Online Role Players & Pokémon Go: One Year Later
A little over one year ago, we interviewed 12 online role players about their experience with Pokémon Go. The answers were… well, diverse! A lot has happened with Pokémon Go since that February 2017 article: Gen 2 & 3 releases, legendary raids, EX passes, and more! So why not revisit our interviewees and see where they are today? We were able to catch up with six of them.
The mobile augmented reality game Pokémon Go was released jointly by Nintendo and Niantic in July 2016. It reached an astounding 500 million downloads by the end of 2016, and increased to 750 million by its one year anniversary. While not as popular as it was shortly after its launch, Pokémon Go maintains a loyal following of players. Read More