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Go ' s release resulted in a resurgence in popularity for the Pokémon franchise as a whole. [315] The Pokémon Sun and Moon games for the Nintendo 3DS, released later in 2016, was the best-selling video game for the 3DS with over 16 million copies sold, and this was partly attributed to the new fans to the series brought in by Go. [316]
Pokémon Go (or Pokémon GO) is an augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic Labs, based on the Pokémon franchise of Game Freak which began to release in July 2016. The game centers around catching various Pokémon creatures by navigating the in-game map based on the player's actual location and nearby landmarks. [ 3 ]
Krüger is known for completing so-called "hardcore" Nuzlocke Challenges on Twitch, which are self-imposed challenges of Pokémon games aimed at increasing the difficulty of the game.
The company spun out of Google in October 2015 soon after Google's announcement of its restructuring as Alphabet Inc. [8] During the spinout, Niantic announced that Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company would invest up to $30 million in Series-A funding, $20 million upfront and the remaining $10 million in financing conditioned upon the company achieving certain milestones, to support the ...
Those behind the site are believed by police to have earned almost £3,200,000 in a 20-month period. [1] Globally, 142 people were arrested. [2] Police focussed first on UK users and those who had transferred at least £100 worth of bitcoin on the site, as the total number of potential suspects, 59,000, was too great to deal with at the same time. [1]