Was devised by a design student who is now selling it online for £4.90
Player Sam Clark doesn't need one - he has caught all the UK Pokémon
Gamer showed off monsters and thinks he's first to catch them all in UK
If you have bought into the hype of Pokémon Go, but struggle to capture the virtual monsters with a single swipe of your finger, a new phone case could help.
A design student has made a 3D printed plastic case for the iPhone that acts like a guide and target to help hapless gamers snare Pokémon more easily.
However, one person who definitely doesn't need one is Sam Clark, from Southampton, who claims to be the first player in the UK to catch 'em all.
The gamer walked 225km to snare all 142 Pokémon available in the UK and has even lost weight as a result.
Australian industrial design student Jon Cleaver invented his iPhone case for less skilful players.
The aim of the augmented reality game is to search for and capture every Pokémon, or monster by collecting Pokéballs which can be thrown to trap the fantastical creatures, most famously including Pikachu.
Called the Pokémon Aimer, the case covers part of the screen, leaving a long vertical slit in the middle which acts a guide for throwing Pokéballs and capturing monsters.
The design stops users' fingers slipping sideways, leaving them frustrated as they are unable to add to their collection of virtual miniature monsters.
He said the case, which also cleverly contains design features of a Pokéball, almost guarantees a perfect throw.
Mr Cleaver is selling the Pokémon Aimer case for £4.90 ($6.44), but the template is available free online so fans can print their own.
The massively popular augmented reality game has quickly swept the world and people have been just as quick to create aids and hacks to give themselves an edge over other players since it launched earlier this month.
These include software hacks that let users change their GPS location to anywhere in the word in order to capture new Pokémon, to hands-free gadgets for Pokémon hunting missions.
Just one day after its release in the US - days before the app was available in the UK - Pokémon Go had already been installed on more Android devices than Tinder and closed rank on twitter too.
It was revealed that players are spending more time trying to catch Pokémon in the real world than they are using other popular apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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