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Pokemon Challenge by Google

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Moosen
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Now you can be a trainer too!

Mar 31 2014 2:48PM
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SkiThe603
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spend a shit load to catch fake pokemon


ahhh no
Mar 31 2014 2:57PM
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starvin_marvin
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who doesnt want to spend a shit load of time catching pokemon
and i like how you say fake pokemon as if there are real pokemon
Mar 31 2014 4:00PM
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RubberSoul
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i would have lost my mind if i saw this when i was young

i remember going skiing and wishing that i could be looking for snow (..idk, ice?) pokemon while i ski

i wonder what pokemon live around me now. and if they put snow ones on mtns etc etc
Mar 31 2014 4:50PM
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eheath
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date check here boys...
Mar 31 2014 4:57PM
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Drail
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sadly, I'm in to it. I'm a big nerd when it comes to google earth, so it's actually fun for me. oh dear. April Fools maybe?
Mar 31 2014 6:11PM
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CaptainObvious.
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"I got so enthralled with the Pokemon game and trying to catch 'em all, that I threw my phone into the lake trying to capture Blastoise."

-Some idiot in 6 months.
Mar 31 2014 6:16PM
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.Hugo.
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Definitely april fools joke
Mar 31 2014 6:17PM
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Olimar
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I cant speak for the getting a job at google part, But i shit you not its real. I would post a screen shot but Im too lazy.
Mar 31 2014 6:45PM
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Stose
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they already said its an april fools joke
Mar 31 2014 7:19PM
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Peter.
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it is actually on the iOS and android app. it's an april fools joke, but they actually implemented it. Fun to mess around with, just search various iconic locations, like mt. everest, pompeii, tokyo tower, wall street. you'll find em
Mar 31 2014 7:19PM
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Moosen
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Yeah I have caught like 23. I just wanna get 25.
Mar 31 2014 7:28PM
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theBearJew
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Who cares, I'm catching pokemon on my phone.
Mar 31 2014 7:33PM
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Drail
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I'm at 70. I have a problem. I think I need to stop
Mar 31 2014 8:10PM
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Stose
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are they all in the bay area?
Mar 31 2014 8:11PM
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Miomo
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How do you start it?
Mar 31 2014 8:24PM
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AAas
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I saw this and went crazy. Then I looked at the date. Still going to be fun though :)
Mar 31 2014 8:27PM
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Stose
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Up to 94. Most are just at world landmarks
Mar 31 2014 9:41PM
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KingGeedorah
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Filling up that pokedex quick. In unrelated news, Google maps has seen an unprecedented spike in downloads in the past day.
Mar 31 2014 9:44PM
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-WZ-
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if this came out 5 years ago i wouldve gone ballistic
Mar 31 2014 9:52PM
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KingGeedorah
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Where the FUCK is pikachu?
Mar 31 2014 9:57PM
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theBearJew
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So just search around huge and well known places? not like in the wilderness of Colorado or the deserts of Africa?
Mar 31 2014 11:22PM
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.Hugo.
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If he was up your butthole you wouldn't know
Mar 31 2014 11:24PM
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theBearJew
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Sydney is poppin with them pokemon.
Apr 1 2014 12:12AM
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Top_Gun
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Its cuz of the google office. I guess there are a lot around other large google buildings as well
Apr 1 2014 12:35AM
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Top_Gun
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He's down and to the left a little from CERN
Apr 1 2014 12:51AM
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Stose
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tokyo tower
Apr 1 2014 2:08AM
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rudager
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I'm also enjoying their "translate to emoji" feature on google chrome
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Apr 1 2014 2:58AM
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rudager
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I'm also enjoying their "translate to emoji" feature on google chrome
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Apr 1 2014 2:59AM
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RubberSoul
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haha that's great

drail, you live in badass mtns, are there sick snow pokemon around there in the wilderness?

(can't believe i just wrote that sentence)
Apr 1 2014 11:08AM
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Drail
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Not really. There was one on top of whistler, but that's all I've found around the mountains around here. One on mt Logan as well.
Apr 1 2014 12:40PM
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CoolChillGuy420
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found blastoise at chads gap, crazy stuff yo
Apr 1 2014 12:45PM
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RubberSoul
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@drail damn too bad

@deebie that's funny
Apr 1 2014 12:58PM
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Drail
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http://pokemonaprilfools.wikia.com/wiki/Sorted_by_Pokedex_No


locations of all of them.

I'm at 103 and starting to run out of spots to look so I might just have to cheat and use the list if I want to finish this. Some really random placement - makes me wonder who the hell placed these.

I can't find any in China, and you'd figure there'd be one at the Forbidden City at least. One on a random volcano in Kamchatka (but not the biggest one), when you'd think it'd be one on Fuji. Random one on the north end of Great Slave Lake... makes me wonder if I can ever actually find the last 47 on my own. I'm sure there's at least one in the Bay area (or CERN/Sydney/Tokyo) I missed as well.

And yes, this IS what I am doing at 11:42am on a Tuesday.
Apr 1 2014 2:42PM
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mmallender.
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there are a FUCKTON in tokyo, theres apparently some along the great wall, shaolin temple, CERN, NHL team cities in canada (minus vancouver) quebec city, panama canal, santiago, buckingham palace, new york, think major internationally known locations (or things that SHOULD be internationally known minus what north americans seem to not know for one reason or another.)

my friend beat it last night, all 151, and yes, once you get 150 they toss in mew for you to find, but i wont spoil that location for you, but if you know pokemon, its pretty straightforward where youd find it
Apr 1 2014 3:20PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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idgaf about any of them except bulbasaur. where he at yo?
Apr 1 2014 3:31PM
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got all 151.

Feels good man.
Apr 1 2014 6:45PM
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theBearJew
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Once I found Pidgey. I was happy.
Apr 1 2014 7:45PM
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mmallender.
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im at 108, starting to get a little stuck, that cheat list is tempting haha
Apr 1 2014 8:20PM
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Stose
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How the fuck did you find mew
Apr 1 2014 8:42PM
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KingGeedorah
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THere are a few around the sagrada familia in Barcelona if you haven't checked there yet.
Apr 1 2014 8:43PM
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mmallender.
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got all 150... not a fucking clue where to find mew. resorted to the various resources made available by the kind users of reddit. not a SINGLE location anyone has listed has given me mew.

FUCK THIS SHIT


fucking mew, you piece of shit
Apr 2 2014 4:20AM
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Ribss.
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My super asian room mate has been playing this all day, literally all fucking day. From this morning when I woke up till now. He's gonna catch em all.
Apr 2 2014 4:36AM
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Lé.Skiing
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this thread reminded me that this was on google maps and I just checked my phone. No more pokemon option now I'm disappointed.
Apr 2 2014 2:22PM
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mmallender.
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you may not be able to start it, but you can definitely keep playing if you already have. just finished my pokedex, too bad im 11 hours too late...

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Apr 2 2014 3:37PM
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Spinoza
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goml

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Apr 2 2014 3:57PM
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rudager
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Deep in the Amazon.
Just like the movie!
Apr 2 2014 5:49PM
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mmallender.
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biggest bitch ever to find. https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z3mPyUzPhSg4.k-G21EuWnMdI

multiple different, randomly generated locations within south america/ the amazon, have to be zoomed in to almost maximum, most tedious shit ever
Apr 2 2014 5:53PM
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rudager
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Classic McGruber

That's a lot of Amazon to cover
Apr 2 2014 6:11PM
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smooter
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so ive had the app and uh HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DO THIS
Apr 2 2014 6:15PM
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mmallender.
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cant anymore, was going on during the 31st, 1st, and ended today. if youve already started you can keep searching, but if you press the searchbar and theres no start button with a pokeball beside it, you cant start playing now
Apr 2 2014 6:52PM
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