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In a cocktail of nostalgia, and the desire to gamify my exercise, I’ve recently downloaded Pokémon Go again after eight years. After struggling to remember my account name and password, I managed to get access to my account, complete with all my Pokémon and items. In the three or so weeks since picking it up again, it’s a much more complete game than the one I remember, yet it feels like it outgrew many of its initial mechanics.
