Pokémon

Pokémon Go is set to hit the UK Market anytime now! The app itself has already dominated areas across the world. Althought the UK has not got an ‘official’ download just yet, hundreds of people have found a way to get it early. Assuming from todays demand, many more downloads are expected throughout the next few weeks. Prepare for a world of your youth! It has already been predicted, Pokemon Go will surpass the leading social media platforms such as Twitter! Now, you may ask what this could do…

As a research from Texas A&M University stated, “Real-life positive health consequences of playing Pokémon Go - a new GPS-based augmented reality game - are being realized across the nation” ("Health Benefits of Pokémon Go"). Pokemon Go launched in the United States during the summer of 2016. In the game, players use the global positioning system (GPS) on their smartphone technology, in order “to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures” (Grover). As a result, this game forces…

When Mrs. Simpson showed the whole class examples from previous classes about this huge math project, I caught a glance of the pokemon Pikachu being used. That got me thinking about doing a pokemon as well, since I do enjoy watching Pokemon during my free time. For Part C of this project, I drew Togepi, a fairy type pokemon in the first season in the series. Something I thought that I could have done to improve was thinking it through completely before starting to make the functions. At the end,…

It was a cloudy day out, the rain had started after two boys got off the bus. These two boys were happily talking about Pokemon and giving tips on how to level them up faster. The clouds were ominously moving before letting a few tears fall before the downpour starts. The two friends run inside as fast as they can laughing at everyone running around like a chicken with its head cut off. The bond these two have built has been tested on numerous times. Today they face the biggest test yet, and…

The Very Best “Ash blacked out! Ash scurried to the nearest Pokemon center protecting his Pokemon from further harm.” At this point, I shouted, “NO!” and threw my Gameboy to the ground in frustration. Angry tears sparkled in my eyes. I had just lost to my rival, Gary, for the 42nd time in a row. My dream of becoming a Pokemon Master was over. ‘Pokemon’ is a video game in which players journey through a virtual world, collecting monsters and battling to be the very best. When I was in elementary…

the world is Pokemon GO! An augmented reality game that places users in the hotseat as an aspiring trainer, tasked with the age-old mission of “catching ‘em all”. The biggest change in this game from entries in the traditional Pokemon series is that trainers have to venture out into the real world and use the augmented reality software and gps on their smartphones in order to find pokemon in the real world. A dream come true for both hardcore and casual fans of the series, Pokemon GO instantly…

Pokemon Master I am a Pokemon master. I have walked the Kanto region, biked Johto, surfed Hoenn, and hiked Sinnoh, but what does all of that mean. Put simply, it means I have taken a brief journey to Japan because each fictional Pokemon region is based off a real part of Japan. I will admit that Pokemon has not taught me an incredible amount about Japanese culture, but it has created an insatiable curiosity that can only be filled by study abroad. To me, study abroad is an opportunity…

randomly walking to each direction. In fact, most of they are Pokemon player. Which is a game based on AR (Augmented Reality). This technology recently becomes very popular, and Pokemon Go is now a very last try of AR games. The AR technology applied in Pokemon Go has showed the major feature of AR. Unlike video games, AR games don’t have built up maps or environments. It is a way to improve the visual of real-life.(Mudhar, 2016, B2) So in Pokemon Go, your are still doing what you do in real…

How can you tell that Pokemon is still popular with teenagers and kids? Just look at the games that are still being produced for the game consoles. Obviously we did not catch them all, because more pokemon need to be caught. But why is Pokemon so popular? The first reason why Pokemon is so popular is because of its mascot Pikachu. He is a little yellow creature that has the ability to control lightning. The only words he says are "Pika Pika". Many people find Pikachu adorable. He is like a…

the first Pokemon Go trainer to capture all 142 Pokemon available in the North American area, this news might disappoint you. Brooklyn-based Nick Johnson, has publicly declared himself to be the first Pokemon Go player to capture 142 Pokemon. You might be thinking to yourself that this doesn't add up because everyone knows there is 151 total monsters. That's true, but several are international based and a half dozen are completely unaccounted for. Pokeman Go Trainer Captures 142 Pokemon…