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Phong Phan, right, teaches Dani Startt's sons, Cole and Drew, how to play Pokémon Go at The Collection at Forsyth Monday afternoon. - photo by Kelly Whitmire
FORSYTH COUNTY – The new mobile game Pokémon Go has become an overnight sensation across the nation, and Forsyth County is no exception. “The game is awesome,” said Dalton Williams, one of dozens playing the game at The Collection at Forsyth, an outdoor mall off the Peachtree Parkway/Exit 13 interchange of Ga. 400, on Monday afternoon. “It’s a huge hit, minus maybe the server crashed that happens every so often, but I think it’s the smartest idea Nintendo could have come up with.”