Pokemon Soon to Arrive on SmartPhones

For nearly 20 years, Pokémon has been a killer franchise for Nintendo’s handheld gaming consoles, from the Game Boy to today’s Nintendo 3DS. But times are changing, Nintendo is finally looking to smartphones and the next iteration of the monster-collecting game is getting a serious mobile rethink.

It looks as though Pokémon Go, slated for release next year, will echo Ingress. As fans of the game series know, the conceit is that strange creatures roam the world and can be caught, traded and battled, like a weird hybrid of pet ownership

“For the first time with this game, Pokémon are going to roam free in the real world,” Niantic CEO John Hanke said at a press conference.

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