5 games that should get the Pokemon Go treatment

By Kane Fulton

Introduction

Unless you’ve been hiding in a Poké Ball, coiled in the fetal position while squealing “Pi-Pika-Chu!” in a high-pitched voice for the past week, you’ll know that Pokemon Go has been something of a mega-hit.

The premise of the augmented reality mobile game is simple: go outside, whip out your phone and hunt down as many of the titular creatures as you can.

In Pokemon Go’s short lifespan, it has been credited with all manner of benefits – from helping to fight depression and anxiety, to making friends and even getting in some good old cardio.

It’s pretty much a matter of time before other app developers mimic its winning formula, so here are five other games that we think deserve the Pokemon Go treatment.

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1. Fatal Frame

The spooky snap-em-up would fit Pokemon Go’s formula like a glove due to its main gameplay mechanic, which basically sees you wander around haunted locations exorcising ghostly apparitions with a camera.

Rather than tracking down cutesy Mudkips on street corners during the day, you’d be hunting down headless specters in your friend’s fusty basement.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming