The Fascinating Story of Pokemon GO founder, The Game That’s Going Crazy Viral

By Purvi Talati

Do you know John Hanks – The founder of Naniantic (Company that has developed Pokemon GO) is 49 years old?
A visual history of Pokemon Go creation – the timeline starts with John Hanks seeing the opportunity in interactive gaming back in 1996.

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Pokemon Go launched in July 2016 and it has grown faster than Facebook and Twitter. People engage with Pokemons more than other social media.

The concept of Pokemon is not new. Neither is geolocation-based games, nor augmented reality.

However, did you know that it took 20 years for creator John Hanke, The person behind the game to make Pokémon GO to what it is today?

How Pokemon Go Started

Throughout these 20 years, while he had a big vision of a game layer over the world, he didn’t know what form it would take. At every step, he just focused at his next level up.

At each new level, he had new powers, new team members, and new items in his inventory.

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Purvi Talati

Purvi Talati is a Mobile & Web usability expert passionate blogger with ability to translate ideas into reality. She is a Business Development and Marketing Executive working with Hire Mobile Developer that provides the full curve of mobile application development services to clients across the globe. She is always looking for interesting problems to solve in simple ways!

Purvi Talati is a Mobile & Web usability expert passionate blogger with ability to translate ideas into reality. She is a Business Development and Marketing Executive working with Hire Mobile Developer that provides the full curve of mobile application development services to clients across the globe. She is always looking for interesting problems to solve in simple ways!

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