Pokémon Go - the location-based free-to-play game that has taken the iOS and Android app stores by storm, allows players to use the original 151 Pokémon in real-world locations, as Google Maps data turns parks, shops and churches into places where you can capture, train and battle creatures.
Despite the seemingly straightforward premise, there's lots of hidden, unexplained or not-so-obvious elements throughout the game, and we have a series of Pokémon Go guides that can help.
In December 2017, an update offering the second wave of Heonn region creatures went underway. As with the Gen 2 update earlier in the year, it also offers some major new features - including weather effects that change the way Pokemon appear and behave!
In spite of crippling server issues and gruesome discoveries, Pokémon Go has soared to the top of app charts, added billions to the market value of Nintendo, and sold millions of dollars of Pokéballs and other virtual goods, as people engage in nostalgia for the original Pokémon games and discover the joys of playing games in public.
The game is deceptively complex. At first, it seems like all you do is wander around, catching random fake animals. But unlike many mobile games, Pokémon Go leaves most of its complexity unexplained. Much like in life itself, you are dropped into a world that you must master at the same time as you figure out how it works.
Let's take a look at this guide to become Pokemon Master in fantastic world!