Pokemon Go Announces Newest Wave of Pokemon with Surprisingly Realistic Docu-short

<p><em>Pokemon Go<&sol;em> developer Niantic has found a large amount of success with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;five-tips-playing-pokemon-go&sol;"><em>Pokemon Go<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; something that will likely carry forward into their new <em>Harry Potter&colon; Wizards Unite<&sol;em> augmented reality game&period; To promote the latest wave of <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> that are to be added to <em>Pokemon Go<&sol;em>&semi; Niantic has released a National Geographic style short video that is so realistic that many didn’t realize at first what the short video was about&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The video&comma; &lpar;titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Amazing Creatures Have Been Discovered across the Planet&excl;”&rpar; is narrated by Stephen Fry&comma; and has a musical score created by the legendary nature documentary composer George Fenton&comma; and emulates nature documentaries by revealing a variety of Pokemon in their real-world habitats&period; This short video bridges the augmented reality gap&comma; making this small piece of Niantic’s marketing strategy into something much more substantial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is the third wave of new Pokemon to be added to <em>Pokemon Go<&sol;em> since the app’s successful 2016 launch&period; In this new wave&comma; you will be able to catch Pokemon from the Ruby and Sapphire games such as Plusle&comma; Minun&comma; and Mawile&period; Additionally&comma; the video showcases other Pokemon in underwater habitats&comma; snowy mountains&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the video above&comma; and feel free to sound off in the comments about what videos like this could mean for the future of augmented reality&period; Could we see a future full-length CGI documentary like this&quest; Or is this just clever marketing with a large CGI budget behind it&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; The Pokemon Company Press Release<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;