From prank to popular | Advertiser-Tribune SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The origin of Pokemon Go is as peculiar as any of the Voltorbs or Snorlaxes players track and capture in the surprise hit game. Its hybrid DNA flows from a digital mapping pioneer's fascination with the world around him, Google's affinity for offbeat ideas, Nintendo's comeback quest and a 20-year-old menagerie of animated monsters so popular it spawned a company just to be its talent agency. Then all it took was a prank to hatch a mobile video game that has turned into a cultural phenomenon.

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