Pokemon Wants To Turn Sleep Into Entertainment with 'Pokemon Sleep App'

You remember “Pokemon Go” the augmented reality smartphone game that made players spilled out of living rooms onto the streets to hunt for Pokemon ?

Tsunekazu Ishihara, chief executive of the Pokemon Company, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Sam Nussey

Even MissTechy Tried Playing Pokémon Go In a Moving Car In Lagos, Nigeria.

Well.. The game's developer is developing an application that tracks players sleep and uses the data for gameplay.

 According to Reuters, the Pokemon Company said on Wednesday 28th May, 2019, it was developing “Pokemon Sleep”, a mobile app that tracks players’ sleep and uses the data for gameplay.

The application will be released next year, 2020. Tsunekazu Ishihara, chief executive of the Pokemon Company, which helps manage the Pokemon franchise, said at an event in Tokyo

 “We want to turn sleep into entertainment,” 

At the same event, Kyoto-based Nintendo Co Ltd said it was developing a sleep-tracking successor to its Pokemon Go Plus device, which allows users to “catch” Pokemon without taking out their smartphones.

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In a related news, 'Pokémon Go' will drop Apple Watch support after July 1st.