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Swiss tourism video shows Pokemon 'capturing' people

By Daniel Uria
A group of people dressed as Pokemon mascot Pikachu tossed large, inflatable pokeballs at people in Basel, Switzerland, in a video to promote tourism.
 Screen capture/fadeoutTrashTV/YouTube
A group of people dressed as Pokemon mascot Pikachu tossed large, inflatable pokeballs at people in Basel, Switzerland, in a video to promote tourism. Screen capture/fadeoutTrashTV/YouTube

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BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A group people dressed as Pokemon mascot Pikachu sought revenge on Pokemon Go players in Basel, Switzerland, as the city hoped to use the game's popularity to attract tourists.

A prank video shared to YouTube by fadeoutTrashTV showed the group dressed in Pokemon-themed unitards "taking revenge" on citizens for playing the smartphone game Pokemon Go by bombarding them with human-sized pokeballs.

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The group used a large slingshot to launch the giant inflatable balls at unsuspecting bystanders, often seen carrying their phones.

A link in the video takes viewers to a tourism website, which lists various locations around Basel for tourists to catch monsters in Pokemon Go.

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