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Pokemon Go fans nab a real character
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SOME New Zealand fans of the smartphone game Pokemon Go caught more than they bargained for when they grabbed a thief who broke into a car and held him until police arrived.
They were hunting virtual cartoon characters in the North Island town of Napier on Wednesday when they heard a car alarm and saw a masked man run past, police said.
“They didn’t use Pokeballs to catch him, they just held him till police arrived,” police added, referring to an online tool used to capture the Pokemons that appear in places such as landmarks where people gather.
A 28-year-old man was arrested and will face theft charges in court this week, police said.
Nintendo’s Pokemon Go has become an unexpected smash hit, using augmented reality and Google mapping to make animated characters appear in the real world, overlaid on the nearby landscape viewed through players’ mobile phone cameras.
The game has also been blamed for injuries and robberies of distracted users in some countries.
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