>>44018526I feel the same way, minus the autism
I thinkGrowing up in New York City, there wasn't much diversity in life from rats and pigeons. But I remember borrowing a plastic tank from my school and raising random insects like a jumping spider, swallowtail or cabbage white caterpillars from Central Park in it. Watching them interact with their environment and grow always filled me with a sense of wonder, camaraderie, and to an extent,
parenthood.
Pokemon caught that same feeling with more creatures and challenges to grow closer with them. Simply the act of raising your favorite creatures on a eventful journey is Pokemon to me.
The problem with Nu-Pokemon is that the new pokemon feel less like wild creatures that co-exist in an ecosystem and more like fursuits and memes shoved into the game for Twitter to fawn over. Gone are the winding caves and mysterious side locations in exchange for linear shit like Galar Mines or Glittering Cave. Even battling is less about the Pokemon themselves, but rather abusing the generational gimmick.
