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criticize your favorite game(s) (non-optional) (mandatory) (hexbear.net)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pokemon is a baby game for babies. It is and always has been designed to be played primarily by small children. I say this not to disparage it but because I so frequently see people wanting it to be designed for adult skill levels and sensibilities. That's simply not what it's for.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    I agree that that's what the main games are for, but I also think that there's more than enough room in Pokemon's franchise for side games that cater to older fans with more complex battle and sim mechanics. Pokemon Colosseum 1 & 2 feel like they could have been the starting point to a whole secondary line of JRPGs in the Pokemon world with unique stories and mechanics, but they never followed up on them and now those games are just a weird outlier in the franchise's history.

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