From Nasty Woman To Evil Kermit: The Most Viral Moments Of 2016

Pokémon Go

In 2016, Pokémon launched their new app Pokémon Go, and it was instantly a viral sensation. Pokémon was already popular and well known for kids all the way up to 30-year-olds (who were the first generation of kids to play the game). However, the app launched the game to popularity never see before, with people of all ages playing and attempting to “catch” Pokémon.

You must travel around in order to discover more Pokémon so many praised the app for including exercise in a video game, while normally it’s a sedentary activity. However, people have also criticized the app because people are playing and not paying attention to the world around them. People have been injured with a falling off a cliff incident, car accidents, and one girl even discovered a dead body while playing the game. Yikes!