I can't help but feel a bit prophetic now...

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Roughly two years ago I made this thread: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.850674-Augmented-Reality-Pokemon-How-has-this-not-been-made-yet

In short, I was wondering why no one had had the idea of... well basically what Pokemon Go is. I had the idea of the basic concept, and worked achievements, gyms, item shops, the whole shebang into it.

Spoiler: Some of the responses

Terrible idea is terrible. I doubt the majority of players - even Pokemon fans - would want to go on what equates to a scavenger hunt with their phone to catch pokemon in the real world. You'd look like an absolute goon.

As far as I know, the big wigs at Nintendo aren't exactly fans of developing or putting their games on smartphones. I say the chances of us ever seeing this is slim to none, on smartphones at least.

Honestly, IMO, even if Nintendo did support smartphones, I assume they would rather use the 3ds instead because it's Nintendo hardware.

Pokemon Snap would work well with this kind of format, as well. Though as others have mentioned, there is the problem of being in public and not wanting to be swinging your smart phone or DS around like you're trying to get a signal in an old Verizon commercial. I just started playing Bravely Default last night, and while I thought the opening sequence where you use the AR card and camera to see this girl who appears to be in your room was cool, I was very glad I had started the game in the privacy of my own living room, because there's no way in hell I would have done all that sweeping about with my 3DS in public or in a cramped space like a bus or subway.

Well, unnamed posters who recognize their writing? HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?????!!?!?? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

For further discussion value, what similar instances have you found yourself in? Where you had the idea of something, and years later it turned out exactly the way you'd envisioned it?

Edit: on second thought, this belongs more in Off-Topic. Can someone move this please?

 

[Einspanner]

So basically, you're rubbing this in three people's faces, and everything else seems like an afterthought. I'm not one of those people, but let me tell you, I'm not a fan of this. The best that could be said is that it's necessarily self-aggrandizing, preening, and confrontational.

 

[Fox12]

Everyone thought Ben Affleck would make a terrible Batman. I was the only one who defended him. Now he's the only thing people liked about BvS.

A few years ago I was talking to my professor, and I said that the Republican Party was heavily divided. He said it was the most United it had ever been. He apologized to me the other day, and asked me for my opinion on current events.

 

[McElroy]

So basically, you're rubbing this in three people's faces, and everything else seems like an afterthought. I'm not one of those people, but let me tell you, I'm not a fan of this. The best that could be said is that it's necessarily self-aggrandizing, preening, and confrontational.

Well, basically you only came here to complain about bartholen's mild amusement and everything else seems like... there was nothing else, was there?

OT: There was this "big" movie production once upon a time in Finland called Mannerheim. After seeing the first desperate attempts to get it funded it became clear the movie would never get properly made. It didn't. Yeah, not very exciting.

 

[Einspanner]

Everyone thought Ben Affleck would make a terrible Batman. I was the only one who defended him. Now he's the only thing people liked about BvS.

Arguably the dirty dildo in a pile of broken glass is the only thing to like if you're rolling around on it, but it doesn't really elevate the dildo.

A few years ago I was talking to my professor, and I said that the Republican Party was heavily divided. He said it was the most United it had ever been. He apologized to me the other day, and asked me for my opinion on current events.

He sounds like a genuinely good teacher, and possibly a genuinely good person. It takes a surprising amount of fortitude to admit that you're wrong, especially to a student and concerning this political atmosphere.

So basically, you're rubbing this in three people's faces, and everything else seems like an afterthought. I'm not one of those people, but let me tell you, I'm not a fan of this. The best that could be said is that it's necessarily self-aggrandizing, preening, and confrontational.

TRIGGERED

'Kay

OT: There was this "big" movie production once upon a time in Finland called Mannerheim. After seeing the first desperate attempts to get it funded it became clear the movie would never get properly made. It didn't. Yeah, not very exciting.

Hell of a payoff. *claps*

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

No one believed me when I argued that the Veluetheon-Krobuleth exists beneath our tiiiny crust on this breathing planet, that it would eventually break through, cracking our Earth open and destroying our gravitational pull and atmosphere...No-one!! Well I'm still waiting to prove them wrong, but you have given me hope, mysterious non-believer! I shall now turn up the volume on my propaganda to spread awareness of the Veluetheon-Krobuleth and maybe we can speed up the space race to get off this awful death trap. We'll see who has the last desperate gasp of escaping oxygen laugh. They dare denounce me Insane?? Poppycock! God-speed!

 

[Einspanner]

No one believed me when I argued that the Veluetheon-Krobuleth exists beneath our tiiiny crust on this breathing planet, that it would eventually break through, cracking our Earth open and destroying our gravitational pull and atmosphere...No-one!! Well I'm still waiting to prove them wrong, but you have given me hope, mysterious non-believer! I shall now turn up the volume on my propaganda to spread awareness of the Veluetheon-Krobuleth and maybe we can speed up the space race to get off this awful death trap. God speed!

I misread "Veluetheon"[footnote]fantastic name by the way, seriously[/footnote] as "Veloute" for a second, and had the image of a very strange apocalypse in a rich white sauce.

 

[PsiMatrix]

Google's April Fools 2014, APRIL 2014, had you go out into the world and 'catch' Pokemon using your smartphone.


So how does it feel to be claiming credit (22nd May 2014) for the idea of those guys?

 

[Catnip1024]

There was that time I dismissed 3D TV as a gimmick that would never catch on. And that time I dismissed motion controllers as a gimmick that would never catch on. And that time...

Oh, you know what, I'll just admit it. I just say the same thing every time something new appears. About half the time I'm right. Let's ignore the other half, and pretend I'm a regular Nostradamus.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Excluding the banned member, are they ever going to post on here on saying back on their past self?

OT- Err the only one I can think of at the moment is Superman Vs Batman will be a terrible film but many people predicted that easily! Oh there is also bringing back Samurai Jack but many hopeful people dream a similar thing (now if only we a trailer on Young Justice coming back!).

 

[Fox12]

Everyone thought Ben Affleck would make a terrible Batman. I was the only one who defended him. Now he's the only thing people liked about BvS.

Arguably the dirty dildo in a pile of broken glass is the only thing to like if you're rolling around on it, but it doesn't really elevate the dildo.

A few years ago I was talking to my professor, and I said that the Republican Party was heavily divided. He said it was the most United it had ever been. He apologized to me the other day, and asked me for my opinion on current events.

He sounds like a genuinely good teacher, and possibly a genuinely good person. It takes a surprising amount of fortitude to admit that you're wrong, especially to a student and concerning this political atmosphere.

So basically, you're rubbing this in three people's faces, and everything else seems like an afterthought. I'm not one of those people, but let me tell you, I'm not a fan of this. The best that could be said is that it's necessarily self-aggrandizing, preening, and confrontational.

TRIGGERED

'Kay

OT: There was this "big" movie production once upon a time in Finland called Mannerheim. After seeing the first desperate attempts to get it funded it became clear the movie would never get properly made. It didn't. Yeah, not very exciting.

Hell of a payoff. *claps*

He was one of the best teachers I ever had. He exposed students to new and varied ideas, but he was also very open to our opinions. Basically, even though he was in charge of the class, he treated us like adults. Very respectful. A model teacher. I realized that you can disagree with someone, and still have enormous respect for them.

 

[Denamic]

You and literally tens of thousands of others. Even I had a thought that a pokemon version of virtual geocaching would be cool way, WAY back. Like before smartphones.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

20 years ago I said I wish I could catch Pokemon in the real world. So I don't wanna brag, but Pokemon Go? All me.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

No one believed me when I argued that the Veluetheon-Krobuleth exists beneath our tiiiny crust on this breathing planet, that it would eventually break through, cracking our Earth open and destroying our gravitational pull and atmosphere...No-one!! Well I'm still waiting to prove them wrong, but you have given me hope, mysterious non-believer! I shall now turn up the volume on my propaganda to spread awareness of the Veluetheon-Krobuleth and maybe we can speed up the space race to get off this awful death trap. God speed!

I misread "Veluetheon"[footnote]fantastic name by the way, seriously[/footnote] as "Veloute" for a second, and had the image of a very strange apocalypse in a rich white sauce.

Now that's the first existential despair that came with a bout of ravenous hunger. I did offer to shorten it to "Barry" to save costs on promotional material, but the Veluetheon-Krobuleth is very precise in how it wants to be seen, and is easily agitated with misinformation. Kind of got me by the balls, or singular ball, flying through space, where all my cool stuff is on.

 

[TrulyBritish]

Got to admit I thought the idea of some kind of phone-based pokemon AR RPG would be a stupid idea.
But then I still think Pokemon GO is a stupid fad. I genuinely don't get this one, but I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Yea, but do you have a neato 20 year old thread documenting your brainchild? Hah, I thought not!

I bet you're feeling pretty silly now.

But what if he has a fingerpaint drawing of himself coming up with the idea that he totally made 20 years ago and NOT hastily slapped together after reading your post?

Then who's the silly one?

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Everyone thought Ben Affleck would make a terrible Batman. I was the only one who defended him. Now he's the only thing people liked about BvS.

A few years ago I was talking to my professor, and I said that the Republican Party was heavily divided. He said it was the most United it had ever been. He apologized to me the other day, and asked me for my opinion on current events.

Why did people dislike Ben Affleck?

DareDevil? Any young actor in his 20s-30s could have acted in that movie and it would have been the same movie.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Everyone thought Ben Affleck would make a terrible Batman. I was the only one who defended him. Now he's the only thing people liked about BvS.

A few years ago I was talking to my professor, and I said that the Republican Party was heavily divided. He said it was the most United it had ever been. He apologized to me the other day, and asked me for my opinion on current events.

Why did people dislike Ben Affleck?

DareDevil? Any young actor in his 20s-30s could have acted in that movie and it would have been the same movie.

I don't know the details (because I'm not some TMZ-following mongoloid), but my impression is that Affleck was in the 2000s one of the celebrities that oversaturated the public consciousness, and people got rather sick of him. I can still remember the term "Bennifer" ie. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez being a supercouple, and those things will always get you in the tabloids. His movie career also didn't really let him into, let's say, more compelling roles until later in life, so he was a bit like Matthew McConaughey in that he was seen as an empty, hunky Hollywood prettyboy with sparse acting chops. That kind of reputation tends to stick with you, and Affleck has yet to shake it off, especially after the Bill Maher/Sam Harris debacle.

 

[Einspanner]

Everyone thought Ben Affleck would make a terrible Batman. I was the only one who defended him. Now he's the only thing people liked about BvS.

Arguably the dirty dildo in a pile of broken glass is the only thing to like if you're rolling around on it, but it doesn't really elevate the dildo.

A few years ago I was talking to my professor, and I said that the Republican Party was heavily divided. He said it was the most United it had ever been. He apologized to me the other day, and asked me for my opinion on current events.

He sounds like a genuinely good teacher, and possibly a genuinely good person. It takes a surprising amount of fortitude to admit that you're wrong, especially to a student and concerning this political atmosphere.

So basically, you're rubbing this in three people's faces, and everything else seems like an afterthought. I'm not one of those people, but let me tell you, I'm not a fan of this. The best that could be said is that it's necessarily self-aggrandizing, preening, and confrontational.

TRIGGERED

'Kay

OT: There was this "big" movie production once upon a time in Finland called Mannerheim. After seeing the first desperate attempts to get it funded it became clear the movie would never get properly made. It didn't. Yeah, not very exciting.

Hell of a payoff. *claps*

He was one of the best teachers I ever had. He exposed students to new and varied ideas, but he was also very open to our opinions. Basically, even though he was in charge of the class, he treated us like adults. Very respectful. A model teacher. I realized that you can disagree with someone, and still have enormous respect for them.

I had one like that for a couple of years when I was quite young, and he left a similar impression on me. That kind of teacher is a priceless gift that we should be selecting for heavily in the hiring and training process, you know?

No one believed me when I argued that the Veluetheon-Krobuleth exists beneath our tiiiny crust on this breathing planet, that it would eventually break through, cracking our Earth open and destroying our gravitational pull and atmosphere...No-one!! Well I'm still waiting to prove them wrong, but you have given me hope, mysterious non-believer! I shall now turn up the volume on my propaganda to spread awareness of the Veluetheon-Krobuleth and maybe we can speed up the space race to get off this awful death trap. God speed!

I misread "Veluetheon"[footnote]fantastic name by the way, seriously[/footnote] as "Veloute" for a second, and had the image of a very strange apocalypse in a rich white sauce.

Now that's the first existential despair that came with a bout of ravenous hunger. I did offer to shorten it to "Barry" to save costs on promotional material, but the Veluetheon-Krobuleth is very precise in how it wants to be seen, and is easily agitated with misinformation. Kind of got me by the balls, or singular ball, flying through space, where all my cool stuff is on.

Doesn't seem the type you want to agitate.