I don't really understand, why would forum posts cause the games to be the same every time? They are the same every time because they are sold to children and there's always new children that are playing their first pokemon game.
Are they? They usually sell 10-20 mil copy, I don't think there's enough children that play game to justify those numbers. I think there's a sizable number of people who actually like that pokemon are always the same, sorta comfort food like. And so long as they keep pulling those numbers there's 0 reason to change the formula.
According to this site, in the United States there are roughly 25 million children each between the ages of 0-5, 6-11, and 12-17. That's 25 million children reaching Pokemon playing age every 5 years. Expand those numbers worldwide and I'm sure you will find enough children to cover a majority of the sales. Also, consider that it will likely take a kid at least 2 or 3 games to start to realize that the games are the same thing every time, and there you go.
I didn't do that. I don't know what you're talking about *clutches both copies*
I think I heard that for this latest remaster/remake/whatever, there is literally a switch in the code that turns the version from one to the other. It is indeed absolutely fucking ridiculous. Especially when they would release a third version that had all the shit from both games. Dunno if they still do that though.
Yeah I thought that was nice, no more HM-slaves!
I stopped caring at Pokémon Crystal. I didn't even bother finishing the game. Party group bored of the games, and wanted to move on to different stuff. Especially when it's the same crap over and over again. I am glad to have never looked back.
I remember people complaining about the EXP share when they made it party-wide in X&Y (IIRC). They complained that it made the game too easy, but that wasn't true. All it did was remove most of the grinding required for the vast majority of the game. And the EXP share continues to provide that service. Pokemon games still have plenty of fucking grinds in them for those that want to be a part of that (namely shiny-grinding and 100% pokedex completion.)
??? I can understand not liking Pokemon but I don't understand how sanity is involved.
It was easier when it was only 151 of the fuckers. But I think there are nearly 1000 of them now.
Oh that. That hasn't been a realistic thing for a long time unless you're crazy enough to go through the process of transferring Pokemon over multiple systems and using the Pokebank.
It was fun to do when it was possible, but nowadays it's just impossible. If someone genuinely want to play a pokemon game with the goal of capturing everyone then pokemon is simply not the game for that and they should go and play a pokemon-like game instead. Alternatively you can wait a few months and get a modified rom of the game that has all the pokemon catchable in game.
I caught all 251 Pokemon 3 years ago including Mew and Celebi. It was pretty fun but very grindy. I also had to beat Pokemon Stadium 2 to make it take a bit less time.
