Pokemon Go has now launched officially in India in partnership with Reliance Jio. Pokemon Go has remain the most popular game of 2016 achieving and breaking many records. The game remained in the headlines for months since the launch. It has been downloaded and installed in more than 500 million smartphones since the launch.
The game has finally arrived in India after a long time. It has already been launched in many countries. Pokemon Go is available to download from Google Play Store and other app stores.
“We’re excited to announce that you can now download and play Pokémon GO officially from the App Store and Google Play. As of today, Trainers living in India and other South Asian countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh can download Pokémon GO and explore their neighborhoods in search of Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and many other Pokémon!,” said the company.
“To our Trainers in India – we appreciate your patience during the last few months while we worked on bringing Pokémon GO to your country. The Niantic team had to resolve a few administrative challenges before launching in order to ensure we could provide the best experience possible,” the company added.
Niantic Inc., the company behind creating Pokemon Go, has partnered with Reliance Jio to bring the game into the country and as part of partnership, Reliance Digital Stores and company’s select partner premises in India will appear as ‘PokeStops’ or ‘Gyms’ within the game. Players will also get an exclusive Pokemon Go channel on JioChat, Reliance Jio’s messaging app.
“The Pokemon Go Channel will enable Pokemon Go players to collaborate and be part of an exciting community of players with daily tips, contests, clues, and special events,” said Reliance.
“We are delighted to partner with Jio to launch Pokemon Go in India. It’s exciting to see Pokemon fans in India step out and explore their neighbourhoods in search of Pokemon and Jio’s disruptive high speed 4G LTE Network will be an excellent way to experience the game,” said John Hanke, chief executive officer and founder of Niantic.