>>56512784>People don't have infinite amount of timeLuckily, they're not trying to get adults to constantly buy their stuff, but kids between 7 and 10 years old, which in case you forgot means there's constantly kids growing out and kids growing into the target demographic meaning they're not leaning on one particular section of adults to survive like every other two-bit twat trying to rip them off needs to.
>>56512774Something that grows authentically like Pokémon. A simple game on the surface with a gameplay loop that's both easy to engage in and complex enough to keep the synapses flickering in the aul' cabbage. One that has attractive, distinct designs that entice both adults and children to want to use them, to want to train them and pretend they're actually in the game playing with them. Something that catches fire and grows demand for the other aspects of a franchise - kids demanding merch of their favourites, retail sales pushing to the point of warranting a 2nd game, thus anime to keep promoting the thing until that's ready, a card game, to afford a different way to use the things.
The problem is all cunts since pokémon copy it - be it blatant by ripping off design or mechanics ideas and making it worse than even the worst GF game or by imitating their business model right out the gate with the cartoon, toys and other crap as they try and take root in a market that's not bothered about they. And that's leaving out the issue of Tajiri being an independent with a compelling idea, no formal programming training (just a passion for learning how to make games) and a sheer bloody mindedness to keep this game kid-friendly, while also being the type of complex mechanics game he loved as a teen and GF's place in the industry up to that point (the whole concept of rehashes came about as GF needed to distract Nintendo from their missed Pokémon 2 deadline with a "new" game (blue, which gave international RB then anime tie-in Yellow, which solidified the brand.
