A 74-year-old loves to play Pokémon Go on 64 phones that are hooked to his bicycle. “Gotta catch ’em all,” he says.

What is Pokémon Go?

Pokémon Go is a mobile game where players catch and train Pokémon characters in real places.

Chen San-grandson Yuan’s first got him interested in the game in 2016. By the year 2018, he had improved his setup by increasing the number of phones he used to play Pokémon Go to eight.

His celebrity status as “the Pokémon Go grandpa” has pushed him to the top of the local celebrity charts.

Key facts!

• The expression “must catch ’em all” is familiar to those who have watched the Pokémon anime series from Japan.
• This is because achieving this goal is the ultimate objective for those who play the game.
• The goal of Pokémon Go is to try to catch Pokémons in their immediate surroundings.
• The man is quite a celebrity on popular social media platforms.
• Grandpa explained that he does not engage in battles.
• This is because he is at an unfair advantage and simply wants to acquire uncommon Pokémon.
• People on the internet were mystified by the man’s fixation on Pokémon Go.
• Some even commented that his monthly phone bill must be exorbitant.
• One user made the observation that whenever he went anywhere, he probably caused a traffic bottleneck on Google Maps.
• Someone made snarky remarks such as, “Must be good when you no longer have to work and have this much time on your hands.”
• Yet another remarked that this was taking the “don’t use your phone while driving or riding” proverb to an entirely new level.

Youtube user “Count Jinsula” shares the beginner’s guide to Pokémon Go.

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