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Nintendo will launch Pokémon Go Plus on September 16

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Nintendo and Niantic Labs want to keep the Pokémon Go phenomenon going. And they’ll do that with the launch next week of the Pokémon Go Plus device, which lets you capture Pokémon without using your smartphone.

John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic Labs, said today at Apple’s press event that Pokémon Go has been downloaded more than 500 million times. To keep the momentum going, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company just announced that Pokémon Go Plus will be available in most of the world next week, on September 16. And before the end of the year, Pokémon Go is launching on the Apple Watch.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.