that has turned into a cultural phenomenon. Its hybrid DNA flows from a digital mapping pioneer's fascination with the world around him, Google's affinity for offbeat ideas, Nintendo's comeback quest and a 20-year-old menagerie of animated monsters so popular that it spawned a company just to be its talent agency. The origin of Pokemon Go is as peculiar as any of the Voltorbs or Snorlaxes that players track and capture in the surprise hit game.
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