Play This Pokemon Go Knock-off Before The Real Thing Arrives In Your Country

The success of Pokemon Go has been felt worldwide—and it hasn't even hit every single country as of writing.

Fans outside Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. currently have two choices. The first is the very unofficial and risky APK version that's been circulating as a side-load app for Pokemon Go. The other is via a new technically clone app called City Spirit Go.

The proverbial "Go" in the title is just the first of many similarities. As listed over iTunes (translation from CNet), City Spirit Go lets players battle and catch creatures. Developer Sun Xiaoyu clearly knows how to make use of the craze, because the listing, when translated, shows app purchases of "diamonds" (钻石). This could be the game's currency or perhaps an item similar to PokeBalls.

The price ranges from ¥6.00 (approx. US$0.90) to ¥488.00 (approx. US$72.98). That's not a bad earnings range for a knock-off project, especially when City Spirit Go is only limited to geo-location instead of the AR technology from Pokemon Go.

You can try it for yourself, if you're too impatient to wait for the real thing. It seems that you're not alone, because if the charts are right, then City Spirit Go is currently the most popular app in the iOS Store in China.

Read: Pokemon Go is getting trading and leaderboards later on.