The local-Pokémon programme traces back to a 2015 April Fools campaign in which 800 Slowpoke ‘escaped’ in Kagawa prefecture

How it’s built

1. Described by the company in a 2019 interview with Tokyo Walker, a Japanese listings magazine.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The origin story is the company’s own account in an interview.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

「香川県からヤドンが800匹脱走した」というエイプリルフール企画を実施しました (ran an April Fools campaign: 800 Yadon escaped from Kagawa)