Times Square Transforms into a Battleground as Mewtwo Finally Arrives
To celebrate a decade of mobile gaming history, Niantic hosted an invitation-only event in Times Square that brought the game's original 2016 launch trailer to life. Around 2,000 selected players from across New York City's five boroughs converged to participate in a massive coordinated raid against Mewtwo. This surprise gathering, managed by community ambassadors to prevent overcrowding, successfully realized the iconic cinematic vision that first teased the AR phenomenon nearly ten years ago.