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<\/a><\/center>It was anticipated by many that the game would be available in Rio before the Olympics; however, this prediction had not come to fruition until August 3, when the game was finally released in Brazil. On Wednesday, Pok\u00e9monGO reported on its Facebook page that the game was finally available for fans and visitors in Rio as well as the Olympians.<\/p>\nRead More: Apps to Get You Pumped For Rio 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Allure of Pok\u00e9monGO<\/strong><\/p>\n Pok\u00e9monGO is a game that merges the real world and the virtual world and allows the player to explore their surroundings while searching for Pok\u00e9mon. One aspect of the game that may appeal to Olympic athletes is that the player acts as a trainer of Pok\u00e9mon. Unlike other mobile games, it encourages players to get out and be active while playing it. The game is free to play; although, it does contain some in-app purchases.<\/p>\n When they arrived in Brazil, many Olympic athletes thought they could have fun exploring the Olympic Village while seeking out Pok\u00e9mon. If only the new game had made it to Brazil in time for the summer games. Many Olympic athletes expressed their disappointment over the fact that they could not get the game at Olympic Park. Some athletes, however, had stated that the lack of Pok\u00e9monGO freed up more time for training.<\/p>\n Pok\u00e9monGO is a favorite among mobile game players. Olympic athletes were very disappointed to find out they couldn\u2019t play it when they arrived in Rio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[210,316,471,726,1562,1565,1575],"class_list":["post-2788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tutoriais","tag-apps","tag-games","tag-gamming","tag-olympics","tag-pokemon","tag-pokemon-go","tag-rio-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18494,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions\/18494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/center>Olympic Athlete\u2019s Initial Disappointment<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/center>The disappointment of athletes and others about the lack of Pok\u00e9monGO in Brazil ended on Wednesday August 3. The game had made it to Brazil just in time for the opening ceremonies on August 5. Now, athletes can use this popular mobile game to help commemorate their experiences at the Olympic games by capturing and training Pok\u00e9mon to be high quality virtual athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"