Smeags on 26 October 2012
| sales2099 said: It CAN be hardcore, but I remember being 11 years old when Pokemon red and blue came out when pokemon took off. You cant say a game is truly core when pre teens are the main players. |
It's the Pokemon effect:
It's so true though. Pokemon was huge while I was in elementary school. One of the coolest kids in the school invited me over just so he could have someone to play Pokemon Stadium with. 
Then high school was a dark time, where you had to play in secret because it was a "kid's game". 
And then college rolls around... and everyone (everyone!) has a DS with Pokemon. My room-mate and I would spend (waste) hours upon hours training, breeding, and testing our teams. It was a magical time.
