Pokemon Go Is Apparently Still a Thing and About To Overrun New Jersey

Pokemon Go Is Apparently Still a Thing and About To Overrun New Jersey

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Pokémon ignited my imagination when I was younger in a way I never would have expected. Hell, it does now, too! I haven’t played a new Pokémon game in several years (and am grateful I haven’t gotten a Switch because the new games look like they would ruin my life). But I will still fire up an old Nintendo DS on occasion and explore the worlds of Kanto and Sinnoh, catching and training those pocket monsters with the help of my trusty Ninetales. But there is more to the games (and the anime) than simply catching Pokémon.

The world of Pokémon is rich with lore and history. The stories about legendary Pokémon, which the games are often centered around, tell