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- Oh, Pokémon Go.
- Oh my god. (laughs)
- I love Pokémon Go! I was playing this 20 minutes ago.
- I was at Santa Monica Pier last night playing this. Let's go.
- Everyone everywhere is playing this game.
- It's an addicting game. I mean, I'm not addicted.
I haven't played it yet.
- This game is so much fun. I'm so addicted.
- Oh, he got a Psyduck. That's not fair.
- It's a very cool concept.
- Oh my gosh. I have mixed feelings about this.
- They forgot when it freezes though and it crashes.
- (scoffs) Honestly, this game is just like a fitness thing
and no one's even mad.
- Oh, you can battle?
- You can battle too? What? That's cool.
- Oh, goodness.
- This honestly so hype.
This is like a childhood dream come true. You don't understand.
- On your way to work, you gotta play Pokémon Go.
Everywhere you go, you gotta play.
- Love Pokémon Go.
- There's a PokéStop actually 5 feet outside my house.
That's my new pickup line. Got a PokéStop in my room.
- I love Pokémon Go.
I convinced my friends to drive me around
just to hatch my eggs and make me find stuff.
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- (Finebros) Okay, so have you played Pokémon Go before?
- I have not.
- I have not played it yet.
- I want to play, but I don't have enough storage on my phone.
- I've tried it. I downloaded it
just to see what the hype was about.
- I have.
It's mostly just 'cause I saw a lot of people tweeting about it
and it was trending on Twitter and stuff like that
and on Finstas.
- I downloaded it, and it's been an addiction since I got it.
I'm currently a level 9 trying to get to a level 10 trainer.
- (Finebros) So today, right now,
we're actually gonna have you go outside
and play a little bit of Pokémon Go. - Really? (laughs)
- I wasn't expecting this.
- That's awesome! Okay, I'm ready.
Haven't even been in this area yet,
so I don't know what type of stuff is around here.
- If I get addicted, it's on you guys.
- Teens React on the go, episode one.
- This is so weird. I've never done this.
Usually I'm just sitting at a desk.
- It's cool. It's nice to be outside.
(man speaks indistinctly) It's kinda hot out here.
- ♪ I wanna be the very best that no one ever was ♪
- It's cool, because that means I can actually
go out and take walks and stuff and be with my friends,
and we don't have to just be inside.
But we can't do that. The service is not working!
I'm so salty about it.
- It's not loading.
- Finally, huh? It took forever for this to finally happen.
- There's, like, grassy things.
Does that mean there's a Pokémon there?
- I'm looking around, and there's nothing right here.
- Now it's getting stressful, not finding anything.
- Oh, okay. There's an Ekans and a--
Oh wait, wait. Oh no. Wait, where was that?
- I think the GPS is off, because he'll stop.
And even when I'm walking, he'll run.
- All right, there's a Pokémon right around me. Hold on.
Oh, okay, okay.
I'll get it right away.
I'll use the Poké Ball.
Miss it again? Oh, okay. [Bleep].
- Do I turn on the AR?
Where is it?
(child shouts) Where is it?
- Okay, there's an Ekans and a Pidgey again.
But I think he's gonna sprint soon. So let's see, okay.
- (cameraman) So tap the Pokémon to start to catch him.
- Oh, is that what I do? Oh, whoops. Okay.
Oh, okay. Okay, okay.
Oh, nope, not that. Okay.
Why didn't-- ugh.
Oh, oh, it worked. Okay.
- Oh... did I catch him?
(groans) No.
Okay. (gasps) Oh, they went inside.
I got him inside the Poké Ball.
They can break out?
Why would you do that, all my hard work?
- There's a Pokémon! I've never gotten this one.
CP 46. It's not that great.
- Oh great, okay. I think I got it. I think I got it.
Okay, I got it. All right, it's shaking.
Boom.
Let's gooo.
Caught it, caught it. Hold on, let's see if I catch it.
Caught. Another Pokémon caught.
Ooh, got it again. All right, let's go.
Another one. Let's go, I'm on a roll today. Got three.
- Slowpoke is so cute.
- (child in background) Stop it! Stop it!
- It's just teasing me. It didn't tell me if I caught it or not.
- I caught a Ponyta, and it froze.
- It says, "Our servers are humbled by your incredible response.
We are working to resolve the issue. Please try again soon."
Which pretty much means that too many people are on the game,
so it just crashed.
- I get why it's interesting to people,
but I honestly thought there'd be more Pokémon.
- I'm gonna go download it on my phone and try it myself.
- Overall, I think it's a pretty cool thing.
I'm happy it exists. I'm happy so many people are playing it.
- I'll be playing it for life, honestly.
Mostly 'cause it gets better. I'm done with school, training.
Bye, Mom. I'm out.
- Hey guys, it's still not working.
(chuckles) It's been, like, 20 minutes.
- (Finebros) So this app has become
insanely popular since its release. In the first 24 hours,
it became the biggest mobile game app in the history of the US...
- Oh really? Oh my gosh.
- This is nuts. Like, I've never seen something like this.
- (Finebros) ...and now has over 21 million active daily users.
- 21 million?
- That's why it crashes all the time.
- (Finebros) Why do you think this has been so insanely popular?
- I feel like everyone just has that Ash Ketchum dude
inside their soul.
- Since it's free, it's very accessible to pretty much everyone.
- It probably has to be fun to go out
and actually have to go to certain places.
It's like a giant scavenger hunt.
- It's keeping up with the times, and it's innovating.
Everyone has that nostalgia
and the excitement for this new technology.
- (Finebros) Since the game launched,
people are out exploring their towns and meeting new friends.
And it's even getting kids to go outside more.
What are your thoughts about that?
- Yeah, this is an awesome way to get kids outside.
- Everyone's having a good time,
and people are walking around with their friends
and being positive. That's just cool to see.
- It's good in a way that more people are becoming social
and not just glued to their computers 24/7.
But a lot of people just loiter around and don't talk to anyone.
- If that was me, honestly, I don't think I'd talk to anyone,
'cause I'm so afraid of talking to strangers.
- They have this new opportunity
to make a community for themselves.
I think it's really great
that people are actually starting to interact because of gaming,
whereas I feel like in the past, it's been sort of like
bringing people more into solitude
opposed to bringing them into a group of people.
- I read this Facebook post about some mom.
And she was talking about how her kid has autism,
and then he downloaded Pokémon Go.
And he's made so many new friends.
I'm proud of that game for doing so well
and getting people to socialize with other people.
- (Finebros) One of the big issues with the game though
has been its frequent glitches and crashes.
- Oh, the servers?
- That happened to me the first I played it.
I was like, "What is this game? It sucks."
- There's always gonna be problems when something comes out.
Like, you can't get mad at the creators.
- It's really frustrating
when you catch that Charizard that has CP 450,
and then it freezes right as you catch it.
It's really frustrating.
So clearly, they've got some bugs they've got to work out.
You also have to remember
that there's millions of people laying at any given moment.
- (Finebros) What are some potentially negative aspects
of Pokémon Go?
- Okay, I've heard stories of people running into walls.
- Every day on the news,
I see people getting hurt 'cause of this game.
- A game on one hand is a great idea
to get people outside, to enjoy nature.
On the other hand, they're not really experiencing
these cool places they're going to.
They're just looking at a screen.
- I know there's some people who've been the supreme idiot
to Pokémon Go and drive. Don't do that.
Don't Pokémon Go and drive, guys.
- (Finebros) There has been reports of crime
associated with Pokémon Go, where people use a game feature
to lure Pokémon to appear.
And when people come to that spot, they rob them.
- Oh yeah, I've heard of that.
- Wow, really? That's very clever but very bad.
That's not how gaming should be.
- There's steps that you can take
to make sure these things don't happen.
Maybe play with a group rather than going out on your own.
- The overall idea is good.
You're always gonna have that small percentage
of something bad happening. That's how life kinda is.
- (Finebros) Finally, overall,
do you think this game is a positive or a negative for society?
- For society as a whole, I'm gonna say negative.
I see all this bad stuff on the news.
- You can't really say it's good or bad
until something really bad happens
or something really good happens.
- I think it's a good game.
I mean, people are going outside and they're meeting people.
- There's more people having fun playing Pokémon,
more people meeting cool people.
- An overwhelming positive for society.
I think if you're dumb enough to walk into the street
to catch a virtual Pokémon...
natural selection, that's all I'm saying.
- It's just the beginning of a huge movement
with this type of gameplay, with augmented reality.
That's gonna benefit physical health and mental health
to the next level. This is really cool what's happening.
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- Thanks for watching. Now go catch 'em all.
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