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Khuutra on 17 February 2010
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Maneco said:
Khuutra said:
Maneco said:

I sated that I'm a Nostalgist up to IV Generation. Anyway, if you're SO interested on my profile, check it, don't keep asking me.

What I'm getting at is this: you don't have the perspective or the experience required to comment on changes that have or have not occurred in the series, and describe yourself as "Hardcore" in error. The only thing you have managed to establish is that you aren't really qualified to talk about changes that have occurred or may yet occur in this franchise.

Wrong again. I've played Pokémon since the I Generation, but Ruby was my first own game from the franchise. So don't start saying I'm a newbie because I AM NOT. And let's end this stupid discussion about my experience in the series because it's screwing with the thread.

"Perspective" is jsut as important here, and "experience" can be in more than one area, particularly when it comes to labeling yourself as "hardcore". Like I said: not acknowledging the importance of the offensive split speaks volumes about both perspective and experience.

And I think it's very important and on-topic, at least partially because the complaints of some people lose a certain amount of merit when viewed in the light that they haven't actually got the proper experience or perspective to speak on changs that need to be made to the series.

To clarify:

Nintendo makes these games for two audiences. The first audience is children, who want to train to be the Pokemon master. Beating the gyms, saving the world, catching legendaries, it's all part and parcel with actually playing Pokemon. These kids want to be able to do that. This is the most important audience.

The second and less important (but still intrinsic) audience are the hardcore, the people for whom gameplay changes like the offensive split actually matter. These are the people who actually understand changes to the system and how the series has evolved over time, and these people are catered to by changes which bring sweeping, almost revolutionary paradigm shifts to the metagame.

If you don't fit in either of those audiences, Pokemon isn't being made for you, so sorry, and your complaining is firstly meaningless and secondly without the perspective necessary to make Nintendo care.