Pokemon Go players found themselves at a loss when the game went offline.

Pokemon Go is back online in New Zealand, but servers are still down in many other regions amid suggestions hackers may be responsible.

Worldwide fans of the augmented reality smartphone game found themselves unable to catch any characters, due to the game freezing or not letting users log in.

The game's creators scrambled to fix the server issues, as Pokemon "trainers" contemplated what else they could possibly do with their time.

By Monday morning, players in New Zealand were back online.

However server problems continued in many other parts of the world.





UPDATE : The servers are offline in most regions. Hang in there, trainers! #PokemonGO — Pokémon Go Servers (@PoGoServer) July 17, 2016

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Earlier, local fan account @Pokemon_NZ tweeted that servers had "been down all night" in New Zealand.

The same account earlier said: "Fingers and tootsies are crossed that the app remains up tonight. Going on a massive Pokemon hunt!"

Fingers and tootsies are crossed that the app remains up tonight. Going on a massive Pokémon hunt! — Pokémon GO (@Pokemon_NZ) July 17, 2016

The crash coincided with the game's European rollout, but its exact cause wasn't immediately clear.

Gizmodo reported it may have been a denial of service attack by a group of hackers called PoodleCorp, which claimed responsibility on Twitter.

Fans found other ways to utilise their smartphones throughout the outage, sharing photos of the real world around them.

Servers down. Guess I will chase the real thing. #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/3DIbI2jOZN — Me, Myself and I (@HolmesRia) July 16, 2016

Pokémon is down so I'm going hunting for real animals. pic.twitter.com/sONiPau5jf — Jono Yates (@jonoBLITZ) July 16, 2016

Others created memes to help express their feelings of loss and confusion.

When the #PokemonGO servers go down and your in the middle of nowhere... pic.twitter.com/hsh4oPynpZ — Felkin (@Fel_Boomkin) July 16, 2016

For many, it was the worst weekend ever.

My Saturday is ruined Pokemon go won't load — isobel christine (@icw83) July 16, 2016