Say what you will folks, but Pokemon is one of the greatest games ever released for the
Gameboy. Period.
The problem is that Nintendo, through their misguided policy of inundating the market with a whole wack of crappy,
kitschy merchandise, not to mention a t.v show and movies galore,
alienated their older players. My theory is that most people who complain about how Pokemon is stupid, are actually
disenfranchised former Pokemon players. Cause let's face it, back in the day, everybody, and I mean everybody, played it.
And all that is a real shame, because from a strictly gameplay point of view, Pokemon kicks ass. It should have gone down in history as one of the better video game franchises. But thanks to Nintendo's decision to sell the game to eight year olds, that won't happen.
Example:
Back when Pokemon was cool, I played it all the time. But then when everyone was like, "This game sucks!" I
jumped on
the bandwagon, so that I didn't look like
a loser.