Pokémon Go review: not a good game... but a great experience

The world has been turned into a Poki(C)mon menagerie, but the game is not without problems. The real fun comes from going outside to explore

As those in the know will doubtless already be aware, there's a Squirtle at Senate House Library, a Bulbasaur at Buckingham Palace, and maybe even an Evee at your local bus stop waiting, not for the 147, but for an intrepid player to snap it up. Poki(C)mon Go has turned the world into a Poki(C)mon menagerie, and now everyone with a smartphone has the potential to become a master of cute little monsters.

Poki(C)mon Go is the first smartphone release from The Poki(C)mon Company, which has been looking after this multimillion-selling video game franchise since 1998. Created by augmented reality specialist Niantic Inc, the developer behind Google's experimental AR game Ingress, it's a massive-multiplayer, location-based spin-off from the role-playing fantasy series.