‘Pokemon Go’ now available in Japan, media reports

The company is partnering with the game’s developer, Niantic, in Japan on an undisclosed collaboration. Finally, after days of rumors, it launched on Friday. Of the 500 female respondents, 47% said they had never played Pokemon before the new mobile game. This allows the players to use a public phone in case their smartphone runs out of battery after playing the game.

The game’s co-creator Junichi Masuda apologised via an internet video for keeping players waiting so long in the land where Pokemon was first born two decades ago.

So if you were planning to invest in Nintendo based on the explosion of Pokemon Go, you may want to do research into how this relationship will affect that decision.

The issue is not seen in every city in India, because players in Delhi and NCR claim that they have been able to play the game easily, while many complains have been coming from South Indian cities. “Obey the rules and have fun”.

University students in Tokyo on their last day of classes before summer holidays did just that, jumping into the fray within moments of the launch, capturing monsters as a frenzy erupted between classes. I would really love it if all of the casual gamers were still there will me a few months down the road, but my prediction is that something new and shiny will come along before Niantic can eliminate all of the current bugs and get the game moving forward.

I love Pokemon GO more than most people and I have no doubt that I will still be playing it a year from now. The game has been downloaded more than 30 million times since its release two weeks ago and has pushed Nintendo’s stock price to almost double in value. But even Nintendo is saying that investors should take caution – because they do not own Pokemon and Pokemon GO entirely, they are not adjusting their revenue reports yet.

“Ultimately, McDonald’s is a restaurant”, said a company spokesman. With McDonald’s as Gyms, players will be drawn there and may then eat and those already eating may play a bit of Pokémon Go while they do so. The other 2,500 are “Pokestops”, where they can get items to play the game.

The game, which allows players to catch and collect Pokemons in real-world locations through the mobile phone camera, is now available for download in the Japanese iTunes and Google Play stores, EFE news reported.

The Japanese government has issued a safety warning.

Players in Japan have been warned about potential accidents when using Pokemon GO in a set of warnings from the government.

The US was the world’s biggest market for smartphone apps during the second quarter, followed by Japan, according to researcher App Annie.