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Pokémon GO on Apple Watch /  by Kyle Johnstone

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With the Pokémon GO Plus getting an official release date of September 16th via pokemongolive.com .  John Hanke of Niantic announced that Pokémon GO is coming to Apple Watch at Apple's Special Event.  The watch app seems to offer a workout function that let's you encounter wild Pokémon, swipe PokéStops for items, hatch eggs and more!  John announced that the watch functionality will be available before the end of 2016.

Watch the whole Apple keynote presentation on demand here, with the Pokémon GO news at 28:35 if you want to fast forward. 

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Shigeru Miyamoto & Bill Trinen at Apple's Special Event /  by Kyle Johnstone

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Never in a million years did I think a side scrolling Super Mario game would make it mobile devices.  Today Shigeru Miyamoto & Bill Trinen happily announced Super Mario Run exclusively for Apple iOS at Apple's Special Event.  All we know at this point is that the game will release in December with pricing details to come later.  Sign up here to receive notifications regarding the release and other details! 

Nintendo Wire released a clip version of the keynote below.