Game Debate #157: Pokemon Gold/Silver

[Estil | 1,264]

Heh heh heh, silver and gold.  Well, what do you think of Pokemon players during the G2 era?  Seems all they thought about was silver and gold...

 

[Kguillemette | 1,544]

On 6/16/2023 at 10:34 AM, koifish said:

Yeah, Pokemon seems to have wanted very hard to be like Dragon Quest and stay as a permanent "mainstream" JRPG that doesn't deviate or change how it works too much. I get why; Their target audience is children who haven't seen a Pokemon game before. Just doesn't do anything for long-term audiences, which I guess is okay, since you aren't really supposed to play these things forever anyway. It's kind of like super sentai, they make what can feel like the same show over and over, but it's because each one has to be "my sentai" for some kid out there watching now. Somebody who watches every season is probably a weirdo like me, who you don't want to listen to for good advice on your media franchises.

This is a good point, and to that effect, the spinoff like Pokemon XD, Detective Pikachu, and Legends have more appeal to me than the mainline games.

[Hammerfestus | 3,844]

My younger brother had a Gameboy and Red.  I played some of that.  It was entertaining.  I just had to look up if these were different games or not.  I just couldn’t figure out what was going on from context.  How are they still making these games?

[Ankos | 439]

3 hours ago, Hammerfestus said:

My younger brother had a Gameboy and Red.  I played some of that.  It was entertaining.  I just had to look up if these were different games or not.  I just couldn’t figure out what was going on from context.  How are they still making these games?

Pokemon is the biggest media franchise in the World, with tons of stuff (TV shows, board games, trading cards, comics, etc.) to flesh out the "Pokemon World" coming out regularly. An official way to explore that world in its newest form is desirable as a result, taking a lot of pressure off the games to evolve and improve like how many other game series have to do to survive

[TDIRunner | 2,737]

4 hours ago, Hammerfestus said:

My younger brother had a Gameboy and Red.  I played some of that.  It was entertaining.  I just had to look up if these were different games or not.  I just couldn’t figure out what was going on from context.  How are they still making these games?

I'm not a Pokemon fan myself, but the answer to that question is no different than the answer to how they keep making Mario games.  

[Nintegageo | 582]

9. This is the best gen game wise (though gen 1 is my #1)