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Real World Pokémon Gym Opening In Japan Next Month
Part Pokémon-focused arcade, part augmented reality Pokémon experience, Japan is getting a Pokémon Gym, and it's opening next month.
The facility is being called a "hands-on edutainment facility" according to a translation from Siliconera and is being billed as a social space for children where they can learn tips for playing Pokémon. As the photos on the website show, it also appears it will have assorted Pokémon arcade games, augmented reality interactions with the pocket monsters themselves, and of course bowling. An affiliated smartphone app will also be released alongside the Gym, but it's unclear if we will be able to interact with it at all in North America.
The Pokémon Gym will be open to the public November 19, 2015 in Osaka, Japan.
[Source: Pokemon Expo, via Siliconera, Inside Games, Entertainment Weekly]
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