No ones wants to see Putin Squirtle. Next game ripoff will see Putie dressed as a plumber jumping on the Proletariat.
Moscow authorities want Russians to stop searching the streets for
Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and other Pokemon and instead try to catch virtual
versions of Russian historical figures from the tsars to space pioneer
Yury Gagarin.
The city government says it’s developing a smartphone application that
works like the virally popular “augmented reality” game Pokemon Go, but
with a patriotic twist: it will help educate Muscovites about the
history of their country and its capital. And give them some exercise.
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has frequently sought to reduce
reliance on the West by trying to create home-grown versions of
widespread technology. It has stepped up these efforts since ties with
the West deteriorated severely following Moscow’s interference in
Ukraine in 2014, which prompted the United States and European Union to
impose sanctions.
Instead of using smartphones to detect, catch, and “collect” virtual
Pokemon creatures, users of Find Out Moscow, Photo will search the
streets and parks of Moscow for famous historical and cultural figures.
Unlike in Pokemon Go, likenesses of the figures will actually be
projected into reality in 3D, city authorities say. The app will invite
users to photograph themselves with the 3D figures, while players of
Pokemon Go can battle one another using the Pokemon they have collected
and “trained.”
The list of personalities includes tsars Peter the Great and Ivan the
Terrible; Gagarin, the first man in space; Soviet-era rock icon Viktor
Tsoi; revered writer Aleksandr Pushkin; scientist Mikhail Lomonosov; and
composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Crashing the Russian party is Napoleon
Bonaparte.
Cont.
Story from - Radio Free Europe
