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FreeTalkLive on 18 September 2009
exindguy said:
The problem with this is that WoW appeals to a much, much larger age group than Pokemon ever could--Nintendo would get tons of pre-teens but that'd be the limits of their audience. (And that audience would, in turn, be limited by their parents who would be footing that monthly bill.)

Even then, I think it'd be a terrible idea for Nintendo from a pure business standpoint.

You really think the limits of the Pokemon audience is pre-teens?  Really?



 

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Buzzi on 18 September 2009

A pokemon MMO would sell crazy: not so many people would pay, but with the monthly fee they can keep the price lower and so gamers could try it anyway...Personally I'm dreaming a Nintendo MMO, it doesn't matter if Pokemon, Mario or something else!



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tarheel91 on 18 September 2009

Anyone doubting Pokemon could be profitable (audience is too young!!one!!1!) only needs to look at Maple Story to see otherwise. Main demographic is 11-15. Free to play. Microtransactions. Massively profitable.



SmokedHostage on 18 September 2009

I'm guessing about half of you would go batshit crazy if you found out that college students play Pokemon on a regular basis

Seriously I'm tired of the generalizations. Beyond that, I doubt Game Freak would support an environment where pedophiles could easily pose as children and sexually assault the ignorant ones willing to give them their age/sex/location.



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darthdevidem01 on 18 September 2009

Not really

pokemon is a Handheld game.....it sells on hand helds



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gustave154 on 18 September 2009

Pokemon is not destined to be an MMO game lol....
The console pokemon games are not that good so i guess
they should just stick to handhelds.



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KungKras on 18 September 2009

If they did it right, it could destroy WoW.

Just imagine getting your first pokémon, going around in the wilds together with other trainers, and then you find a pokémon and the gameplay becomes pokémon stadium-like and you fight it and then catch it if you can. Some things like the dungeons where you get Zapdos and Lugia and maybe fight team rocket should be instanced, and really difficult so that not everyone can have Zapdos or Lugia. There should be no NPC trainers (maybe only a few like gym leaders) All trainer battles should be with real people and would work similar to duels in WoW and play like pokémon stadium. Other trainers should be able to watch other people's pokémon battles. There should be a real pokémon legua organized with real players in game. People should be able to trade pokémon.

I could go on forever.



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KungKras on 18 September 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
Not really

pokemon is a Handheld game.....it sells on hand helds

Only because there hasn't been a proper console game.



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Yakuzaice on 18 September 2009
asacatman said:
How much has WOW sold again? Pokemon could mabye do ten to twenty million people playing, is that enough to beat WOW?

I believe it currently has around 12 million people playing.  That is 12 million still paying a monthly fee (although it is somewhat different in places like China).  How many it has sold over the past five years is unknown.



Orca_Azure on 18 September 2009

pokemon is great on handhelds while wow is great online. One couldn't compete on the ground of the other.