
Players capture Pokemon by throwing a Poke Ball onto them and add that Pokemon to the collection. Players go around in the real world scanning their surroundings and catch a wild Pokemon when it pops-up on the screen. This is a location-based augmented reality game which provides you a map of the real world with your location on it and as you move around in the real world to find out hidden virtual Pokemon. Pokemon Go takes the gaming concept into the real world wherein the players have to physically walk around in the real world to find out Pokemons rather than exploring the virtual world. Pokemon Go after its launch on July 6 th 2016 has taken the world by storm proving to be incredibly popular having captured the imagination of millions.

It is Nintendo’s first foray into the augmented reality apps.


Pokemon Go is a free-to-play augmented reality game available on iOS and Android devices. How to download Pokemon Go when its not available in your country?
