How do you make millions of Americans get off their couches and go on long, healthy walks everyday? Just offer them some Pikachus. “Pokémon Go,” the wildly popular mobile game from Niantic, is doing just that, even if players aren’t necessarily in it for burning calories. The game requires players to physically travel long distances in search of animated creatures, or Pokémon, who appear superimposed over the real environment on their phone screens. People praising the game on social media have quipped about getting sore legs after hours of nonstop walking. I don’t play “Pokémon Go” much, but I went on a creature hunt while wearing a Fitbit just to see how much exercise I could get in. I...
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