Pokémon Go has only be out in Japan for a few hours. Players need to catch up as soon as they can! Some have come up with some ways they think they can.
The goal is fooling the smartphone’s sensor so Pokémon Go would register steps and distance travelled to hatch eggs and earn XP. Easier said than done. Some of these tricks have already been tested in the U.S. and Australia. The Japanese toy trains, though, are a new twist.
People have tried turntables, to which is something Tech Insider previously pointed out:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756378801962094592
ポケモンgo、卵孵化させるためにプラレール買おうか悩んでいた時に考えたらいいものがあった 俺はDJだ pic.twitter.com/X61YQ4ylF4
— Shuuhei Takahashi (@NKP_Shu) July 22, 2016
Vacuum cleaner bots:
会社での光景👀⚡
ルンバでひたすら距離を稼ぐ（笑）掃除しながら距離も稼げるという一石二鳥の使い方💡（笑）
こんな会社は日本のどこを探してもここしかない気がする😎www#ポケモンGO #ルンバ活用法 pic.twitter.com/VJuf0ZrKN1
— Tomona (@nakaharatomona) July 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756449313442586624
An electric fan, which apparently works like the turntable trick and which apparently doesn’t really work that well:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756427879848644608
Swinging the phone from the ceiling:
ポケモンGOでタマゴを自動で孵化させる装置を作りました ぜひお試しください pic.twitter.com/WnOqe3f8Sx
— Nassjas (@Nassjas_cf) July 22, 2016
Toy trains, which seems to be the most popular:
リアルの世界で孵化装置作り完了。#ポケモンGO#プラレール pic.twitter.com/OGOLsRGZ7q
— さえ (@FK12271132) July 22, 2016
はい、今からこいつにiPhoneのせて、卵孵化させます。
高三の夏休みになんでプラレール組み立ててるんだろ…#ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/EsQF6wjB6t— こーよー。 (@ko_yo_2525) July 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756426051752824832
会社戻ったらタマゴ孵化装置が運行してた #ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/SASdXJNqC3
— よざ ひかる (@HikaruYoza) July 22, 2016
ポケモンgo自動孵化装置(プラレール)
#ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/sSsgyUTStG— サニー (@524_sunny) July 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756415067080433664
Ha, nice set up:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756443891113406465
Apparently the toy train trick doesn’t work that well, because as this Twitter user shows, it logs 70 meters over the course of ten minutes:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/756428032504573952
Which you could get in, like, a minute or so of walking.
If these don’t produce the desired results, you can always try this:
大学内のエスカレーターを使って、ポケモンGOのタマゴを孵化させようとする猛者が現る。😂😂#ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/GfEdfPLRDR
— くりた なおき (@tatituteToppo) July 22, 2016
Which might work best of all.
Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.
