[Ep. 2/6] How Google Sensei & Niantic's _Asobigokoro_ Changed the World! The Untold Story of Pokémon GO & The Legendary Chaos of 2016

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🎬 Menu 2: [The Chaotic 2016] Expectations at MAX! The Never-Ending Hadaka Seiza Taiki and the Greatest Give!

🎬 Menu 2: [The Chaotic 2016] Expectations at MAX! The Never-Ending Hadaka Seiza Taiki and the Greatest Give!
🦕 Pokémon: Google Sensei Niantic PokémonGO
🎯 Theme: 🎬 Scene 1: Futuristic Tech "GPS x AR" and My Ajifurai
hisui
Alright, alright! Back in 2016, what the whole world went crazy for was the futuristic feeling that the real world would become the game screen exactly as it is, using 'GPS' and 'AR'!
koto
Yes, exactly! Mama said so too. 'It's like magic that a Pokémon suddenly appears on my usual shopping route!' She seemed really excited.
Calsto-OO
I WILL SUPPLEMENT! Ji-Pi-Esu (GPS) is the Global Positioning System! It captures location data from countless artificial satellites flying around the Earth. E-Aru (AR) is Augmented Reality! It is an innovative game experience where your smartphone camera and location data link to fuse reality and virtuality!
NNM-007
What is she talking about, I wonder? Countless somethings flying in the sky? ...Eh, something light? Light and crispy batter... Could it be Agemono (deep-fried foods, a beloved staple of Japanese comfort food)? Don't tell me... 'Ajifurai (deep-fried horse mackerel, a classic and crispy Japanese seafood dish) are zooming around the sky'!? You mean lightly, crisply fried Ajifurai are flying around, I wonder!? I'm getting hungry, I wonder 🍮
Vatshu
UWOOOH!! Ajifurai are flying in the sky, wan-o!! (a dog-like playful speech ending, coming from "wan" which is the Japanese sound for a dog's bark!) 'Cloudy with a chance of Ajifurai', wan-o! I'll go full speed ahead, jump at them, and swallow them whole, WAN-OOOH!!
NNM-007
And AR? What is that, I wonder... Could it be that nightmare? Even though there is a delicious-looking Ajifurai right in front of me... wait, 'AR' sounds like 'Aru' (a Japanese word meaning 'it exists' or 'it is right there')... So even though it's 'ARU', no matter how much I reach out, I can't eat it... An Ajifurai hell disguised as a dream, where it's right there but you can't eat it... Just remembering it makes it such a terrifying nightmare, I wonder!!
DSK-o1
TEYANDEE!! (a classic Edokko exclamation expressing quick dismissal or disbelief) Even though it's right in front of you, you can't eat it!? You think I'm gonna forgive a half-killing torture technology like that, wan!? It's a disgrace to the name of an Edokko! I'll slice that E-Aru thing to pieces, wan!
Calsto-OO
YOU ARE WRONG! Ajifurai DO NOT FLY! YOU CANNOT EAT THEM! Please suppress your appetite! This is a discussion about technology!
CV:さとうささら(Sasara Sato)/(CeVIO CS)

🎬 Scene 2: The Too-High Wall of "Ingress" and Fuka-joshi's Rampage

🎬 Scene 2: The Too-High Wall of "Ingress" and Fuka-joshi's Rampage
hisui
Geez, forget about the Ajifurai for a second! Actually, before Pokémon GO, there was a game using the exact same technology called 'Ingress'... but it seems the hurdle was a bit too high for moms back then.
Dr Fuuka
Fufu, to call the hurdle too high is quite outrageous, desu wa. It is merely proof that you do not comprehend the genius of Mr. John Hanke and the profound depth of Ingress. In the first place, Ingress is a location-based game possessing extremely advanced social-experimental aspects. It revolves around two major factions fighting a global-scale Jintorigassen (a traditional Japanese game of capturing territory) over an unknown energy substance called 'Exotic Matter (XM)': the 'Enlightened (Green)' who promote human evolution, and the 'Resistance (Blue)' who stand for the status quo. You scan real-world historical architectures and public art as 'Portals,' deploy Resonators to establish Links, and sink the area enclosed by three Portals as a 'Control Field (CF)' to acquire Mind Units (MU). It requires intellectual strategy and overwhelming physical movement (real-world pay-to-win)... It is, quite literally, modern Cyberpunk Territory Warfare...
DSK-o1
E-Exotic... M-Matter? R-Resonators...? Dep... Deploy...? G-G-G-G... The vocabulary is way too hard, wan!! We don't have that stuff in Edo, wan! My internal c-c-circuit is on the verge of shorting out, wan!?
Dr Fuuka
My, my, this is still just the beginning, desu wa. I shall now speak for about 6 hours regarding the destructive power of Level 8 and above XMP Bursters, the aesthetics of peeling shields using Ultra Strikes, and furthermore, the coordination of key-farming and link-cutting to construct multi-layered CFs. During Anomaly events...
koto
(Whispering) No one can stop her anymore... Everyone is overwhelmed by the heat, sweating with Fuka-chan's explanation as background music...
DSK-o1
BZZZT! ERROR ERROR. Freeze, wan-o...
Vatshu
I LOVE the heat, WAN-OOOH!! Fuka-joshi's heat level is at MAX too, wan!! I don't know what she's talking about—Shirankedo! (a popular Kansai dialect phrase meaning 'I don't really know, though,' often used to wildly assert something while avoiding all responsibility) LMAO! But I won't lose, I'll sweat and eat meat at full speed ahead, WAN-OOOH!!!

🎬 Scene 3: The Never-Ending "Hadaka Seiza Taiki" and the Frenzied Release

🎬 Scene 3: The Never-Ending "Hadaka Seiza Taiki" and the Frenzied Release
hisui
(Ignoring Fuka-joshi) A-Anyway! When the overly complicated Ingress turned into the 'familiar Pokémon,' the expectations of the entire world just EXPLODED!
Frankiie
BACHIKOON (BAM)! ⚡️ Exactly right, wan! (a dog-like playful speech ending, coming from "wan" which is the Japanese sound for a dog's bark!) Around June 2016, rumors of field tests and early info were flying around, and fake news like 'Is Japan's X-DAY June 1st?!' got mixed in! The internet was already a massive Omatsuri (a traditional Japanese festival, often used to describe a state of wild, chaotic celebration) online, o!
Vatshu
UWOOOH!! Master said he was clutching his smartphone every day, waiting completely naked in a Seiza (a traditional Japanese formal kneeling posture) in front of the AC, wondering 'Is it now?! Is it now?!', wan-o!! It's the legendary Hadaka Seiza Taiki (waiting naked in a formal kneeling position), WAN-OOOH!!
Dr Fuuka
Eh!? N-Naked!? Do Japanese ZEN Masters have a culture of taking off their clothes when waiting for a release!? (blushes) ...Ah, to supplement for our overseas audience, ZEN (a school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing meditation, often practiced as Zazen—seated meditation—to unify the mind and pursue the ultimate truth) is a traditional ascetic practice, but... to think there was an approach that completely casts away even the material attachment of clothing...! That is far too profound, desu wa!!
Frankiie
When it was released overseas first in July, Japan's Oazuke (a state of being made to wait, like a dog waiting for a treat) state heated up even more! And then, the fateful day finally arrived: July 22, 2016! The official release in Japan, wan!! ...But, reality wasn't that sweet, o!
Calsto-OO
THE SABA HAS FALLEN! The Saba (Japanese internet slang for 'Server', which also phonetically means 'Mackerel' fish) is DOWN due to extreme traffic! Even with Google Sensei's Saba technology, logging in is IMPOSSIBLE! Continuous FREEZES! It is absolute CHAOS!
NNM-007
What is going on, I wonder!! This time a Saba (Mackerel) fell from the sky, I wonder!? After Ajifurai, now it's Saba no Shioyaki (a classic Japanese dish of grilled salted mackerel)!? I'm at the absolute limit of my patience 🍮!!
DSK-o1
S-Saba!? Grrr... I CAN'T LOG IN! The screen won't move! There's a Rattata right in front of me, but because of the Saba Ochi (Server Crash / Falling Mackerel), I CAN'T THROW THE BALL, wan!! Angry special attack, wan!! G-G-G-G-G!!
Vatshu
UWOOOH!! Saba no Shioyaki is falling too, wan-o!? I'll go full speed ahead, catch it, and swallow it whole, WAN-OOOH!!
hisui
...But you know, even though it was total chaos with nothing but errors, at that time, everyone grabbed their smartphones and rushed OUTSIDE! The parks at night were completely overflowing with adults!
koto
That's true. A service that wouldn't start, servers crashing... Even so, the deep emotion of Pokémon appearing in the real world was undeniably the 'greatest experience' engraved in people's hearts.
Frankiie
Including all the errors, that very frenzy was the 'Greatest Give' that Google Sensei gifted to the world, wan-o! Now, next time, we finally grip our smartphones and head outside! Continuing to the night parks and Shokushitsu (being questioned by police officers), wan! BACHIKOON (BAM)! ⚡️🐾🚀
"Have a cup of tea."

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📝 Summary Analysis
Episode 2 Excerpt: "The Saba (Server) Has Fallen!? After Ajifurai, Is It Saba no Shioyaki Next!?"
Clutching smartphones in front of the AC while waiting through the legendary **Hadaka Seiza Taiki** (_waiting naked in a formal kneeling position_), fueled by excitement for futuristic "GPS x AR" technology. Then came the fateful Japanese release on July 22, 2016! On that day of total chaos plagued by continuous **Saba Ochi** (_server crashes, playing on "Saba" which also means mackerel fish_) and error screens, why did adults around the globe rush out into night parks, smartphones in hand? Relive that wild, beloved summer frenzy where even the errors became the "ultimate experience"!
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