Whats the appeal of pokemon?

I still dont get why people like this series.
I've bough SM and the game was a cutescne nightmare, and the same old pokemon trown at me again in every route.
I really dont want to train any GEN 1-3 pokemon, i already did it in the time.
"Where are the new pokemon"? why there's only old pokemon and the same reashed shit?
how the fuck can people pay 30$ for this?
Literally one of the most boring franchises ever

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Pokemon was a fad that died out years ago. Now only waifufags and furries actually play the main series.

Sells better than GTA.
LOL!

Yeah,i don't get why people trow 40$ a year to train the same old pokemon over and OVER, i'm with ya OP.
I guess they must be autistic or something.

pokemon was a fun catch game with a light story and a world to explore and play with. It wasn't difficult per se but it wasn't easy either.

Now it has become a "competitive" game and story-focused (with only the black/white series being the only ones with a good story) shitshow. and easy as fuck too.

I still have hope for the switch games, it seems they want to bring exploration back.

The reason for shit Pokemon distribution is because they tried something different with BW and forced new Pokemon only. Autists complained and now that's why Zubats are still in every cave.

I think the only worth playing pokemon games rn is the mystery dungeon series or GEN III-V.
Does people really dont get tired of seeing caterpie and pidgey over 20 years?

Why do so man Sup Forums posters put the dollar sign on the wrong side?

I gre out of this shit around the time of platinum, that was the first game I didn't even bother to finish. These games need a revamp. They're all basically identical and that tutorial that all of these games force you through is infuriating.

BW was one of the best pokemon games just for this, is the first pokemon game i was actually hyped for.
But no, people want to see the same pokemon over and over, instead of having a fun and fresh experiencie

Its a good time waster and fairly easy to sink a couple hours into without having to be super-focused into it and has some variety with the monsters you capture so it isn't too one note either. After you beat the game you can focus on battling other people or catch'em all, once you're all finished with all that you might've put 200 hours into it at that point.
In my experience Pokemon doesn't really seem to leave a bad experience to the player, its an inoffensive game that kids, teens and adults can get into without issue.

I'd add II remake too.
>Does people really dont get tired of seeing caterpie and pidgey over 20 years?

I dunno, I've never really cared about "catching them all", and I play in nuzlocke. Also, they used to add 150 pokemon for every new entry in the series, so things were never stale. Now it's just (bad) nostlagia pandering

Autism

I been playing it since I was 3 years olds now I'm 21. I'm biased but there is no other game collecting monsters. That have good designs.

You don't play for the story. It was never about the story

But if your like 25 and say you decide to buy a Pokemon game for first time and it's sun and moon.

I can see why you don't understand the appeal and popularity towards Pokemon

>Fad that died
I hate s&m. Dint it sell like 10 million?

>easy as fuck
pokemon was never hard. things like megas and z-moves ruined the balance but you bet kids/post-GO normies still get their asses kicked by totems.
as for the competetive aspect gamefreak has been introducing changes that make training easier (super and hyper training) and there are still plenty of dumbasses that play the game that don't give a shit about that so it's not like it's rampant with tryhards.

why do you care? Who are you to believe we required to answer that question?

i've skiped XY, i bought SM, and it was the same thing, i'ts just getting stale, i want to train new pokemon not the same ones over and over

>I really dont want to train any GEN 1-3 pokemon, i already did it in the time.

What, you trained ALL 300 odd pokemon from this gen? The beauty of the games are the replayability they have, making new teams, using new moves and playing with types.

>"Where are the new pokemon"? why there's only old pokemon and the same reashed shit?
This gen had around 80 new pokemon and new forms of older pokemon. If they continue to make new ones it will only go wrong, as a fan of the series this is understandable and I welcome new forms of older pokemon to keep it fresh.

TL;DR you're a fucking idiot.

>$50
>dollars fifty

>50$
>fifty dollars
You tell me which one sounds decent, amerilard.

>It wasn't difficult per se but it wasn't easy either.
ready comprehension, anyone?

It sold 15.5 million November 18th 2016 to march 31st 2017. Nintendo earnings report said. So probably at 16-16.5 million

It was never fad

Because it's fun

are you retarded? Just because the dollar sign comes first spent mean it's pronounced first

>doesn't like pokemon
>trained pokes from kanto to hoenn and actually bought S/M

mm

This is the cutest thing I've ever seen!

Ok, keep enjoying your reashed shitty franchise?
>What, you trained ALL 300 odd pokemon from this gen? The beauty of the games are the replayability they have, making new teams, using new moves and playing with types.
I've seen them in the wild over 300 times, it's getting stale
>This gen had around 80 new pokemon and new forms of older pokemon. If they continue to make new ones it will only go wrong, as a fan of the series this is understandable and I welcome new forms of older pokemon to keep it fresh.
Yup 80 new pokmon overshadowed by kanto pandering

tldr : Keep wasting $40 a year with your shitty reashed games,while us enjoy good games like BOTW

I can't justify it, I got hooked as a kid and just never really lost interest. Although I mainly just beat each new entry and leave it. Not buying a Switch though, so it's possible I'll miss the first main entry in 21 years

Of course, to see if the game was good like R/S or B/W or the same reashed trash

What are you talking about dude

You can like and play Pokemon and play BOTW I have both. I don't understand that point at all.

Taste is subjective nobody stopping people from liking both games.

Pokemon was never made for stories like Zelda

im asking why would someone buy those reashed games over and over

Because it is fun

how it's fun?
how can any non-autistic person over 14 have fun with this, just curious?

gen 8 better be as good as BW

I liked SM though

It's like asks my why people buy call of duty, Fifa and NBA 2k every year because it's fun. Rehashes only work because main gameplay has good foundation

Because anyone that is not autistic understands different people can have fun with different things.
You're not autistic, are you? Just curious.

You have shit tastes

Im not autistic,but i dont understand how someone over 10 can like this boring series, BW is one of the pokemon games that's actually fun

I have shit taste for not enjoying a boring reashed series? oops! you're wrong

You can say this about a lot of Nintendo games on there platform

If people are having fun then it is what it is.

40 dollars isn't that much to people

How is catching pidgey, caterpie and ledyba for the 999 time "fun"?

I didn't catch any of that in sun and moon.

I'm sure not what you have against Pokemon. Obviously dislike it which is completely fine. Saying everybody has a shit taste that likes it and everyone is wasting 40 dollars

It like a bit obsessive.

>I'm sure not what you have against Pokemon
That since BW has been garbage and shit?
>Saying everybody has a shit taste that likes it and everyone is wasting 40 dollars

It like a bit obsessive.

It isnt, it's a shit series, and deserves the hate, i hope GEN 8 fails

It won't fail. First HD console mainline Pokemon game.

Even if Pokemon lost half his fanbase it would still be more popular than zelda

>hope gen 8 fails
Hehe

>I don't like game therefore anyone who likes game is an autistic children and I hope this game fails
No, user, you are the autist.

Aren't there significantly more Pokemon games than GTA games?

It'd only make sense for it to sell more.

>i played one of the worst games in the series and i dont get the appeal

no shit

By that logic there is no way final fantasy should be doing less than half of what GTA does.

It sucks that that shit reashed game will sell more than BOTW

Nintendo is winning either way. So really doesn't matter who sells more copies

It's like saying it sucks frozen out grossed the the revenant.

Catering to 2 different audiences

I wish they would pull a B/W and have only new pokemon. When I first played it it was like starting pokemon again, and even if it isn't as updated in mechanics imo it's better then both X/Y and S/M in literally every other way.

Not a fur fag or waifu homo, married homeowner and I thoroughly enjoy pokemon games.

The breeding autism lures me in occasionally. I enjoy taking Pokemon I like and beating small children that have ubers.

I wish that trash series wasn't coming on the switch, now the switch has a garbage game

The fans dont want a fun game with new pokemon, they only play to catch lucario and gardevoir for the 999th time, duh ._.

I don't understand your logic dude.

Pokemon coming on switch doesn't effect you in any way. You don't have to buy the game.

The people who like people will buy it.

you seem really salty towards Pokemon

I still think its fun, its fun for the same reasons I thought Red & Blue was fun.

If you got into pokemon expecting a different experience, its your fault desu.

My only problem with Pokemon is that they keep adding features to make breeding/raising easier only to remove them next iteration. The fuck? Only thing that has been consistent is Aime but that's because nobody hates petting their pets.

Because any games would be saty that this shit series sells well

Online battles are really compelling, allowing for some really cool strategies while also permitting personal expression. Do any other games come close?

This

Why would they be? Pokemon has its genre. Monster collecting RPG

Then why it sucks so much?

Pokemon going nowhere it's been actually get more popular since 2010.

3 out of top 4 selling 3ds is Pokemon.

Disliking is fine but hope it fails or flops is gonna give you stress because it won't happen. Pokemon ain't digimon or yo Kai watch

That's your opinion dude. If you think sucks then awesome

But it does dude

yo-kai watch is literally better than pokemon though.

THIIIIS

It's not. The designs are pure trash

It flopped in the west and Japan the popularity and increased by a ton since yo kai watch 3

t. cat-screwing pedocuck

DAE gen1 is de best??/
lol guys these new pokemon look like things xDD

LOL

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It sounds like you're a Pokemon fan, OP.

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I wonder how much Sup Forums would screech about autism if they knew the amount of effort people put into things like balltism or regionaltism.

Too true

>What is the appeal of Pokemon?
A JRPG with massive freedom in terms of party building and battle strategy, taking place in a highly romanticized present day setting, with a central theme of the series being discovery and setting out to experience and broaden your world. There's certainly a monster for everyone to like from any walk of life by now, them being inspired by quirks of nature, human culture and industry and world mythology.

You don't even need to be a video game/RPG buff to potentially be interested in playing the games, as many fans are brought in by other aspects of the franchise (a 'media mix', as it were).

I made a balltism chart script in matlab

don't forget how the recent games (BW/2 and SM) actually talk about real life issues
BW/2 about owning pets and SM about abusive parenthood

There's also the social aspect to the games as well, with trading and battling keeping people talking about the game and drawing in more people than a simple single player only adventure would.

Former pokemon fan here

Game Freak somehow got the idea that people really want Kanto shit shoved in their faces over and over again as well as "story driven" gameplay and the games themselves suffer tremendously for it. XY was fucking awful, I didn't bother with ORAS, and I'm trying to play through Sun and I can't be fucked to play the shit for more than 20 minutes at a time because I can't take two goddamn steps without being thrown into a cutscene. The PvP went to shit too and I can't even find enjoyment in that anymore. The porn is all I have left when it comes to Pokemon.

This is some serious autism you got going on there user. And I mean actual autism.

It would probably be easier for OP to ask,
>why does Pokemon not appeal to me?

Why?

>Game Freak somehow got the idea that people really want Kanto
somehow?
Are you oblivious to the genwun winning that is going on everywhere on the internet?

>the PvP went to shit too
W-what's wrong with the Tapu Keks and Tapu Lels?

That's boring af

No I am not, but a large part of me wanted to believe it to be a vocal minority since many of the aforementioned "genwunners" don't give a flying fuck about Pokemon and were only part of the fad back in the 90s.

I don't know. I couldn't even be fucked to play more than 5 or so battles right when the game came to Showdown. Pokemon is boring and I have lost almost all love for it.

>somehow got the idea
gee, I dunno how, it's not like genwunners constantly bitch and moan and infest every facet of social media and do so so frequently that their obnoxious minority becomes so loud they look like a majority, nor did Go almost re-ignite pokemania in its full glory with exclusively gen I pokemon. Oh wait...

I never saw a genwunner in years

you are fucking hilarious
you first talk about genwunners that haven't touched the games since the 90s and then prominently point out that you don't give the fuck about the series anymore

Black White tried only having new Pokemon available and that sent the fanbase into a screeching rage.

The difference is that gen wunners arbitrarily stopped at gen 2 or 3 and like I said, just stuck to it due to the fat. I genuinely enjoyed Pokemon up to 6 and even played through the entirety of XY and kept tabs on the games in hopes of improvement. I'm largely being disappointed because Game Freak is a fucking awful developer. I'm being let down for reasons actually related to the goddamn games. For the record I absolutely loved Gen 5 and for 6 to be such a sharp drop in quality is fucking jarring.

>Im not autistic,but i dont understand how someone over 10 can like thing
are you sure?

LOL you are the same

Whatever you say nigga. I still plan on finishing Sun as soon as they stop throwing me into cutscene after goddamn cutscene. Which probably won't happen at this rate but fuck it. I'm actually pretty pissed that the only new pokemon I've encountered outside of the starters up to this point is fucking Yungoos. I want new shit, not old shit I've been seeing for 15-20 years.

why?
Pokemon fans hate new things?