Pokémon Go came out less than three weeks ago, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it has already changed the world in many ways since. Pokémon Go took over the planet and inspired millions of people to get out and be active (while still staring at their mobile phone screens). The augmented reality app, which allows players to find and catch Pokémon in the real world, launched in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and a few other countries, with several more on the horizon. Twenty years after the franchise first launched, Pokémania is everywhere again. From causing stampedes to giving robbers new ways to lure victims to getting people outside into the sunshine, the game has had all sorts of ripple effects that nobody could have foreseen.
Listed below are fifteen real life incidents that have happened while playing Pokémon Go, good and bad.
