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SnesTea on 06 March 2011
NotStan said:

I've spend my childhood playing pokemon. Cards and stickers style rather than video games though, primarily because I don't think they've existed back then, or if they did, not in my country. I liked pokemon at the time and sometimes even went as far as to tune into the daily show, but I just didn't love it, later on in life I've managed to pick up a Sega Mega Drive which provided me with endless entertainment and forced me to stay at home in order to play it due to the lack of electricity sockets in outside worlds, or TVs compatible to play it while on the move, so I never really had a handheld device.

Now.. Pokemon Black and White are coming out, and as is the norm, there is an eclipse of pokemon fans lining up to pick up their copies or even more bragging to each other in regards to the achievements they've already accomplished on the Pokemon <insert colour here>. I never personally played any pokemon except on a rare occassion where a friend needed to take a bathroom break and I went on it to faint some pokemons up, mainly on NDS and PC emulations, I just couldn't get into the.. concept of it I guess?  I watched my friend play Black yesterday and I asked him what was the difference, he booted up Red from GBA and I honestly couldn't see the difference. It was the same stuff just Black was not as 2D I guess, so at the end of the day, here I am wondering what the appeal of Pokemon is, and whether anyone other than me is skeptical about buying it? I'd personally much rather dish out and get a game like Dragon Age 2/ME3/Halo Wars, basically any other console/handheld game. Do I have an anti pokemon implant of some sort?

P.S I remembered I did have a GBA, the games I've played it though were games like Max Payne and Spyro, so never really played Pokemon except on rare ocassions of snatching friends GBA/DS.

Disclaimer: I am not hating on Nintendo/Pokemon/Ash and his brigade/fluffy pokemons/any other type of pokemon that people like. Just genuinely trying to see what the appeal is.

You're a western gamer. Nothing wrong with that.



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Galaki on 06 March 2011



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bazmeistergen on 06 March 2011
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MrBubbles on 06 March 2011

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chris.m95 on 06 March 2011

I have to admit as a kid i had red, blue, yellow and gold on my gameboy colour. I absolutely loved them. I played them (along with my numerous SNES games) for absolutely hours on end and it never got boring. But... As the years went on and i got older i stated to get bored of the new games (but i still love my origional 4) in my opinion the guys making the Pokemon games are all out of ideas. My friend plays them still now but i dont see the point of it anymore. I mean come on an ice-cream, as a pokemon its ridiculus. Nowadays its also really easy to hack pokemon (which i hate) i dont see the point of not playing the game and getting satisfaction from really working for the achievents, pokemon and of course the ending movie. To me personally i find that pokemon, as much as i hate to say it, has just lost it's touch. :(



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chris.m95 on 06 March 2011
trasharmdsister12 said:

Because everyone can find a character/Pokemon that they adore. That and a lot of us have OCD.

I love squirtle. He is sooo cool! he is cute, powerful and to me would just seem like a really cool friend. It s a real shame its not real i really want it to be. Oh yeah and I hate it in the games that i get a squirtle and before i can get an everstone it evolves into warturtle (whatever that is)



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Euphoria14 on 06 March 2011

Don't think that just because you get older that you can't enjoy Pokemon!!!

 

I just bought Black and White today for me and my lady to play together.

We are 26 and 24.



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miz1q2w3e on 06 March 2011

The appeal is similar to every other RPG - - You train your team and get stronger all while fighting for a specific purpose

It's better than other RPGs in that there are literally hundreds of characters to choose from for your team - I always liked RPGs with lots of characters to choose from and Pokemon takes that to a whole new level of freedom

You get to raise Pokemon as pets and friends throughout your journey and you get to watch them grow and evolve, basically everyone has their own fav Pokemon that they love the most

The series specific features like trading Pokemon with friends, capturing/breeding...etc are really what give the series it's unique appeal imo

I'm really hyped for Pokemon B&W - - - More than any other new gen in fact :)



NiKKoM on 06 March 2011



 

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Cirio on 06 March 2011

Pokemon is one of the most simple, yet complex series out there. Most children play it casually, trying to fill their Pokedex and raising their favorite starters to level 100, but when you get into the competitive scene, your outlook for Pokemon changes completely. Competitive Pokemon is more "hardcore" than CoD, Gears, etc because it is so complex. It is easy to play a game where you pick a gun and go Rambo, but it is near impossible to make a team of 6 in competitive Pokemon that has perfect synergy. In fact, I think it's impossible. This is why I love Pokemon.