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Chen San-yuan's Pokemon GO Setups refers to the elaborate contraptions created by Taiwanese man Chen San-yuan to play Nintendo's mobile game Pokémon GO, which twice attracted media attention in 2018.

Origin

On May 11th, 2018, a picture Chen San-yuan playing Pokémon GO with multiple phones was posted to /r/gaming,^[2] gaining over 75,000 points (shown below).

Spread

On June 25th, the YouTube channel EXP.GG TW posted a video profile of San-yuan (shown below).

On August 8th, 2018, The Daily Mail^[1] reported on Chen San-yuan and his bicycle which was rigged with eleven smart phones and nine power banks with which he could play Pokémon GO. This allowed him to play up to 20 hours of consecutive gameplay. According to the article, he spends up to £1,165 a month on the app and his devices (pictures shown below).

On November 2nd, 2018, Twitter user @muumi5x15^[3] tweeted another picture of San-yuan, this time with a new rig with which he could play Pokémon GO, this time attached to his body. The tweet gained o ver 7,600 retweets and 12,000 likes (shown below, left). This prompted numerous photoshopped responses comparing San-yuan to various villains. For example, user @DNkyuyao tweeted an image that gained over 40 retweets and 100 likes (shown below, right).

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