‘Pokémon Go’ Exec Promises 1,000-Person Times Square Mewtwo Event Is Just the Start of the 10th Anniversary: ‘My Personal Goal Is to Create Core Memories’ for All Players

Pokémon Go is celebrating its tenth anniversary, Variety reports, with a one thousand-player event at Times Square featuring the legendary Mewtwo. The game's vice president reflected on the company's early struggles with large-scale events—server crashes and overwhelming crowds nearly ended the program—but says the new focus is creating what he calls 'core memories' for players as the phenomenon enters its second decade.

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