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Pokémon Go (stylized as Pokémon GO) is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game, part of the Pokémon franchise, developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices.
Niantic, Inc. (/ n aɪ ˈ æ n t ɪ k / ny-AN-tik) [2] is an American software development company based in San Francisco. Niantic is best known for developing the augmented reality mobile games Ingress and Pokémon Go. The company was formed as Niantic Labs in 2010 as an internal startup within Google.
In 2010, Hanke was given resources to staff an augmented reality gaming unit within Google and the new internal startup was dubbed Niantic Labs. [6] [10] Returning to his gaming roots, the company crafted an augmented reality location-based multiplayer game called Ingress. The game had a million players within a year of its 2013 release, and ...
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 ]
Niantic may refer to: Niantic people, tribe of American Indians; Niantic, Inc., mobile app developer known for the mobile games Ingress and Pokémon Go; Niantic Correctional Institution, now known as York Correctional Institution
Crepeau recommends that parents go to the gym with their child, pointing out that many workout facilities won't let children under the age of 18 work out without a parent or guardian present anyway.
Greninja, the final evolved form of Froakie, would later go on to represent the sixth generation of Pokémon in the hit fighting game, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. On August 26, 2014, Pokkén Tournament was announced and was released on July 16, 2015, in Japanese arcades and was released on March 18, 2016, worldwide for Wii U .
In October 2015, Niantic added an in-game store for microtransactions of in-game items using CMU (Chaotic Matter Units) and also opened a merchandise shop for physical items. [61] [62] Niantic's Ingress shop sold physical merchandise such as T-shirts and patches. [63] The shop has expanded to a more Niantic-centric store.