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Aug 2024
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Pokémon Go as a Travel Guide? Meet the F...

The Wall Street Journal
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The Pokémon videogame series has always been about traveling the world. But eight years after the launch of the mobile-phone game Pokémon Go, some players are taking that to extremes by using the game as a tool to plan their real-life travels. Salvador Rodriguez joins host Danny Lewis to talk about the people circling the globe in order to catch and trade the digital monsters.


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The Adults Who Book Vacations Based on…. Pokémon? 

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