pokemon-go
I'm from the United States and I'll be visiting Canada soon. Since Pokémon GO is not out for Canada yet, would I still be able to play and catch Pokémon in Canada seeing as my phone/game/account all originate from the United States?
For that matter, will I be able to play Pokémon GO in Canada once it is released in Canada? Or am I restricted to playing in the United States only?
When you encounter a pokémon, one of the icons that appears will be labelled AR. AR stands for Augmented Reality. Simply select this toggle to turn it on or off.
This took me a while to notice, but when in its 'off' state, pokémon go plays in a pre-rendered scene, as opposed to using the camera and gyro.
In laymans terms, the pokémon will always be straight in front of you. You do not have to move the phone around sporadically in order to keep the pokémon on screen, and can play pokémon go as if it was a typical phone game.
To do this, you need to change your google play details not simply be in another country.
See https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/42347/how-do-i-change-the-google-play-country for details on how to possibly do this.
However, the New Zealand servers are currently pretty overloaded with international users, not just us Kiwis...
Best Answer
You can only play Pokemon GO if the server allows you to play from the country you are visiting, as evidenced by this incident involving an Australian expat who visited Singapore and wasn't able to play Pokemon GO. They seem to allow/block based on IP address geolocation, since there is an article with instructions to use VPN to workaround the block.
Since there had been reports about people in Europe being able to play the game before the game is officially supported, the server evidently allows many countries beyond countries officially supported.
You can check the list of supported countries on releases.com, or follow the news and social media to see whether the game is supported in a particular country.