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Why do you still play Pokemon?

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:11:33 No.26526591 View View Reply Original Report

Is it because modern games a filled with DLC and boring? You don't want to let go of your childhood? What is it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:12:48 No.26526594 Report

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I enjoy them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:12:56 No.26526595 Report

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>>26526591
It's something to do casually and I enjoy collecting Pokemon and projecting connections onto them

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:13:20 No.26526599 Report

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I've lived with a broken family my whole life and one of the most precious times of my life was being alone and just playing Pokemon. So yes, it's smth I would like to cherish and hold on to for a long time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:14:00 No.26526602 Report

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>>26526591
you're not my real mom stop telling me what to do

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:15:26 No.26526612 Report

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The Pokémon themselves.
Crazy, I know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:17:12 No.26526632 Report

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cute pokemon. I find after playing it for a while I kinda get bored because the gameplay is simple and fights get repetitive. But I just love pokemon. Theyre cute and I need them

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:17:31 No.26526633 Report

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>>26526591
Like all my other hobbies I stuck to them as a source of entertainment as I did not find much else interesting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:18:29 No.26526639 Report

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>>26526591
I like the idea of obtaining well-designed monsters to summon and maneuver.

I used to play Yu-Gi-Oh too before it became a money game with powercreep getting out of hand. Pokemon has been getting bothersome with powercreep too recently but at least formats like OU can try to keep things reasonable.

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:20:21 No.26526656 Report

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I enjoy them, I think they're fun. I think the pokemon are cute and it's a cool game. I actually like self insertion, it makes me feel like I'm worth something, so being a kid and taking down an evil team and being able to handle a legendary pokemon bc ur speshal makes me feel like im not a fucking loser

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:21:08 No.26526664 Report

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Its something I have been doing since I was 3 and doesnt feel stale.
Has brought me many friends over the years, and I started the TCG
My gf finds it cute, the products have made me popular with normies. Its just a niece thing in my life

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:21:24 No.26526667 Report

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>>26526591
It's less about the game themselves and more about the franchise as a whole. It feels me with a sense of adventure that nothing else does.

Also I play competitively and I find it fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:21:51 No.26526673 Report

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Because it's fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:37:58 No.26526809 Report

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>>26526591
I think it's fun, even though the franchise has been pissing me off a lot since BW.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:37:58 No.26526810 Report

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I like creature designs. I also play trading card games because of the individual design aspect.

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:39:00 No.26526815 Report

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>>26526591
It's a role-playing video game series about collecting supernatural creatures known as Pocket Monsters/Pokémon.

I play it for It's lore and collecting of it's fictional species.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:43:35 No.26526865 Report

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I'm just here for the pokeporn

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:44:25 No.26526878 Report

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>>26526594
This desu

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:46:58 No.26526895 Report

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>>26526591
I want to catch'em all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:49:11 No.26526908 Report

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Because pokemon = pure love

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:50:21 No.26526922 Report

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>>26526591
Because Pokémon is an amazing franchise that is fun being a fan of. I enjoy not only the games, but the franchise as a whole.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 16:58:52 No.26526986 Report

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>>26526591
I have a collecting fetish.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:00:03 No.26527000 Report

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it's fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:00:19 No.26527003 Report

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Good filler between Zelda titles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:03:13 No.26527032 Report

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>>26526815
fuck off Richard

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:03:51 No.26527046 Report

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>>26526594
This basically. Similar boat to Kirby games in that they're something simple and fun and generally bring a smile to my face.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:09:03 No.26527110 Report

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>>26526591
>DLC
What?

Anyway because the series is the chill out and have fun variety, it's something I miss about video games honestly there's very little series that do this still.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:10:00 No.26527123 Report

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Because I just never stopped enjoying them. Don't know what else to tell you. I'm not that into most other properties of the franchise anymore, or the competitive part at all, but playing thought the main adventure, filling my pokedex, etc. is still consistently fun to pull me back with each installment.

Also, if anything, I play a lot more of other games than I did when I was younger. What's this "modern games are shit" thing? Maybe just stop playing shit games?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:11:07 No.26527136 Report

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>>26526591
Keep up with the new pokegirls and by assosiation their porn

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:12:23 No.26527149 Report

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>>26527110
are you me?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:12:50 No.26527154 Report

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>>26526594

this meme needs to end

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:12:58 No.26527156 Report

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>>26526591
I enjoy pokémon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:13:27 No.26527160 Report

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>>26526591
Many of my friends play, and it's a fun game with a interesting competitive scene, I came from Yu-Gi-Oh!, this game is so much more healthier that I'm glad that I did that

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:14:04 No.26527169 Report

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>>26527154
Fun is just a buzzword.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 17:19:24 No.26527213 Report

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Because it's my "thing". Even though I think most aspects that I liked have been ruined, I feel like I have to keep playing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:02:07 No.26527684 Report

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>>26527032
Pokémon is about collecting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:19:03 No.26527867 Report

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>>26526595
This is the best reason IMO. Pokemon is like Comfiness: the video game.

But another reason if you're not convinced: catching, raising, training, and forming friendships with magical creatures has always been a fun concept, and Pokemon just happens to be the king of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:21:10 No.26527884 Report

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>>26526591
Because i enjoy playing pokemon and don't enjoy most of the shit coming out nowadays? What is so strange with it?

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:26:10 No.26527942 Report

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I dont know, something about them feels homely to me. There were two different periods of my pokemon game -career. First, I played gen 1-3 as a kid, then quit and forgot about pokemon for like 6-7 years. Then came back and started up Diamond (as an "adult"), and after that ive been playing all of the main games.

I love the pokemon themselves and making weird teams etc. and the pokemon world is fun to explore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:27:04 No.26527951 Report

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im obsesed with capturing and drawing monsters since I was a kid I haven't stopped drawing shitty pokemons and digimons

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:27:40 No.26527958 Report

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Because, it is the perfect game to zone out in. The same reason why I enjoy Minecraft and Stardew Valley. I can just throw on a podcast/movie and just enjoy sinple fun.

Also, because I feel like I have formed a connection many pokemon that have been with me for like 10 years now. They may just be bits of data but they are my bits of data.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:31:55 No.26527993 Report

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>>26526591
I like JRPGs with interesting battle systems and fully customizable parties.

I haven't played a vanilla pokemon game in years though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:43:15 No.26528090 Report

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>>26526591
It's comfortable and easy to play, plus muh childhood nostalgia. I've played every game since Blue, got back into the games when I picked up Black.

Plus, the fanbase is also real easy to pander to if you're an artfag.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:45:17 No.26528107 Report

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>>26526591
Its fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:46:41 No.26528120 Report

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>>26527993
no ones asking what other games you play, write that on your blog.

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:49:59 No.26528140 Report

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>>26526591
I like rpgs and I am a sucker for collecting monster games

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:54:24 No.26528174 Report

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>>26526591

Because they are still fun to me, they basically have near-infinite replay value simply because you can use a different team every time you play through any of the games, each gen is unique in its own way and has good things even though some are better than others, the games aren't bogged down by DLC and season passes and crap like that that most modern games have...there's a long list of reasons why I still enjoy them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:55:01 No.26528181 Report

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>>26527154
>enjoying things is a meme
I'M A MEME, YOU'RE A MEME, WE'RE ALL FUCKING MEMES

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 18:57:00 No.26528206 Report

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>>26526591
PvP

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:01:28 No.26528238 Report

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I don't play video games or pokemon

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:01:58 No.26528243 Report

Quoted By: >>26528335 >>26528587

If all of this is true, then why make this site into a den of hatred?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:03:23 No.26528260 Report

Quoted By: >>26528492

Honestly, anon, it's because Pokemon is one of the few thriving monster-command games out there. Spectrobes is dead, Bakugan is worn out and cliched, Digimon is going nowhere. The only other games I've played even featuring monsters are ones where you just 'slay' them (Monster Hunter, for example.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:09:51 No.26528318 Report

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The gameplay is shallow and unbalanced and that's just the battling I'm talking about. So why do people play the same shit all the time? It's the design novelty. The only reason anyone ever liked pokemon was because of the novelty and crazy designs that they like like these guys say>>26526612 >>26526632 >>26526810
I don't really like pokemon but there are still designs I like the look of and with the diverse amount of pokemon there's got to be some that makes the game look more appealing to someone. When it's not the designs, it's the collecting challenge like stamp collecting.

>>26526809
Battle sims are more fun than the actual game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:11:43 No.26528335 Report

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>>26528243
Come for the discussion, stay for the rant and butt hurt. Its the nature of 4chan

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:11:47 No.26528338 Report

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i like video game

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:21:15 No.26528441 Report

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>>26528318
The designs alone? That would infer things that I cannot mention. I have said many times before that I don't know why people even bother coming to a site that hates them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:23:52 No.26528471 Report

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>>26528441
Hate the designs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:24:16 No.26528477 Report

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I still gotta catch them all. I'll probably stop playing when i manage to complete the national dex.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:26:07 No.26528492 Report

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>>26528260
Man, I wish Digimon was a stronger franchise. I like the setting and mon designs much better. Shame they never really got their shit together with their games, there are a few good ones but they haven't hit upon a formula like pokemon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:26:55 No.26528503 Report

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>>26528471
No. If you only have a design, what is there left but a blank slate. Pokemon can be anything you want them to be. You are not allowed to say such things here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:28:13 No.26528518 Report

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I love monster collecting. And pokemon is cute.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:29:52 No.26528543 Report

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Gotta raise em all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:30:26 No.26528551 Report

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It is a blank slate

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:30:29 No.26528553 Report

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>>26528492
That cannot happen. Digimon has far different roots, and they refuse to abandon it. They are a monster raiser, not an RPG.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:32:54 No.26528587 Report

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>>26528243
Gen V was divisive and Gen VI was disappointing

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:35:58 No.26528621 Report

Quoted By: >>26528652

Because I have massive FOMO.

The games themselves are repetitive button mashing bullshit, but if I'm not buying the new shiny thing I feel like something is deeply missing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:38:04 No.26528652 Report

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>>26528621

Like, I bought Gen V when it came out (B + B2), and still didn't open Black until this year. But it's okay, because I had them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:39:26 No.26528664 Report

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I play because there are lots of cute Pokemon and I love cute animals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:41:42 No.26528690 Report

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>>26528503
It is a blank slate. With the lack of gameplay with depth no one would play the game without the monster collecting aesthetic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:43:42 No.26528710 Report

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>>26528690
So there's no reason to play if you don't want to collect them? You do realize that the line of thought that pokemon can be anything will lead to things that make you unable to treat them as objects?

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 19:49:13 No.26528782 Report

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I like coming up with teams in rpgs, the bigger variety, the better (although I do not care about the competitive aspect at all). Plus, it's one of the best experiences in video games when you take a character/monster from the bottom/lowest level all the way to the top.
The gameplay itself is pretty lacklustre, though. If Sun/Moon doesn't improve in that regard I may finally give up on the franchise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 20:02:01 No.26528920 Report

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I like the new pokemon every gen, raising them and spanking NPCs is fun. Building yur own party with the pokemon you like is one of the best part though, I'm a casual.

Y is the first game where I've actually managed to complete the National Dex because the GTS in't complete bullshit (lets you search or ask for pokemon that you haven't already seen), I'm pretty proud of myself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 20:05:46 No.26528959 Report

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>>26527169
truth

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 20:24:39 No.26529187 Report

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>>26526591
Pokemon taught me how to read essentially, and the fondest memories I have of Pokemon are Deoxys being my favorite Pokemon enough for me to start sperging about it to my friends after I action Replayed it. It gave me two of them, but I misplaced the carts somewhere.

I still play it because even though the games and anime are limited, the prospect of Pokemon having higher technology than we could ever dream of due to powerful creatures is absolutely fascinating to me. There's a lot of aspects, to the trainers, to the Pokemon, to diverse landmasses and their lore. It makes me want to keep playing, to know more about it, to see what comes next. Pokemon has been there since I was young as hell, so even if I wanted to, I probably couldn't abandon it.

The yiffening also helps too I guess? I dunno.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 20:38:27 No.26529385 Report

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>>26528492
I agree. It's really a shame.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:05:02 No.26530351 Report

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>>26528318
>>26526986
basically this. i collect grass types and to a lesser extent ghost types because they are really cute. also i feel that as a person who highly reveres nature and spiritual awareness above all else it is part of my identity to collect the two aforementioned types. but really i am just struggling with the harsh reality that the standard of living in america is not what i want and therefore too high to settle for, so i project some part of my hopes and dreams onto this game. it is just entertaining enough to be a distraction from what i really want, but only for about 300 hours or so until the next game drops.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:07:57 No.26530374 Report

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Because it's easy

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:08:56 No.26530387 Report

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>>26526591
Because I need my daily fix of angry pre-pubescents, and I don't like first-person shooters or mobas.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:13:23 No.26530448 Report

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>>26526591
Because it is one of the most solid handheld RPG's on the market.

SMT is better, but there aren't enough SMT games to take up all my handheld time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:16:38 No.26530487 Report

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Gotta catch 'em all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:17:18 No.26530491 Report

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>>26526591
Many reasons. When I was a child I was bullied constantly because of my appearance and my fatness. Pokemon allowed me to escape for a while (even through pokemon was another reason I was bullied since girls were seen as weird for liking those typically considered boy games
I was and also still love animals,and I used to beg for a dog to have,but They didn't want any animals around the house. Besides,I enjoy seeing them honored and reimagined in their pokemon counterparts. Also the game is simply fun.

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Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:19:50 No.26530517 Report

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>>26526591
The designs are unlike most others, truly unique.
And it's just fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 May 2016 22:21:22 No.26530536 Report

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>>26530491
Forgot to add that I treated my pokemon as others might treat tamagochies

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