McDonald’s and Pokemon GO Enter Deal
Fast food giant McDonald’s will be part of the Pokemon GO rollout in Japan. McDonald’s announced the deal earlier today.
In an official release (h/t Excite News), McDonald’s Japan stated that the game’s developer was “diligently preparing” Pokemon GO for a smooth Japan release.
Yesterday, a report on Tech Crunch stated that Pokemon GO would launch today in Japan (at time of writing this has not happened yet) and that McDonald’s was teaming up with the popular app (this, we know now, is true).
Tech Crunch also reported that over 3,000 McDonald’s restaurants across Japan would serve as gyms for Pokemon GO players. Via Excite News, McDonald’s Japan is quoted as saying, “This was not an announcement our company made.”
Unfortunately, McDonald’s didn’t give an exact release date today, but stated that their collaboration was slated to go into effect “soon.”
There is no mention of a similar deal coming to North America but we are certainly keeping our fingers crossed.
More details will be announced at a later date.