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* {{wp|Google}} updated their {{wp|Google Maps (application)|Google Maps mobile application}} with a licensed, time-limited "Pokémon Challenge" mini-game running until April 2, 2014 at 02:00 PDT where users have to find and catch Pokémon scattered across the worldwide map. This is accompanied by a live-action announcement trailer depicting exaggerated {{wp|augmented reality}} gameplay.<ref>[http://googleasiapacific.blogspot.ca/2014/03/become-pokemon-master-with-google-maps.html Google Asia Pacific Blog: Become a Pokémon Master with Google Maps]</ref> | * {{wp|Google}} updated their {{wp|Google Maps (application)|Google Maps mobile application}} with a licensed, time-limited "[[Google Maps Pokémon Challenge|Pokémon Challenge]]" mini-game running until April 2, 2014 at 02:00 PDT where users have to find and catch Pokémon scattered across the worldwide map. This is accompanied by a live-action announcement trailer depicting exaggerated {{wp|augmented reality}} gameplay.<ref>[http://googleasiapacific.blogspot.ca/2014/03/become-pokemon-master-with-google-maps.html Google Asia Pacific Blog: Become a Pokémon Master with Google Maps]</ref> | ||
** Google's Pokédex contains 151 Pokémon, spanning all six generations with 25 per generation (nine of them each were forms of [[starter Pokémon]]), along with {{p|Mew}}{{tt|*|appears and roams after catching all 150 other Pokémon}}. | ** Google's Pokédex contains 151 Pokémon, spanning all six generations with 25 per generation (nine of them each were forms of [[starter Pokémon]]), along with {{p|Mew}}{{tt|*|appears and roams after catching all 150 other Pokémon}}. | ||
** Players who caught all 151 Pokémon on Google Maps received a real-life congratulatory letter and "Pokémon Master" business cards from Google on June 2014.<ref>[http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/06/14/and-the-prize-for-completing-the-google-maps-pokemon-challenge-is/ Android Police: And The Prize For Completing The Google Maps Pokémon Challenge Is...]</ref> | ** Players who caught all 151 Pokémon on Google Maps received a real-life congratulatory letter and "Pokémon Master" business cards from Google on June 2014.<ref>[http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/06/14/and-the-prize-for-completing-the-google-maps-pokemon-challenge-is/ Android Police: And The Prize For Completing The Google Maps Pokémon Challenge Is...]</ref> | ||