Pokemon Go players block traffic to grab a rare pokemon in New York

Whether newbies experiencing it for the first time, or gamers getting reacquainted with an old friend Pokemon Go is resonating extremely well with players across the world.

It’s not uncommon to see groups organising “pokewalks” on Facebook or smartphone users abruptly stopping on the sidewalk in public to stare at their phone. But what happens when Pokemon Go players congregate? All hell breaks loose, that’s what.

Players descended on New York’s Central Park in hordes on Friday when word got out that a rare Pokemon was up for the catching. Vaporeon, one of the many available evolutions of Eevee, was spotted in the park, prompting people to even leave their cars in the road, in order to catch the rare specimen.

A Vaporeon popped up in the middle of Central Park and this happenedpic.twitter.com/bSJ6GUvPvh

— Izzy Nobre (@MrNobre) July 16, 2016

If there’s one way to visualize just how popular this particular augmented reality game has become, this video posted to Twitter captures its true essence.