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On Feb. 27, 1996, the first versions of the game were released, Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green. The initial release met with modest sales, but what turned the popularity of the game around was the programming of a hidden Pokemon that was not listed in the original 151, known as Mew. The creators of Pokemon ran a competition that allowed the players to obtain this legendary Pokemon, and sales went up to 80,000 copies in Japan alone.
A French national, Romain Pierre, 27, has been interrogated by police after reportedly breaking into the premises of a Cirebon military compound late on Monday evening in an apparent attempt to catch a Pokemon inside the base.
The main idea of Pokémon Go is to help players experience what it really feels like to be a Pokémon trainer, because while many of us wanted to go on adventures when we were 10 ten years old to try and catch these creatures, we only ever did it from the safety of our Nintendo handheld devices. Well, Pokémon Go actually prompts you to go outside and explore the world and allows you to experience what an actual Pokémon trainer would have to go through.
