--- description: Rio de Janeiro's mayor, Eduardo Paes, hopes Pokémon Go will launch in Brazil before the Olympic games. title: Rio's Mayor Really Wants Brazil to Get Pokémon Go Before the Olympics image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a7785a3a28307c/69889bdffb4eac2ebd88e489/pokemon-go-olympics-rio-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rio's Mayor Really Wants Brazil to Get _Pokémon Go_ Before the Olympics by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2016 9:11 PM CUT  A Pokemon Go user plays Pokemon GO game in Ankara, Turkey on July 13, 2016. A Pokemon Go user plays Pokemon GO game in Ankara, Turkey on July 13, 2016.Erçin Top—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2016 9:11 PM CUT Rio de Janeiro’s mayor really wants [_Pokémon Go_](http://time.com/4401084/pokemon-go-how-play-guide-tips/ "undefined")to come to Brazil before the Olympic games. In a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/eduardopaesRJ/posts/1112591698807648:0 "undefined"), Mayor Eduardo Paes pleaded with Nintendo to launch the app in the 2016 Olympics host city before the games begin. According to Facebook, the post translates to “Hello, Nintendo! 23 days to go to the Olympics Rio 2016\. The whole world is coming here. Come too!#‎Cidadeolímpica‬ ‪#‎rio2016‬#‎pokemongonobrasil‬” _Pokémon Go_ has rapidly spread its way across the United States, but it has yet to make its way down to Brazil, [according](http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/13/pokemon-go-olympics/ "undefined") to NBC Sports. The game is still limited in other countries, though it launched in Germany on Wednesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4405292/rio-mayor-pokemon-go-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4405292/rio-mayor-pokemon-go-olympics/"},"headline":"Rio's Mayor Really Wants Brazil to Get Pokémon Go Before the Olympics","datePublished":"2016-07-13T21:11:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:24.170Z","description":"Pass the torch to Bulbasaur","url":"https://time.com/4405292/rio-mayor-pokemon-go-olympics/","keywords":["Tech","Newsfeed","Video Games"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a7785a3a28307c/69889bdffb4eac2ebd88e489/pokemon-go-olympics-rio-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a7785a3a28307c/69889bdffb4eac2ebd88e489/pokemon-go-olympics-rio-mayor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pokemon GO game in Turkey","caption":"A Pokemon Go user plays Pokemon GO game in Ankara, Turkey on July 13, 2016.","creditText":"Erçin Top—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4405292/rio-mayor-pokemon-go-olympics/","name":"Rio's Mayor Really Wants Brazil to Get Pokémon Go Before the Olympics"}}]}] ```