Pokemon GO is the hottest game to hit the market in forever. People are currently trying to catch their Pikachus and Charmanders… but they’re paying the price. And by paying the price, I mean they’re accidentally getting some exercise.
Just look at these poor souls complaining about their sore body parts from playing the augmented reality game:
I took a hour long bike ride yesterday for Pokemon go and my legs are sore. The last time I rode a bike I was like 4 or 5 years ago
— sonnel (@_Phancakes_) July 9, 2016
My legs are sore from too much pokemon go
— Beefy Doom (@WinnerOfLife7) July 9, 2016
My feet and legs are so sore from Pokemon go today. I got an hour of sleep but I took over a gym and gained 5 levels so it was pretty good
— Nalana (@nxlana) July 9, 2016
I hate to say it, but my legs are so sore from searching for Pokemon all night.
— michael ☄ (@Luxanite) July 9, 2016
I ran for a good minute or two yesterday for Pokemon Go and my lower legs are sore. I could blame my shoes or accept how unfit I am.
— Michael Beebe (@pandabeebe) July 9, 2016
my legs are actually pretty sore thanks pokemon go
— Sister Dio (@LadyBloof) July 9, 2016
I really wanna get up and go play Pokémon go but my legs are sore af, I wish I had a car ?
— TaylorG (@Taylor_G18) July 9, 2016
My legs are sore from trying to find Pokemon
— Ali (@Ali_Weingarten) July 9, 2016
my legs are so sore from looking for pokemon
— Ace Trainer Kelly (@ogilviethehegho) July 9, 2016
My legs are sore from all the Pokemon go I played yesterday?????
— Daniel Garibay (@DanielGaribay3) July 9, 2016
Walked so got damn much last night because this Pokemon GO shit is controlling my life, my legs are sore lmao
— LUIS (@Creedfan2001) July 9, 2016
My legs are actually sore from all the walking I did yesterday playing pokemon go…who needs a gym membership
— Erik Puterio (@Erok_Sway) July 9, 2016
My legs are so sore from all this Pokemon Go
— Looney Lovegood (@gaia17_) July 9, 2016
My legs are so sore and I think it’s legit from playing Pokemon Go
— KEI ✨ (@keikkuns) July 9, 2016
Me: played Pokemon go for like 10 hours
Me: has the worst sunburn & sore legs ?— ️ (@TheFast_Layne) July 9, 2016
I’d say today was a productive day. Walked for 2hrs, caught 20 something pokemon & ended up w/ sore legs&feet #PokemonGO
— Yuri Chang (@MissyYuri) July 8, 2016
My legs are a bit sore
From playing pokemon— ouıuuɐɯ sɐɯoɥʇ⁉ (@evilzug) July 8, 2016
legs are sore from walking around for pokemon go yesterday
— sawdust (@skywrdpyrmd) July 8, 2016
My legs are sore from walking miles and miles for Pokemon.
— Tanisha (@Tani5ha) July 8, 2016
My legs are super sore from running around catching Pokemon. #PokemonGO
— Pixxz (@Pixxz_) July 8, 2016
don’t judge me y’all but that Pokemon go game, that’s my shit. my legs gone be sore after a week
— champagne d (@Dianaaa__23) July 8, 2016
My legs and left forearm are sore from nerding the fuck out on Pokemon Go yesterday.
— bae (@boobalyn) July 8, 2016
my legs are soooo sore i knew this was gonna happen ….. * deletes pokemon go*
— steph! (@erasermic) July 8, 2016
Helped @Afflictioncos1 run catch Pokémon today now my legs are really sore. He caught all 3 starters and became a gym leader #TeamInstinct
— Kitten Cosplay (@LivingKitten) July 8, 2016
My legs are sore but I want to go catch pokemon :/
— #BlackLivesMatter (@amenably) July 8, 2016
My glow sticks from the Fourth of July are still glowing and my legs are sore from Pokémon Go. What a time to be alive.
— Jessie ♥ (@MishaMadness) July 7, 2016
I feel like I didn’t really go that far yesterday but my legs are so fucking sore. Its hard as fucking being a Pokemon trainer
— umebroski (@umebroski) July 7, 2016
It almost feels like a global conspiracy to make people go outside. Touche, Pokemon. Touche.
Originally published on Gizmodo Australia.
Comments
22 responses to “Who Knew Pokemon GO Would Be The World’s Most Physically Painful Game?”
I assumed someone had been hit by a car. I leave disappointed
Give it time. I’m trying to decide whether we’ll see our first Pokemon Go-attributed death within a week or a month.
A driver playing Pokemon Go crashes into a pedestrian playing Pokemon Go.
I love it, started hunting Pokemon in Friday out front of my house, ended up walking for 20 minutes and down some streets I had never been. Will wear my runners next time though.
Well considering the servers are always down in the morning when I do my exercise, and when they are working theres nothing on my walk, and the fact shopping centers are full of gyms, PokeStops and rarer Pokemon, I feel this game is rewarding people who “loiter” at coffee shops more than those who are actually exercising.
Shopping centers need nerfing. Parks and gardens need buffing.
Cemeteries need more ghost pokemon. Cities need more rattatas and less zubats
There was a plague of rattatas during the field test, but I think we caught ’em all. This must have allowed the more moderate numbers of zubats to thrive.
Walked 10k to hatch a an egg, got a lapras.
10k/10k would walk again
Me and friends got drunk and started playing last night. Walked 10kms today, but unfortunately my hangover just kicked in.
Best article to date.
Wish my phone could run it 🙁
I found venasaur in Paramatta but by the time I got there, my battery died.
“sigh”
Is this represent the majority of young people playing pokèmon go, this proves the bad shape new generations have now, they don’t make exercise at all and complain after a couple of hours hike or bike ride (which must have been pretty slow judging from the nature of the game, in which you can’t just run around like a fool)
Heh, people have been having this issue for years with Ingress too. Considering the median age for that was somewhere around 25-30, and the ‘one more portal’ mentality, you can go far beyond what you’d normally walk. Then all the way back, haha.
This generation is in bad shape? haha you should see the baby boomers. All my uncles have massive beer guts and none of them even drink
The nature of the game isn’t slow at all, otherwise we might have gotten proper battling. If you live in the right areas, the game does make you run around like a fool because every time you head to a stop, you see tons more in the distance.
The players avatar is quite huge on the map, giving you the impression that stop points are only 10m off when they are more like 100m + and more.
I would say this proves that people love to get on bandwagons, and the bandwagon for Pokemon GO at the moment is the embellishment of the exercise.
“Im super worn out” = “Look at me, I’ve been playing Pokemon go all day like you guys!!”
Is this represent the majority of young people playing pokèmon go, this proves the bad shape new generations have now, they don’t make exercise at all and complain after a couple of hours hike or bike ride (which must have been pretty slow judging from the nature of the game, in which you can’t just run around like a fool)
Or perhaps you’re just seeing what you want to see, like many older people who’ve already decided their rose-coloured memories are better than this confusing new world.
A dozen tweets specifically chosen to prop up a headline isn’t exactly a representative random sample of millions of players, let alone “the majority of young people”.
Does the article really need 26 separate tweets that basically say the exact same thing over and over ‘my legs are sore from pokemon go’
“article”
Lol ?
Walked 15 minutes to work today and not a single pokemon. This exercise stuff is BS
I still think that ‘most physically painful game’ honour belongs to Liberation Maiden with its godawful controls that cramp your hand into a claw-like vice of infinite pain if sustained for anything more than a few minutes.