The Pokémon Go app has been made available in several countries around the world, including Australia and New Zealand, but the UK and US still haven’t received it in phone app stores – though it is being rolled out today (July 6). It’s an ‘augmented reality’ game where you can walk around and catch the collectible battle-monsters and became a worldwide phenomenon in the late nineties. Now, if you’ve got the app and go to to the sea with your phone, you’ll encounter water Pokémon, apparently. This is what the interface looks like:
How to get Pokémon GO now, even in the UK – it's super effective: https://t.co/eszgGpXCSA pic.twitter.com/uMmBgiQEcb
— Eurogamer (@eurogamer) July 6, 2016
Like the Gameboy/DS games, as you walk around you can challenge other ‘trainers’ – only now it’ll be app users, and you can ‘battle’ them in the street. It may sound absolutely mad to people who’ve never played (or heard of) Pokémon, but there are plenty of British fans who are desperate to get playing. You can find a sneaky Android workaround at the bottom of this page if you really can’t wait the few hours it’ll take for the app to be released here – but otherwise just check out all the impatient Pokéfans below.
Sarah is getting more impatient than Troy off Community.
IOS users in the UK waiting for #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/VeAKAUMsRg
— Little Oryx (@SarahWellock84) July 6, 2016
Is Josh’s meme a Pokémon? Maybe it should be a Pokémon.
The rest of the world: "#PokemonGO!??"
The US and UK: pic.twitter.com/JDXdyOb2TI— Josh (@joshwehmann) July 6, 2016
The wait is making Louise feel older.
Waiting for #PokemonGo iOS release in the UK like pic.twitter.com/5GvQdpNAyL
— louise ? (@louiizeyy) July 6, 2016
And Frankie feels like this huffy Squirtle.
Having breakfast while waiting for Pokemon GO to be released in the UK App Store… ? pic.twitter.com/oFUQshbyC5
— HAUS OF FRANKIE (@frankiefermi) July 6, 2016
James’ Aussie friends are being very inconsiderate.
Seeing all my Australian friends posting about #PokemonGO and dying inside because it's not available in the UK yet pic.twitter.com/XSctYkADsM
— James Besanvalle (@JamesBesanvalle) July 6, 2016
And Kiran’s just mad.
When I realised that Pokemon Go is not available in the UK yet pic.twitter.com/UjcTDUL7L5
— Kiran Khan (@kiran205) July 6, 2016
Daniel, meanwhile… Daniel will probably be fine.
https://twitter.com/iamdanjapan/status/750654244240420864
Anyway – if any of these guys are Android users, here’s the piece of information they’ve been waiting for.
Find out how to get Pokemon Go in the UK on Android and Apple ahead of the official release.