Pokemon - Why Is It So Wrong To Like It?

[Arqus_Zed]

So then we agree to disagree.

I can live with that...

Thanks for the tip on the seamen by the way.

I do like Persona, got 4 titles of that series lying here, I like them, even though they keep drifting further away from the original SMT-franchise. Just didn't seem really relevant...

You do have a point with the 'Simpsons Did It'-theory, but it still bugs me a little.
The Simpsons are popular, so it's only natural people are gonna try to get in on it.
But SMT pretty much went by unnoticed, except for those three PSOne Persona titles of which two were released in the U.S., thanks to their milder and more mainstream aproach.
I just wish the series got the attention it deserved BEFORE 2005, y' know..

Ah, phoey, nothing to do about it now, time to wrap it up.

N.B.: The only SMT-game that I could recommend -that has been released outside of Japan AND still maintains aspects from its classic gameplay- is Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniacs.

It's available for the PS2. Based on were you live, it may also be called Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call (that's the copy I got).

Notable for its stoic graphic design, hard music, 'demon recruting'-mechanism and occult story. It also offers quite a challenge, both in battles as in puzzles. The downside are random encounters and the occasional grinding. This version of the game also features Dante from Devil May Cry, you can decide yourself wether you find this a good, a bad or an ugly thing...

 

[ZeroMachine]

Wrong to like it? Are you kidding? I'm buying Soul Silver or Heart Gold as soon as they come out!

Pokemon ruled until post-Gold/Silver/Crystal.

 

[ffmorton]

funny i saw this i stopped playing pokemon years ago now i have some free time so i though lets pick up the gba games and try and catch them all. the last two weeks i have done nothing but play pokemon this stuff is adictive. some one says pokemon is gay or sucks or i should grow out of it this is 2 things i would do 1) say games now last 10hours no extra bits this is a massive rpg they can join me and battle and trade me on very social get together. 2) throw a pokeball at them a hyper beam them to death no so gay now you pile of chared ash!

 

[Slash Dementia]

If I had a DS or any handheld console that has Pokemon, I would still play it. There's nothing wrong with liking them, they're great games.
And of the original three starter Pokemon, I like Squirtle the best. I would always pick the water Pokemon.

 

[Pickel Surprise]

It's considered wrong because as much as everyone in our generation loved the first couple games, those who dominate the social scenes have "grown up" and are "above that." Granted, the anime, at least the translated one, does suck impossibly hard, but I still consider myself a fan of the games. Generations 1-3 at least. 4th gen is so slow-paced that I swear I could fall asleep while playing it.

My first step into the wonderful world of emulation was getting Visual Boy Advance so that I could play a fan-made remake of Gold Version. 2nd gen is my favorite to date, so seeing it on the updated 3rd gen engine was great. In fact, I might just have to do that now...

 

[Lemur_Ninja]

I enjoy Pokemon as well. I don't see why people must hate games/television shows that others enjoy watching/playing. If you truly hate it, please do us (the people that enjoy it) a favor and just keep walking.

 

[Nemorov]

I love it. There's something about enslaving wild animals and making them fight for your amusement that appeals to the human race, I think.

HA.

My friends give me shit about Pokemon. Well, my less awesome, uptight, artsy, I-MUST-NOT-BE-THE-NORM-EVAAAR!!! friends. I have a little Gengar plush dangly on my purse and every time I'm over there they say something about it to me. Jerks.

 

[titanium turtle]

the new ones are shit- the old stuff is classic, I regret selling pokemon blue