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Pokemon Go players in Bosnia warned to watch for mine fields

<p>So much for the console wars. Nintendo is now more valuable than Sony.&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Pokmon Go&quot;&#39;s success has&nbsp;<a href="http://fortune.com/2016/07/19/thanks-to-pokemon-go-nintendos-market-cap-just-doubled-to-42-billion/" target="_blank">doubled Nintendo&#39;s stock valuation</a>&nbsp;to $42.5 billion as of Tuesday morning. Sony was sitting at about $38 billion.&nbsp;</p><p>Just a few weeks ago, much of the conversation about Nintendo was centered on its recent hardware flop, the Wii U.&nbsp;</p><p>But it looks like Nintendo doesn&#39;t need a gaming console to prove it can still be a giant.</p><p>&quot;Pokmon Go&quot; will have to prove it&#39;s more than just a fad in order to make an impact, but&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-19/nintendo-market-value-passes-sony-on-pokemon-go-frenzy-chart" target="_blank">one Bloomberg analyst</a>&nbsp;seems to think it could stick around.&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;This feels like a real paradigm shift in a way that when I went back to university in the mid-2000s and I heard about this thing, Facebook. It&#39;s a little bit like that moment,&quot; said one analyst.&nbsp;</p><p>Nintendo ignored mobile games for years, and it wasn&#39;t until its recent struggles that it finally committed to making games for smartphones.&nbsp;</p><p>And &quot;Pokmon Go&quot; is just the first game in Nintendo&#39;s mobile expansion. It has at least&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/nintendo-to-make-next-two-mobile-games-free-1462960123" target="_blank">two other free-to-play games</a>&nbsp;in development, as well.&nbsp;</p><p><i>This video includes clips from&nbsp;</i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sj2iQyBTQs" target="_blank"><i>Pokmon</i></a><i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</i><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sj2iQyBTQs" target="_blank">Nintendo</a></i><i>, and images from Getty Images.</i></p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/looking-for-pok-stops-check-yelp/">Looking For PokStops? Check Yelp</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/gigabit-internet-is-still-almost-uselessly-fast-for-now/">Gigabit Internet Is Still Almost Uselessly Fast For Now</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/nintendo-s-bringing-back-this-classic-gaming-console/">Nintendo&#039;s Bringing Back This Classic Gaming Console</a></li></ul>
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A non-governmental organization in Bosnia says it has heard of people wandering into mine fields while playing Pokemon Go, and is urging them to pay more attention before someone gets hurt.

The "Posavina without mines" organization said Tuesday that some gamers have gone astray in the northern region of Posavina.

Bosnia is one of the world's most heavily mined countries. Accidents continued after the 1992-95 war, taking 600 lives and injuring over 1,700 people.

Britain's Foreign Office advises travelers: "Don't stray from roads and paved areas without an experienced guide. Unless you have an experienced guide, you should avoid the open countryside and especially destroyed or abandoned buildings, neglected land, un-tarred roads, woods and orchards, private property and abandoned villages."

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