"Pokemon GO" is an augmented reality mobile game based on location services, authorized by Nintendo and Pokémon, and Niantic, Inc. is responsible for development and operation. It will be released on both iOS and Android platforms since July 2016. The game allows players to use the real world as a platform to capture, fight, train and trade the virtual monster "Pokemon". The game will be released for free, and in-app purchases are also supported. Also released at the same time as the game is a peripheral device called Pokémon Go Plus, which uses Bluetooth to connect to a mobile phone and push notifications when there is a Pokémon nearby.

March 4, 2016,Niantic announced that it will conduct an exclusive closed beta in Japan in the second half of the month, allowing players to participate in the improvement of the game before the game is officially released. On April 7, the closed beta was extended to Sweden and New Zealand. On May 16, the closed beta application was opened for the United States. It was released in Australia and New Zealand on July 6, 2016, and in the United States on July 7, 2016. After the game was released, Nintendo’s stock price soared 9% in one day. Nintendo’s cash on the Tokyo Stock Exchange surged 100% within two weeks; the closing price of 14,380 yen on July 6 before the game’s release was extended to 30,000 yen on July 19. As of August 1, 2016, more than 1 billion times worldwide. Part of the second-generation Pokémon will be released on December 12, 2016, and most of the second-generation Pokémon will be released on February 17, 2017. The gymnasium battle mechanism will be changed on June 20, 2017 and a team battle will be launched. , On October 21, 2017, the third generation of Pokémon was launched one after another. Field research missions were added on March 20, 2018. On June 18, 2018, the function of exchanging Pokémon and friends to give gifts to each other was opened. The fourth generation (Shen'ao region) Pokémon will be released on the evening of October 16, 2018. After the fifth generation (Union region) will be released in 2019, the sixth generation will be released on December 2, 2020. dream.

The gameplay of "Pokémon GO" is not very similar to the series of orthodox works. Players need to capture Pokémon in the game world and train them. The map of the game world is the entire earth of the real world, and the basic data comes from the previous work "Ingress" by the developer Niantic. PokéStop and Gym, which provide players with free items in "GO", are based on the Portal on the "Ingress" map. Location data. In addition, different Pokémon will be provided for different areas in the game. For example, in areas close to water, the probability of appearance of Pokémon in the water system is higher than that in other places. The player's movement in the game is based on the player's position in the real world. For example, the incubation system that was previously only in the orthodox works is also introduced in this game. Players can use the incubator after obtaining Pokémon eggs, but Incubating the Pokémon eggs provided in "GO" requires players to walk or move in reality to reach a certain distance before they can successfully hatch and obtain new Pokémon. The gymnasium in the series also appeared in this game. Players from different teams will fight in the gymnasium. Currently, there are the Lingxi team (yellow), the wisdom team (blue), and the Wuyong team (red).

For example, in this work, to capture Pokémon, you only need to place and throw the pokeball to capture, unlike in the orthodox work, you need to fight first and then capture. As for the development of Pokémon, players only need to use the magical candy of the same type of Pokémon to strengthen their Pokémon’s abilities, and the evolution of Pokémon in the game also uses this method, not The orthodox works of statues need to reach a certain level. The content of the game includes the purchase of the virtual currency "PokéCoins" in the game to purchase the player's own props in the upgrade game, and the currency can also be obtained through the defense of the gym.