On Wednesday, Pokémon Go became Nintendo’s first mobile Pokémon game in the U.S., and people have already lost their damn minds. No church or police station was left unoccupied; some guy caught a Pidgey while his wife gave birth; shares of Nintendo stock just jumped ten percent. Madness. The game is already at the top of Apple’s charts right now. Granted, it’s free to download (with in-app purchases), but it’s also currently number one in Apple’s list of Top Grossing apps, thanks to those in-app purchases. People are obsessed with this game.
Twitter has been busy making jokes and observations about the game (many of them coming from Australia and New Zealand, where the game launched early). Some were quick to grouse about Australia and New Zealand getting the game first:
https://twitter.com/shibuyaburrito/status/750823822337536000
Others were too busy being enthusiast to care about geography:
https://twitter.com/AlexRogaski/status/750888987401728000
*Gets Pokemon Go*
*Breaks into Area 51*
"Sir this is government property!"
"WHERE THE FUCK IS MEWTWO"— rt your kink (@rtyourkink) July 7, 2016
Plenty of jokes were made about the servers being overloaded:
https://twitter.com/RiotMadMaxxTV/status/751140462920994816
UPDATE : I found a leaked photo of the server room for #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/fvcp1CHOXR
— Pokemon News (@TrainerINTEL) July 7, 2016
And jokes about the pokemonsters popping up in unexpected places:
Excuse me #pokemonGO pic.twitter.com/F61TEY69z9
— Nate (@heynate) July 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/wutangela/status/751294058706853888
https://twitter.com/thundercurlz/status/751082876138057731
do you MIND #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/52LJ94k1N2
— del likes cats (@miimows) July 7, 2016
Oddish seems especially fun:
Oddish asked me to buy him a black and mild bc he not 18 smh #PokemonGo pic.twitter.com/HGA1yPQGTP
— Sicksteen うちは (@sicksteen_216) July 7, 2016
Ayy my boy Oddish just came over! It's about to be lit 🔥🔥🔥 #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/DnduHQSFgZ
— Joel (@NobodyEpic) July 7, 2016
But things sometimes get too dangerous:
https://twitter.com/GFXSTA/status/751027077793607680
Better run before you end up like the rest of your family… #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/iGMDGFIBRw
— Petey Plastic (@PeteyPlastic) July 7, 2016
Happy that #PokemonGo is getting kids outside. A little concerned that so many Pokemon are in unmarked vans.
— Allie Goertz (@AllieGoertz) July 7, 2016
I found a Squirtle! #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/UyZlflRSvt
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) July 8, 2016
If you see me in the middle of the ocean tonight, just know I am catching a Lugia. #PokemonGO
— Jesimein (@Jesimein) July 7, 2016
THERE’S SOMETHING ON THE WING OF THE PLANE:
shit shit shit shit shit shit pic.twitter.com/JEIie3ZcDv
— Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) July 7, 2016
Other times, the game itself serves up sick owns:
#PokemonGO has no chill. pic.twitter.com/xxUbow5gVV
— Logan (@Mcgillligan) July 7, 2016
And sometimes, you don’t want to catch ’em all.
I ain't wanna catch him cuz I already got one so we just took pics with him lol pic.twitter.com/07KROOlEWY
— Michael Christmas (@MickeyChristmas) July 7, 2016
But some players seem a bit confused:
https://twitter.com/PokeUniversity/status/751301870153371650
And others have taken it way too far:
When you get pulled over but you gotta catch em all #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/ZVosCaaYep
— seth (@Off5eth) July 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/Chief_Sangy/status/750517821554044928
https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/751240686683455488
#PokemonGO got me wandering around my neighborhood like: pic.twitter.com/QjR5revXqZ
— Fasffy (@Fasffy) July 7, 2016
But we can still look at the bigger picture:
It took Michelle Obama 8 years to convince people to run outside and be active.
Nintendo did it in 24 hours.#PokemonGo
— Steve Esposito (@SteveEspositoSG) July 7, 2016
We can all still agree that Popplio is nobody’s favorite, though, right?