Catalogue of products, programmes and uses

The department explains that since 2016 it has been interested in GO's potential for outdoor activity, interaction and dementia prevention.

Limitation: An institutional position expressed as a possibility; this page provides neither evidence of dementia prevention nor a description of a trial.

ITmedia reproduces nine NISC tips from 20 July 2016: data, fake software, weather/heat, battery, contact, dangerous places, strangers and distracted walking.

Limitation: Press report and link to the NISC announcement; the government original was not read.

PHE position supportive of activity and social contact, with caution and a call for evaluation; no refusal of a partnership expressed.

Limitation: Historical reference to 10 minutes; do not present it as current guidance.

Three-month ethnography in 2018–2019: observation of a group of 20 participants and four in-depth interviews. The work describes intergenerational play, walking and sociability, as well as difficulties with gestures and purchases. One participant reports a fall after the study.

Limitation: Ethnographic observations and accounts, without clinical measurement of strength or memory. This is not a trial in Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

Pikachu badge for the 60th anniversary in 2024, distributed to more than one million schoolchildren; includes accident insurance.

Limitation: The 71.86 million figure concerns the badge programme since 1965, not Pokémon; no reduction in accidents attributable to the character was measured.

Five stated areas: disasters, community dining, ICT, scholarships and the environment.

Limitation: An official foundation exists; its areas of work do not constitute a clinical or oncology programme.

Noto activities include visits, supplies and booklets to support children's emotional wellbeing; community dining spaces provide welcome and social contact.

Limitation: Organiser's activity report; not a clinical evaluation; the booklets' contents were not read.

ANA and Pokémon launched the safety videos in August 2024 on two aircraft, then extended them to most of the fleet in December.

Limitation: Accounts of attention and viewing figures, not a measure of recall or risk reduction.

The official site describes Pokémon ambassadors associated with local authorities to promote their areas.

Limitation: Programme overview, without health measurements; the specific agricultural component requires its own sources.

Seasonal creative materials, aprons, Pikachu visits and workshops; accounts from families who became regular visitors.

Limitation: Support for sociability and community access; no nutritional effect measured. The page mentions five years of support: do not assign a 2025 date inferred from the old inventory.

The GO team restored a base distance of 80 metres, previously 40, following community feedback and four roundtables.

Limitation: 2021 announcement and qualitative feedback; does not demonstrate a health effect or an exclusive role for disabled players.

JR East describes a family train with a playroom and an explicit reference to the region affected by the 2011 tsunami.

Limitation: Rail service and social recovery, without therapeutic outcomes; current schedule varies.

Standard Vitality members can earn GO items by meeting a weekly activity goal; programme points can affect the annual premium.

Limitation: Eligibility and commercial terms; no independent evidence of effectiveness provided.

Official FAQ: built-in warnings, no driving while playing, parental supervision and reporting inappropriate Wayspots.

Limitation: The page does not prove an absolute lockout while driving or a precise speed threshold.

Nintendo confirms the Pocket Pikachu's release on 27 March 1998 and its use for walking with Pikachu.

Limitation: Product overview, not a health outcome.

Nintendo page: colour screen, infrared transfer of Watts to Gold/Silver, musical alarm and seven-day step history.

Limitation: The page's technical date of 2017 is not the product launch date; no validation of accuracy or clinical benefit.

Step-count accuracy was compared in 22 children and eight adults at four speeds. The Pokéwalker showed less error at some speeds, with larger errors at low speeds. A behavioural study was announced as underway at the time.

Limitation: University communication about a conference finding; this is not a trial demonstrating lasting change in physical activity.

Scoping review of 186 sources from August 2016 to December 2025; 29 physical activity studies, 25 social studies, 17 safety studies; heterogeneous benefits, uncertain duration.

Limitation: Full abstract read; body blocked by CAPTCHA; a mapping review, not new primary evidence.

16 June 2016 announcement: Bluetooth-connected GO Plus, LED/vibration notifications and a button to take actions without looking at the phone.

Limitation: Late July release was a forecast in this announcement, not a verified actual date. No reduction in accidents demonstrated.

City of Philadelphia: Niantic/Knight partnership for a Pokémon GO route during the pedestrianised streets event on 28 October, with a paper passport requiring no phone.

Limitation: Participation and exploration goal, not a health evaluation.

Bulbapedia describes Poké Ball Plus, a controller and an accessory to take on walks.

Limitation: Community source; the old Nintendo product domain redirects to a different support page. No clinical evidence.

Prefectural report: cooperation with Niantic since 2019, deployment of game locations, walking map distributed in September 2020, augmented reality photo competition.

Limitation: Introductory passages and history read, not the full 58 pages; no health outcome.

With You joined the national parks partnership; ceremony on 29 March 2023, litter-picking activities with children and parents, rollout planned in 3–4 parks.

Limitation: Rollout intentions, not a visitor attendance assessment or health outcome.

21 July 2023 announcement of official routes; Suita offers Kento Healthy Walk starting at Kento Library in a multigenerational health park.

Limitation: Existence of routes and description of the location; effect on activity not measured.

Primary press release: survey of 41,832 Japanese users aged >=16, 19 January–1 February 2026; analysis of 14,299 who practised relaxation on >=3 days, latency 19.2 min on exercise nights vs 19.6 min without; EEG pilot of 20 adults aged 20–60, 28 January–5 February, exercise nights versus usual habits including smartphone use; reported sleep efficiency +3.2%, REM 22.7→25.7%, significant.

Limitation: Company press release with no peer-reviewed article identified; protocol/allocation/night order not detailed in the text; usual-routine comparator potentially involving a smartphone; relaxation intervention, not the brand/app alone; survey self-report/self-selection; incomplete EEG/statistical methods; 3.2% reproduced as stated (percentage points versus relative change not verified).

Pokémon Kids Sports Project: cooperation with the JFA for football and tennis activities; Cinderace and Sprigatito, preschool children then schoolchildren.

Limitation: Existing programmes and planned expansions must be distinguished; no measurement of sustained activity.

The official Kids TV site offers dance, exercise and sports playlists, as well as a hospital episode.

Limitation: Catalogue page read; videos not watched, no exercise dose or effectiveness evaluated.

Lucario supports radio exercises through competitions, classes and attendance cards; around ten million cards were planned for 2022.

Limitation: Volume announced for 2022, not an established annual figure. Entries 36 and 38 describe components of the same programme.

Lucario supports radio exercises through competitions, classes and attendance cards; around ten million cards were planned for 2022.

Limitation: Volume announced for 2022, not an established annual figure. Entries 36 and 38 describe components of the same programme.

On 16 May 2018, the National Park Foundation announced a collaboration with Niantic to explore parks with Ingress and Pokémon GO. Registration fees were intended for the foundation.

Limitation: The $60,000 and clean-up operations in 100 parks concern an earlier collaboration with Ingress. They are not an outcome specific to Pokémon GO. No health outcome is reported.

Collectible Pokémon kits offered to participants who met loyalty conditions or completed the previous season's tiers.

Limitation: The Pokémon conditions notably concern prior achievements; do not infer a causal effect of the merchandise on steps in this season.

The Pokémon Company describes playgrounds designed with local authorities, equipment adapted to each location and work on safety with Kotobuki.

Limitation: The page presents eight parks and two planned openings in July 2025. This count does not necessarily describe the situation in September 2026. Physical activity is not measured.

The Pokémon Friends website presents more than 1,200 puzzles, as well as plush-collecting and decorating activities.

Limitation: This is a puzzle game. No cognitive training effect or health benefit is validated by this source.

The manufacturer's FAQ describes series of around 20 Pokémon stickers, renewed every one and a half to two months. Their distribution is stated to be uniform.

Limitation: The source describes a promotional mechanism. It measures neither the consumption it induces nor food quality.

Listing for a book of 36 recipes with a box divided by food categories; reference to the Japanese food guide.

Limitation: Bibliographic listing read, full book not read. Alignment with a ministry guide does not prove a ministry partnership or a dietary effect.

Official description of the birthday episode dated 30 April 2021: Pikachu curry and Poké Ball cake, recipes by Arisa Shirai and nutritional supervision by Mariko Naito.

Limitation: Description and ingredients read, video not watched; no measured dietary effect.

Three themed kits: Pikachu vegetable curry, Snorlax loco moco, Eevee cake.

Limitation: Licensed products and family cooking; not an evaluated nutritional intervention. Schedules vary by kit and sales channel.

Four recipes from the game adapted by nutritionists, then additional recipes linked to the festival; communication connected to nutrition–sleep research.

Limitation: Announced recipes, not a trial demonstrating that they improve sleep. Do not transfer nutritional associations to their effectiveness.

Bulbapedia describes Pokémon Virtual Fest on Cluster from 12 to 31 August 2020.

Limitation: Community source only; no measured psychosocial benefit and primary announcement not found in this batch.

Official PokéPark Kanto guide dated 7 February 2026, updated 17 March: app used for entry time slots and tickets after entering Yomiuriland.

Limitation: Visit management function; not a health intervention.

Foundation: free school kit combining an introduction to programming with PC/tablet practice, with teaching materials.

Limitation: Educational purpose; claims about motivation are not a cognitive or health evaluation.

GO Plus + enables catching/PokéStop spinning, sleep recording and Pikachu's voice; 2023 sales dates displayed.

Limitation: Product features, not medical validation; warning against use while driving. Health manual read separately.

Nintendo warns that magnets and emissions may interfere with pacemakers/defibrillators; it states not to use it with these devices, while driving/cycling, or while charging during sleep.

Limitation: Manufacturer instructions specific to GO Plus +; do not generalise to all Pokémon devices or phones.

Sleep data saved on the server, excluding audio; friend sharing is configurable, with identical rewards when sharing is reduced.

Limitation: Documentation as stated at the time of reading; features may change.

Official sleep knowledge portal: glossary, questions, sleep debt, advice; score is not diagnostic and articles mainly concern adults.

Limitation: Sub-articles not read in full; official commercial interest.

The official site contains sleep education supervised by Yanagisawa. It explicitly states that it is for entertainment only, not screening, diagnosis or treatment.

Limitation: The presence of educational content demonstrates neither learning nor a clinical effect; it does not validate every medical claim.

Audio kept on the device, never sent to the server, available for 24 h or until the next tracking session.

Limitation: Audio feature only; does not describe all personal data.

26 November 2025 press release: Sauna Ikitai/Sleep project, 7,808 volunteer participants, then analysis of a subgroup of 7,153 sauna users, comparing sauna/non-sauna days.

Limitation: Non-randomised commercial observation; sleep variables derived from the app. Do not present it as a trial proving a medical recommendation.

The official site lists Apple Watch, Samsung, Pixel Watch, Fitbit and Garmin with exclusions; sleep synchronisation through health apps.

Limitation: Time-specific compatibility information; Sleep is explicitly for entertainment, not detection/diagnosis/treatment. No universal transfer of heart rate data is claimed.

The Pokemon_cojp account announces the availability of the Pokémon Sleep edition Fitbit Air and screen-free sleep tracking.

Limitation: Brand announcement only; neither effectiveness nor independent evaluation.

Yokohama event, 17 July–23 August 2026: stamp trail and Toyota TOTONE nap experience; EEG measurement available, restricted to junior high school pupils and older.

Limitation: Event demonstration, not a clinical trial. The provider S'UIMIN is not identified in the passages read.

Official Kaifuku campaign: 16–18 February event, stretching videos with Ogatore, GO and Sleep presented around walking/sleep.

Limitation: Promotional recovery theme; no demonstrated effectiveness, 2024 indicated in the credits, not to be extrapolated to a current event.

Official description of the hospital episode: Pikachu visits professions at Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, credited as a collaborator.

Limitation: Metadata and description read; video not watched, no anxiety evaluation.

Paediatric videos explaining the procedure and precautions for MRI and ultrasound with Pokémon.

Limitation: The page confirms both resources, not their measured effect on anxiety, sedation or image quality. The video itself was not watched.

Canon Medical and Pokémon offer an MRI preparation video with unmodified real sounds and a child's-eye view; Snorlax/Sudowoodo illustrate keeping still, Magnemite illustrates metal objects.

Limitation: Healthcare staff feedback and accounts of success without sedation are cited without a sample size/comparator; do not conclude a causal reduction in sedation.

Support states that the video used to detect the face and movements is neither stored nor sent. Decoration photos remain local. It describes a four-hour interval between brushing sessions and the lack of recognition of electric toothbrushes.

Limitation: These statements concern the features described; they do not demonstrate the absence of all other data collection.

The Japanese Dental Association confirms that it contributed to the advice displayed after brushing in Pokémon Smile. It maintains the parent's role in finishing the brushing.

Limitation: Documents the collaboration and content, not a measured reduction in cavities.

Pokémon Smile was developed with LITALICO, which handles programming, while Pokémon manages design and the team; the camera, guidance on brushing areas and collecting reward brushing.

Limitation: LITALICO's inclusion context does not prove suitability or effectiveness for all disabled children.

The official catalogue distinguishes available apps from a section of apps whose distribution has ended.

Limitation: A directory page does not demonstrate that all products are “100% screen-based” or lack a behavioural component; each app must be checked individually.

On 3 June 2022, Lotte announced Smile xylitol dispensers for local authorities and the first 100 eligible nursery/preschool subscriptions; cooperation with Pokémon and the Japan Dental Association.

Limitation: Promotional and educational announcement, no measured reduction in cavities attributable to the campaign.

On 10 August 2016, Nikkei reported an Iwate/Miyagi/Fukushima/Kumamoto conference with Niantic to promote disaster-affected regions.

Limitation: Press source; institutional original not read, economic or health benefit not measured.

The foundation confirms a Yokohama agreement: disaster/ICT education, community dining and environmental projects.

Limitation: Agreement and intentions, without health outcomes; distinguish it from the commercial Pikachu event in the city.

Official video teaching handwashing, with medical supervision credited in its description.

Limitation: Metadata and description read; video and transcript not analysed. No measurement of infection prevention.

Eligibility includes paediatric facilities; use permitted during routine care subject to conditions; external promotion and additional charges excluded.

Limitation: Rules in effect at the time of reading, not legal advice or evidence of effectiveness.

45 blood donation centres in the Kanto Koshinetsu region became PokéStops with Chansey and special gifts from 23 March 2022; call to donate.

Limitation: No measurement of additional donations; do not extrapolate a causal outcome.

Three themed sunscreen milk bottles, the second collaboration after 2021.

Limitation: Licensing and promotion of a sunscreen product; no measurement demonstrating that the character increases use or reduces sunburn.

Anessa announces three Pokémon sunscreen packages from 21 April 2025, with family adventure films.

Limitation: Product collaboration. General Anessa UV activities for schools/XP described at the end of the document cannot be attributed specifically to Pokémon; no adherence measurement.

Start announced for 1 May 2026; around 1,000 AED sites in Tokyo, then a target of around 13,000 in Japan by mid-July. Pawmot and AED N@VI data to familiarise people with defibrillators.

Limitation: 13,000 is an announced target, not a verified achievement; no measurement of rescue or survival.

Furusho et al., 1998: 662 children surveyed; 603 had watched the broadcast and 30 reported symptoms, including two seizures.

Limitation: Volunteer sample from paediatric clinics; not an incidence estimate for the entire population. PMID 11235034 in the inventory is incorrect.

Functional MRI study of an autistic individual with an interest in Digimon. Pokémon appears in the typically developing comparison participant.

Limitation: This is not a Pokémon trial in autism. The finding concerning Digimon cannot be attributed to Pokémon or generalised to a population.

2016 analysis of potential mosquito exposure according to time of day, habitats and gatherings of players.

Limitation: Risk hypothesis; the authors state that overall risk in the continental United States is low and probably little changed by GO; no disease incidence was measured among players.

Analysis of 1,025 active Twitch streamers covering the Pokémon trading card game. Of these, 257 (25.07%) feature alcohol, cannabis or tobacco use or promotion, creating potential exposure to inappropriate content.

Limitation: Keyword selection and snowball sampling. The analysis concerns selected streamers' content, without measuring minors' consumption or a causal effect of Pokémon.

79,048 Japanese employees, 2.1 million nights/28 days; associations between duration/quality/regularity and presenteeism.

Limitation: Cross-sectional; self-selection; company data; sleep accuracy differs from PSG; Yanagisawa is a paid Pokémon consultant.

Study of the trading card market in Germany, covering 300 cards on eBay.

Limitation: Economic rather than health outcome. This study is excluded from the evidence on addiction or gambling.

46 players and 184 non-players aged >=40; relative maintenance of steps in winter; significant overall interaction in 3/8 months.

Limitation: Observational matching; small groups; a finding extending to 7 months does not mean a stable effect in everyone.

Eight-week follow-up of 190 adolescents aged 12–15: 87 in the GO group, 103 controls. Differences in attention, concentration and sociability are reported.

Limitation: Publisher abstract and preview read; random allocation not demonstrated. Adjustments do not remove the risk of self-selection. No evidence of a general benefit for intelligence or health.

Psychiatric care: convenience survey, N=93, 13% response rate; two people report GO benefits for activity and mental health.

Limitation: Self-selection and self-report, not an intervention or causality; no respondent played specifically for health.

Ten-week study of 123 primary school pupils in Taiwan: 61 in the GO group and 62 controls. Improvements are reported in attention, concentration, imagination, emotionality and sociability. Findings for memory, wellbeing and self-control are not significant.

Limitation: Only the original abstract was read. The experimental design is mixed and randomisation is not established; the authors call for randomised trials. There are multiple outcomes and they do not demonstrate clinical transfer.

May 2020 online survey of 2,004 participants playing Pokémon GO or Harry Potter: reported activity decreased while gaming time increased. Among those who answered the relevant question, 77.2% reported perceived benefits for their mental wellbeing.

Limitation: Volunteer recruitment on Reddit, retrospective self-reports, two games and varying denominators. The survey does not demonstrate a causal effect of gaming on health.

The APA abstract of the 2021 article describes a comparison between playing Pokémon GO outdoors and walking. It reports improvements in verbal memory, impulsivity and negative affect in the gaming condition.

Limitation: The full text was not read. The abstract does not establish the sample size or randomisation. No lasting benefit is demonstrated.

Cheng's 2022 study analyses the rollout of Pokémon GO in 166 regions across 12 countries using a difference-in-differences method. It reports a decline in depression-related Internet searches.

Limitation: Internet searches are an aggregate indicator. They are neither individual diagnoses nor a demonstration of depression treatment.

434 players, including 138 reporting a diagnosis, retrospectively assess their satisfaction and sociability before and after Pokémon GO.

Limitation: The data rely on self-reports and retrospective recall. This is neither a prospective causal measurement nor a therapeutic trial.

243 Polish players; 80% say they walk more; 27% sacrifice sleep; 20% consider themselves addicted.

Limitation: Cross-sectional, self-selection; self-identification is not a diagnosis; do not generalise the prevalence figures.

Among 449 respondents, 88% say they met someone, 78% visited a new place and 35% a new business. Level of play is associated with a sense of community belonging.

Limitation: Cross-sectional survey of volunteers, without causal evidence. Published online in 2023 and in a volume dated 2025.

186 sources; 107 cross-sectional studies; search of 7 databases, English only; GO activity, social aspects, wellbeing, motivations and risks.

Limitation: Not a review of the entire franchise; mostly associations.

Scoping review of 186 sources from August 2016 to December 2025; 29 physical activity studies, 25 social studies, 17 safety studies; heterogeneous benefits, uncertain duration.

Limitation: Full abstract read; body blocked by CAPTCHA; a mapping review, not new primary evidence.

2,063 Japanese volunteers using Sleep+Asken for >=90 days; 82.1% women; app-recorded duration 5.5→6.3 h; 45.3% had a favourable individual slope.

Limitation: No comparator; selection of persistent users of both apps; app measurements; non-causal BMI relationship.

1 August 2024 press release for Nutrition Day: analysis of Sleep/asken data from 4,825 people with at least seven days of data, intakes divided into quartiles and regression analyses.

Limitation: Observational associations, not a prescription or causal effect; the article was presented as a preprint at the time.

4,825 Sleep+Asken users with at least 7 days; cross-sectional study of recorded diet and recorded sleep. Protein/fibre associated with some favourable variables.

Limitation: Assesses neither dietary change caused by Pokémon nor nutritional treatment; adjustment for age/sex/BMI, residual confounding. The abstract contains inconsistent signs/intervals: avoid copying numerical effects without the full text.

Preview of Murch's 2016 BMJ letter raises confidentiality and clinical governance issues concerning Pokémon placements.

Limitation: Full text behind a subscription; only the opening read. The second article on eye injury included in the historical entry was not read in this batch.

Visual memory experiments: more familiar first-generation characters retained; no improvement in the precision of representations.

Limitation: Prior familiarity, not randomised training or general transfer; sample sizes not given in the abstract.

fMRI distinguishes cortical responses to Pokémon in adults who have been experts since childhood; figures indicate 11 experts and 11 novices for fMRI.

Limitation: Organisation of the visual cortex; no evidence of increased intelligence, general memory or health. PMC blocked by a browser check.

Survey of 455 players: problematic Pokémon GO use associated with pain and visual symptoms, controlling for smartphone/media use.

Limitation: Cross-sectional self-report; association does not prove injuries caused by Pokémon GO.

1 August 2024 press release for Nutrition Day: analysis of Sleep/asken data from 4,825 people with at least seven days of data, intakes divided into quartiles and regression analyses.

Limitation: Observational associations, not a prescription or causal effect; the article was presented as a preprint at the time.

Serebii lists historical apps, including Pokémon Duel's discontinuation on 31 October 2019.

Limitation: Secondary catalogue; not all discontinuations checked. The impossible date “November 31” appears in another entry: do not copy the catalogue wholesale.

Serebii describes Playhouse for ages 3–5, with activities accessible with little or no reading.

Limitation: One app within a composite entry; neither the contents of all utilities nor developmental benefits are demonstrated.

The official catalogue distinguishes available apps from a section of apps whose distribution has ended.

Limitation: A directory page does not demonstrate that all products are “100% screen-based” or lack a behavioural component; each app must be checked individually.

The Smile site lists Toyohashi since June 2023 (first-year primary pupils, free dental check-up and sticker), Dazaifu 2021–22, Yamaguchi and Kagawa.

Limitation: Announced rollouts, not cavity or attendance outcomes; dates described as “current” are specific to the page.