这款游戏起初是一个愚人节玩笑。谷歌当时发布了一个搞笑视频,融合了谷歌地图和精灵宝可梦的元素。视频发布于2014年4月1日,犹如病毒一样传播开来,总共吸引了1 800多万次观看。“我们考虑,为什么不尝试一下,让这个点子成真?”约翰·汉克(John Hanke)说道。汉克是尼安提克(Niantic)公司的首席执行官,这家公司当时还是谷歌内部的一个项目而已,负责研发一些利用增强现实和混合 This game was originally an April Fool ’s Day joke. Google released a funny video at the time, a fusion of Google Maps and Pokemon elements. The video was released on April 1, 2014 and spread like a virus, attracting more than 18 million views in total. “Let’s think about why we did not try it and make that happen.” Said John Hanke. Hank, chief executive of Niantic, was a Google internal project at the time and was responsible for developing projects that leverage augmented reality and hybrid