1705: Pokémon Go

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Pokémon Go
Still waiting for the Pokémon Go update that lets you capture strangers' pets.
Title text: Still waiting for the Pokémon Go update that lets you capture strangers' pets.

Explanation

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If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks.

Pokemon Go is a smartphone game in which players attempt to capture first-gen Pokemon, randomly placed around the world in an AR format so they can only be seen through the phone. Randall is playing a prank on all players happening upon these Pokemon who would assume that they are from the game and that their phone is having trouble loading them.

This comic is part of the My Hobby series. In this case, the hobby is pranking players of Pokemon Go by replicating the appearance of the augmented reality mechanic.

In the title text, Randall is still waiting for an update that allows capture of strangers' pets- besides the obvious, playing by the rules of Pokemon only wild Pokemon can be caught (not any with an owner).

Transcript

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Discussion

I think the pets in title text are meant as real life pets such as dogs - otherwise "pokémon" would probably be used, not "pets". 141.101.95.129 07:52, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

I downloaded it and pointed at my girlfriend's ass. There was a Poliwrath sitting on it glaring at me. 162.158.214.150

Limited edition Randall Pokemon?!?!? I gotta catch them all! 162.158.214.149 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Davidy22 is a nofunallowed and deletes the barrier that separates nonsensical shitposting from relevant discussion. Therefore: SHOULD DAVIDY22 BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN DEATH? The rules are EZ. Either vote "Yes!" to make Davidy22 have to catch all the pokemon therefore sacrificing his life, or vote "I'm Stupid" if you're an asshole and nobody likes you and you don't want to see him punished. PROTIP! Deleting this means you're buttmad and you're literally worse than hitler. #legit #truefacts #NickRidgway #EndicaVII #TheDreamKing #DreamWithin 173.245.50.64

"I'm Stupid". Davidy²² performs a valuable volunteer service around here and we should be glad to have him. Jkshapiro (talk) 01:52, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Boy, I didn't even leave for very long. Title was literally pointless, so I removed it. Avoid using headers like that, and I'm already playing pokemon go Davidy²²[talk] 03:18, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
I bet this person is mad that Pokemon GO is stealing potential sales from the game they totally discovered on accident, and definitely have no part in its development at all. 108.162.215.156 11:50, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Now I don't play the game myself but I have doubts that the images are placed over the front camera image. Shouldn't it say rear camera image? Or are the Pokémon displayed next to your face? Tharkon (talk) 16:04, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Just changed the word. Thanks for pointing it out. 108.162.215.156 04:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Why isn't this explanation in the site's RSS feed? --173.245.50.60 22:29, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Attempting to access this page with its full URL (https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1705:_Pokémon_Go) returns "No input file specified.", I'm guessing because of the special character in the title. In order to prevent that, one has to remove the title from the URL (https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1705). 162.158.103.52 06:52, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Hold the fuck up. Pokemon go was released almost 5 years ago?! I remember when it was released Beanie (talk) 10:34, 5 May 2021 (UTC)