Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were fired for playing the game Pokémon Go instead of responding to a robbery call in 2017. Here, a smartphone displays the Pokémon Go app in 2016. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The Pokémon Go location-based mobile game running on a smartphone in Russia. Kirill Kukhmar/TASS hide caption
The mobile app Pokémon Go has lost some of its original steam, one year into its tenure on the gaming charts. Ruby Wallau/NPR hide caption
Bruce Willis (right) and Haley Joel Osment starred in The Sixth Sense, where Osment's character had a sixth sense that allowed him to see dead people. It turns out there is a sixth sense, but it's not seeing dead people it's actually body awareness and intuition. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Sure, you could get run over trying to catch that Zubat. But is it worth it? They're the worst. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption
People play Pokémon Go in New York City on July 25. The New York governor's ban on playing the game will apply to nearly 3,000 sex offenders currently on parole. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption
A Pokémon is found by a Pokémon Go player at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Businesses are looking for ways to profit from the 65 million Pokémon Go users in the United States alone. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption
The Pokémon Go mobile game is the top-grossing app for Android and iPhone. Today, the U.S. Holocaust Museum and Arlington National Cemetery asked people to refrain from using the game while visiting the somber sites. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
Ethan Kespert, 8, of Scarborough, Maine, plays Pokémon Go with Hawk Reynoso at Deering Oaks Park. Portland Press Herald/Getty Images hide caption
The mobile app Pokémon Go is currently the top downloaded free app in both Apple and Android stores. The augmented reality game allows smartphone users to track and catch Pokémon. Ruby Wallau/NPR hide caption