Do you want to be the very best? Like no one ever was?
Google wants you to prove it.
At least, they would in a world where April Fools jokes were real and companies weren’t allowed to tug at our heart strings with pretend commercials for games that we’d actually totally play…
Getting started a bit early on their annual April Foolery, the Google Maps team just released this teaser for a totally-amazing augmented reality Pokemon game.
But wait! It doesn’t end there. Google went particularly deep with this one, right under our noses. They actually did build out a proper Poke-collection game — it’s just not quite as mind blowing as the impossibly intense live-action AR game shown in the video.
Pop into Google Maps on your phone (I tested it on Android 4.4) and scroll around the map for a bit. You should eventually find a Pokemon. Tap it, and bam — captured!
There’s even a Pokédex-of-sorts built in that keeps a running list of what you’ve captured so far. What happens when you collect all 150? It’s a mystery!
Be right back — Gotta catch ‘Em all.
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