Naraku_Diabolos said:
Pokemon is not considered kiddy...at all...the anime makes it appear kiddy, while the game involves A LOT of math, critical thinking, strategy and science. Even most of the kids who play the games where I work at (school age; I do childcare for the time being for my major in education for marine biology) hardly understand the concept how to increase the stats of the characters. And the way they make the movesets is just...awful. The anime draws the children in to play the game, yet the kids will hardly understand the concept of the games. My neighbors have twin sons and they are into both Power Rangers and watch Pokemon. When I had brought my Wii over for them to watch me play PBR, they had no freaking idea how I played the game. |
Most people don't understand that part, which is what I love most about it. The game itself is so simple, yet beneath all the simplicity there's the complex breeding, raising and attack selection that I find enjoyable. Common, non pokemon players don't know about this and why would you expect them to?
They just see it as that game their grandkids or kids play so why the hell is that hairy man beast playing it? :P