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Ok, seriously, you guys need to learn something:
PLAYING POKEMON DOES NOT MAKE YOU SPECIAL IN ANY WAY. There. Simple. Most people, girls included, will react neutrally, and it will not alter the way they think of you. If this little fact does affect they way they think of you, they have a problem. Now, stop being this obsessive.
Everyone does something that is considered childish, or has a "guilty pleasure" of sorts. And for most people that's fine, because most people identify with this. As long as you don't walk around in toy stores to challenge 11 year olds to a battle, it's fine.
If someone makes a big deal out of it, it's probably because YOU YOURSELVES are making a fuzz and they grow tired of it. There is a fine line between telling a girl that you enjoy the games and talking non-stop about IVs and breeding mechanics and lecturing from Smogon.
Also, have you ever been on an opening sale of pokemon games? Everyone standing line is in their late teens or in their 20s.
Now, get your shit together.