Comments on: Dear Pokémon, Is It Too Late?

By: Lead, and I shall more than likely follow | United We Game

Lead, and I shall more than likely follow | United We Game — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:03:11 +0000

[…] Metroid Prime LIMBO Guacamelee (thought it’s been several weeks) Pokemon LeafGreen […]

By: cary

cary — Mon, 19 May 2014 12:14:08 +0000

Reblogged this on Recollections of Play and commented:

Before I get into the meat of this reblog, I'd like to thank everyone who voted in the poll from last Monday's Pokemon post. While I'm looking forward to getting started with LeafGreen, I'm leaving the poll open for one more week. Which starter should I pick? Whicjh one would YOU choose? Leave your vote, and majority rules! So, with Pokemon continually on the brain, I'm sharing here a post on the topic that I wrote last month for United We Game. In it, I explore a little further my feelings about the series and broach the notion of actually playing one of the games after so many years of passing them up (for no good reason, really). While Pokemon wasn't part of my gaming history, it was for a sizable population of today's gamers. For a look into one such past, I highly recommend "How Pokemon Made Me A Gamer" from the The Duck of Indeed.

By: Project 151: A New Initiative | Recollections of Play

Project 151: A New Initiative | Recollections of Play — Mon, 05 May 2014 12:54:37 +0000

[…] I first wrote about my experience with the Pokemon phenomenon on this here blog. More recently, I covered something similar over on United We Game. And even more recently, I’ve started poking and prodding friends, both face-to-face and […]

By: nidge91

nidge91 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:04:42 +0000

I’ve never played anything later than the Blue/Yellow/Red era, mainly because i didn’t know all the Pokemon as well, but i do think i need to give it more of a go!

By: cary

cary — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:49:34 +0000

I think you’re right! I’ve definitely seen a uptick Pokemon interest recently. It helps that X/Y has found a good bit of success, so I’m sure its creators are doing everything they can to capitalize on that.

By: cary

cary — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:47:35 +0000

That’s good to know, because I do think that if I were to get into a Pokemon game today, it would be one of the newer games. Sometimes there’s something to be said for starting at the beginning of a beloved franchise, but as I’m seeing from the comments, that doesn’t seem to be the case here. And that could certainly explain some of Pokemon’s staying power! The fact that players don’t have to know everything about Pokemon probably helps bring in lots of new people with each new game.

By: nidge91

nidge91 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:09:52 +0000

I think Pokemon is going through a mini resurgence at the moment, Netflix added the original series to it’s catalogue and after watching the first couple of episodes just for nostalgia’s sake, i’ve ended getting back into it, i’ve even started playing my old Pokemon Blue again!

By: simpleek

simpleek — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:34:29 +0000

I came into gaming a little late as you know. I don’t have the advantage of playing the much classic Pokemon games, but I did watch the anime for a while when it was widely popular. That still makes it part of my childhood in a way. Still, I jumped into the newer generations of Pokemon and I still enjoy it. I think picking up any of the current Pokemon games is still an option for you. What I like about the series is you can just pick up whatever game you like without having to reference any of the older games like Red/Blue. It’s still the same game mechanics where you collect all the Pokemon you want, train them, and lead your character to each Pokemon Gym to get your gym badges.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:08:45 +0000

Yeah, they add more Pokemon with each game, but not all of them are found in each game. I think there’s around 700+ now, which may sound overwhelming but unless you really want to collect them all (which isn’t even a real objective in the game) then that number really doesn’t end up meaning much.

By: cary

cary — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:20:27 +0000

Yeah, I can certainly imagine that a series like this would be in danger of becoming stale after awhile. But the games keep getting made and attracting attention. If I were to ever play one Pokemon game, I don’t know that I’d be interested in playing a second one, but who knows? I guess there’s something to be said for enjoying the comforts of familiarity.