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Pokepark Attraction Will Use RFID
Date: 2/28/2005
Nagoya's Pokemon Park 2005 (Pokepark) which will run side by side with the Aichi Expo from March has announced their "Exciting Safari" attraction game. The game will have the participants actually experience the story of the animation allowing them to capture popular characters. Hidden "Safari Balls" will be hidden throughout a jungle type course. Inside each ball is an RFID tag. Combining this with a system developed by Fujitsu the player will bring back their ball collection to a central HQ point and scanners will read the data of each revealing which Pokemon they happened to capture. Both a printout image and internet access to each players record can be retrieved. The fee will be 900 Yen per play and the game is open to those three years old and up.
Source: Anime News Services