Today as part of an April Fool’s prank, Google updated Google Maps for iOS and Android to include Pokémon . Let’s try to find all of them!
There are at least 150 Pokémon currently floating around on Google Maps. All you have to do is zoom in, tap on them and select “catch”. Here are just a few I found. If you find one, take a screen cap or mention exactly where they are in the comments.
Munchlax at the Empire State Building, New York City
Rotom at Rockefeller Center, New York City
Helioptile is at the Eiffel Tower, Paris
Salamance is hanging on 16th Street and 8th Ave in New York City
Pikachu is over at Tokyo Tower, Tokyo
Tyranitar is at Pompeii, Italy
Totodile is in the Hoover Dam
Kirlia at Area 51, Nevada
Pumpkaboo is at Red Square, Moscow
Audino is near Charing Cross Road, London
Dragonite is at the Pokémon Company, Seattle
Staraptor is perched on the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Togepi and Dragonite (again) at Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Stunfisk at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Meganium at the White House
Luxray and two others at Googleplex in Mountain View, California
And of course, Snorlax is napping at The Vatican
Those are just a few of many Pokémon that are on Google Maps today. Together we can find them all. Search Google Maps, find them, and post your findings in the comments below.
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4 responses to “How To Find Pokémon On Google Maps”
There is a Pidgey, Jigglypuff, Charmander, Inkay, Samurott, Chatot, Meowth, TyranitarCroagunk, Combee, Grovyle, and Gengar around the Sydney CBD. There’s a Steelix at Central station, a Plusle down at Redfern, an Umbreon at Pyrmont, and a Torterra at USyd. Can’t be bothered searching for more as they’re clearly everywhere.
Edit: I think it must be based on your location. So they spawn around the nearest city.
From Reddit, All found:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvG2WFB6SR9o40fbJSyisuEs2gbDNZgcp_pIZtotZok/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0
Obvious SPOILERS
http://notehub.org/2014/4/1/google-maps-pokemon-list
Here’s a linked list.
There seems to be a bit of a refresh issue – I picked up 24 in and around the Sydney CBD (out as far as Newtown and UNSW), but they seem to phase in and out of existence depending on what you’ve loaded. I also didn’t find any at sites that you would expect to be common such as Bondi or anything North of (or at) the Harbour Bridge.
I also couldn’t find the ones at Redfern or Sydney Uni as were referenced above, and found some on a swipe back that weren’t there originally – so they may be on a layer that loads at a different rate to the maps.
There seems to be several of each pokemon around the world. I’ve caught a couple of porygons and munna already.
Found so many at Tokyo Tower, Minato, Tokyo, Japan search around the area …. Don’t know how to post the pics
And found all 150. Had to criss cross the globe to do it but totally worth it.
dude can’t find oshawott and venusaur
Hint hint: They are in California in a green area, just upright from the house :3
Got the 151st pokemon yet?
When you find one Pokemon, there’s usually other Pokemon near by.
Took me like 2 hours to catch them all. Here’s a list of all 151 Pokemon locations: http://gumballbrain.com/all-151-pokemon-locations-google-maps/
I did found all 150 yay me
Venice
Cook county jail Chicago
A few in Dubai
Los cabos Mexico
Great pyramids of Egypt
A bunch in Sydney
Niagara Falls
Paris
Versailles, France
Pasay City, Philippines for Spritzee
I’m using iPhone 4S, I have download google maps, but where to get the update, I do go for apps store search for update but do not have it. Can I get any solution??
Please help, i cannot find any pokemon. Is it because the update is over, or that i just cant find them?
i want to catch all