Pokémon - why is it so popular?

Metatron · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:32

I mean, it's huge. It's loved all over the world but I have never understood why, it's just so bizarre.

Please explain why it's so good.

stulid · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:33

got to catch them all!!!!!

Roadkillv1 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:34

i never really cared about the show much, but the n64 stadium game and the original gameboy games were freakin awesome

Margaret · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:37

Pokemon is great!

Andr3w · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:37

I LOVED pokemon when I was a kick, the gameboy game was brilliant

Spektor · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:38

I cried at the end of the pokemon movie

Pika... chuuuuuuuuuu! nooo ash!

Swifty55 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:39

When I first saw Pikachu, I fell in love!

manic111 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:40

Andr3w said:
I LOVED pokemon when I was a kick, the gameboy game was brilliant

Does that mean that you've now grown up into a punch?

I think it's because people have grown up with Pokemon, meaning that more mature people now can remember the quality of the games they played while younger, while the younger generation can get drawn into the games by all the merchandising that surrounds them.

thepeganator · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:41

Because it was amazing.

It had everything.

But then got boring, never mind banned in most schools!

manic111 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:42

Did anyone ever play Pokemon cards?

sanaxe1 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:43

manic111 said:
Did anyone ever play Pokemon cards?

I collected them but never played.

kae2 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:43

Never really "got it" myself, and yes, I was growing up when it was at its most popular.

Judgeneo · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:45

It was simply awesome.

Infact I enjoy it to the present day, just not to the extent I did when I was a small child

Sinny · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:45

Pokemon is pretty much the game of my childhood, I played it to death and caught them all!

can't wait for Pokemon Black/White to hit EU.

thepeganator · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:47

manic111 said:
Did anyone ever play Pokemon cards?

I did, but only ever with my sister, never really anyone at school, we just collected them.

platinum87 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:49

In secondary school, when i was about 12-13-14, (not sure on the dates).

I bought pack's of pokemon cards from the shops, then sold individual cards to others in the year.

Made about £10 a day on that, which for was lot of money back then, for a 13 year old.

tibbsey · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:50

manic111 said:
Did anyone ever play Pokémon cards?

**** yeah!

Me and my sister had a stack about a foot high of the things.
Still got my Charizard in it's plastic sleeve in a box somewhere, as well as the Ruby equivalent of Charizard (can't remember the name).

Had Red, Yellow, Blue, and Ruby on various GameBoys.

Now I've got a Gameboy emulator with ALL of them.

I'm still waiting for a Pokémon MMORPG.

Margaret · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:51

I've got my binder in my desk drawer, Charizard taking up the first slot.

Judgeneo · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:52

tibbsey said:
**** yeah!

Me and my sister had a stack about a foot high of the things.
Still got my Charizard in it's plastic sleeve in a box somewhere, as well as the Ruby equivalent of Charizard (can't remember the name).

Had Red, Yellow, Blue, and Ruby on various GameBoys.

Now I've got a Gameboy emulator with ALL of them.

I'm still waiting for a Pokemon MMORPG.

You mean blaziken

and there is a mmorpg, fan made though and I had a bash at it last year and didn't think much its called pokemon world online

Pav89 · 31 Oct 2010 at 16:55

There's a guy in our lectures who constantly plays a pokemon game on the DS....