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While the\u00a0<\/span>Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are just two of the stunning landmarks downtown Sydney, Australia has to offer, most visitors Sunday morning\u00a0<\/span>were far more interested in\u00a0<\/span>Bulbasaur, Psyduck and Krabby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ever since the augmented reality mobile game Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/i>\u00a0launched in Australia<\/a> Wednesday, it’s been a phenomenon. The game rewards those who explore, and there are more than enough Pok\u00e9mon and Pok\u00e9stops to go around for those who would prefer to search in a group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Teen discovers body in river while playing ‘Pok\u00e9mon Go’<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Guy ‘Yug’ Blomberg, content manager at\u00a0<\/span>PAX Australia\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Oz Comic-Con, decided to create a Facebook event<\/a> for a\u00a0<\/span>Pok\u00e9mon Go <\/i>walk\u00a0<\/span>with friends\u00a0<\/span>in Sydney’s\u00a0<\/span>Royal Botanic Garden<\/span>, but was shocked to see RSVPs grow to more than 5,000.<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While the\u00a0Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are just two of the stunning landmarks downtown Sydney, Australia has to offer, most visitors Sunday morning\u00a0were far more interested in\u00a0Bulbasaur, Psyduck and Krabby. Ever since the augmented reality mobile game Pok\u00e9mon Go\u00a0launched … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}