Pokemon Go Game Fever in Indonesia: Now The Fever is Cured

On the last year, more accurately at middle in 2016, the world including my lovely Indonesia country was hit by Pokemon Go Augmented Reality (AR) game phenomenon which released for mobile platform Android and iOS. The Idea of Pokemon Go game concept is to let player catching pokemon for "more real" directly on real world, through their mobile device had made some Indonesian people gone crazy.

Yes it is a good game concept of Niantic to make such an innovative game, moreover by holding popular brand "Pokemon" which is a legendary Anime series in Indonesia, and it is released on Android platform which the most device operating system used or owned in Indonesia, there is no reason that Pokemon Go game should not exploded its popularity in Indonesia.

Pokemon Go gaming concept and why it had became a massive phenomenon in Indonesia


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Pokemon Go mobile game. The game which using augmented reality technology in the gameplay became phenomenon in 2016.

Pokemon Go is a mobile game released on and take advantage of technology in Android and iOS OS device. It make use of AR or Augmented Reality and GPS technology. Playing Pokemon Go game using GPS (Global Positioning System) will make player to search and explore areas based on world map to find a spot where Pokemon can be caught. Augmented Reality is used to draw the Pokemon on your mobile device without change your real surrounding area.

Why Pokemon Go (had) became popular in Indonesia:
  1. Pokemon is one of legendary anime or cartoon series in Indonesia for more than two decade.
  2. Android is the most used mobile operating system in Indonesia, because they are affordable to every economic class in Indonesia
  3. The bad habbit of some Indonesian people: "Following what is trending on my friend is important" (silly paradigm of course, but it's the fact I feel on where I surrounding).

But why I did not interested playing that game? Am I the one who able to think that? But I am a gamer freak, and also I am an Android gamer enthusiast? Simple my reason, that It is wasting time to play Pokemon Go. I mean, wandering here, wandering there like a fool, to search and catch an "imaginer creatures" called Pikachu, Radori, Togepi, and other (you may tell me) which are only exist on your mobile smartphone. Hello? Do your time such preciousless?

People hunting Pokemon

But this not the first time I refuse the existence of "stupid massive wave". Tell the Korean Wave which happened last few years, the India wave, and now the wave of "like this facebook status and you will have your heaven key". I think Indonesian people is too naif to respons such a new things recently happened on their environment. It is also because many Indonesian people like to choose doing stupid things rather than usefull things or react to something they may not think "is it really true based on fact and data"? "Is it good"? "Is it really for our benefits or they just want to take one-side advantage from me"? And I hate to admit those, and probably this country still has a long way to go before become a respected nation.

Pokemon Go in Indonesia: Flown by the wind


And now after JUST for a few month, suddenly I don't see again people talking about "Pokemon Go" on social media in Indonesia. Yeah yeah, no wonder for me. People become boring now. It is because people in Indonesia was make Pokemon Go like a too "wow", everyday, every second, people was shared and talked about Pokemon Go on Indonesia social media. And Indonesian people now start to left the Pokemon Go game fever, and start to seek a new silly massive phenomenon to dive in -_- .

Good bye Pokemon Go game!

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