Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge
The Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge was a game launched by Google during April Fools' Day 2014. During the event, users of the Google Maps mobile application were given the ability to catch Pokémon scattered…
Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge is a video game developed by Google, released 1 April 2014 on Android and iOS.
What Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge is
Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge was developed by Google and released in 2014. It is available on Android and iOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge was a game launched by Google during April Fools' Day 2014. During the event, users of the Google Maps mobile application were given the ability to catch Pokémon scattered around the actual maps. Google's Pokédex consists of 25 Pokémon from each the first six generations, as well as Mew (which appeared and roamed after the user catches the other 150 Pokémon). The Pokédex includes all starter Pokémon, Eevee and all eight Eeveelutions, all seven final form pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and all electric rodents
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge is the 190th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Graffiti Eraser in 2014.
What it launched against
Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge launched on 1 April 2014, within three weeks of Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and Titanfall.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Titanfall.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge — frequently asked questions
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