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The augmented reality video game Pokémon Go He just turned four and announced a series of weekly challenges alongside an online celebration event, the Pokémon GO Fest. In this way, Niantic seeks to keep its community active despite the limitations imposed by quarantine due to the pandemic of COVID-19 Worldwide.
Released July 2016 for Android and iOS operating systems, Pokémon Go became a worldwide phenomenon with a game proposal that combined the use of augmented reality with the camera and the GPS of the mobile phones.
Since April Pokémon Go Allows players to remotely access gyms. For this boreal summer, Niantic prepared a series of weekly challenges in the form of lines of temporal investigation. Week 1 will run from Friday 3 to Wednesday 8 July and players will be able to unlock more Pokémon species that will be available in the Pokémon GO Fest 2020, the virtual meeting to celebrate the game’s fourth anniversary.
Whether you’re a new Trainer or an ace with years of experience, we’re happy to celebrate four wonderful years of Pokémon GO adventures with you! Let’s keep it going! Prepare for a summer of exciting events leading up to #PokemonGOFest2020! https://t.co/afPjNNiPdL pic.twitter.com/kVrZiinxw8
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) June 25, 2020
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For this occasion, Niantic took the opportunity to reveal some usage data of Pokémon Go , a game that encouraged exercise and interaction with the real world , according to its creators. “The trainers have traveled more than 28 billion kilometers and have visited over 290 million places playing to Pokémon Go . This motivates us every day to create products and underlying augmented reality technology that meets this goal for our players, “said Niantic.
“During the fourth anniversary event, they will appear Special pokemon in the wild, when hatching Eggs and on raids, especially Flying pikachu! With a little luck, you will be able to meet a Pikachu volador variocolor“The company said in an official statement.
This edition of Pokémon GO Fest will be done in a way online with a global scope, where you can meet over 75 species of Pokémon in the wild . Participation in the festival virtual, which will take place on July 25 and 26 it will cost a few US$14,99, and part of the proceeds will go to the support of various non-profit organizations in the United States. All news on events and challenges are available on the official Pokémon Go Live site.
With information from La Nación de Argentina (GDA).
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