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This game has all the makings of a fad. The AR angle is new but this is simply Flappy Birds all over again.

by skc 10y ago

savanaly 10y ago
Not saying it's not a fad, but isn't it different in quite a number of ways? The Pokemon brand and geo coordinate aspects had all my friends ("core gamers", if you will, who would probably not have dreamed of playing flappy birds for fun) playing it all weekend.
- bargl 10y ago
  I'm into this game. It's fun, it gamifies walking and going to parks. I love that I can play this for a few minutes while walking my kid to the park, or while he's at the park playing. Is it perfect? Hell no, but I play it in spite of how popular it is. It is fun, engaging, rewards activities I want to do more (walk) and really doesn't work well in the house. My wife likes that I wanted to get out of the house more this weekend. Is it kinda sad that I need a videogame to make going outside fun for me? Yeah sorta, but that's who I am. EDIT: One final note. This game uses the Pokemon I played with as a kid. The ones I traded on cards and really leverages that nostalgia to make it something I want to do. I want to catch these specific pokemon because I've done it before. And it's more rewarding because I have to physically earn them too.
burkaman 10y ago
You don't think including a brand that has been globally popular for 20 years changes anything?
- ythl 10y ago
  I think the layman that is just jumping on the fad wagon will get bored of Pokemon Go within a month or two. The diehard Pokemon fans will continue playing, but I don't see how they can keep the hook in for long. It's like Pokemon Cards - they went from cards to practically currency back to cards within 6 months.
  - theseoafs 10y ago
    The older members of my family didn't collect Pokemon cards 15 years ago, but all of them are playing Pokemon Go right now.
stronglikedan 10y ago
Flappy Bird is still more popular than I imagined. I went to Dave and Buster's for my nephew's birthday, and there was an arcade version of the game there, with a ~2' wide by ~4' tall screen. People were happily paying good money to repeatedly press the single button on the console. In fact, I was surprised to see quite a few popular mobile games offered up in arcade format there, with people playing them.
spike021 10y ago
I don't think this will be a fad. I've seen many people who are 'older' now get into playing Pokemon mostly because it strikes up the nostalgia factor. For many of us (people who experienced Pokemon in the '90s), being able to "become part of the world of Pokemon" was something that would have been quite awesome, and this game really allows that to become a thing. Saying it's a fad like Flappy Birds is a gross oversimplification. Also, the key difference between FB and Pokemon Go is that FB is meant more as an arcade game you play in very short bursts. Pokemon Go, on the other hand, is meant to be walked around with where it becomes part of your regular activities.

This game has all the makings of a fad. The AR angle is new but this is simply Flappy Birds all over again.

by skc 10y ago

This game has all the makings of a fad. The AR angle is new but this is simply Flappy Birds all over again.

Not saying it's not a fad, but isn't it different in quite a number of ways? The Pokemon brand and geo coordinate aspects had all my friends ("core gamers", if you will, who would probably not have dreamed of playing flappy birds for fun) playing it all weekend.

bargl 10y ago
I'm into this game. It's fun, it gamifies walking and going to parks. I love that I can play this for a few minutes while walking my kid to the park, or while he's at the park playing. Is it perfect? Hell no, but I play it in spite of how popular it is. It is fun, engaging, rewards activities I want to do more (walk) and really doesn't work well in the house. My wife likes that I wanted to get out of the house more this weekend. Is it kinda sad that I need a videogame to make going outside fun for me? Yeah sorta, but that's who I am. EDIT: One final note. This game uses the Pokemon I played with as a kid. The ones I traded on cards and really leverages that nostalgia to make it something I want to do. I want to catch these specific pokemon because I've done it before. And it's more rewarding because I have to physically earn them too.

burkaman 10y ago

You don't think including a brand that has been globally popular for 20 years changes anything?

ythl 10y ago
I think the layman that is just jumping on the fad wagon will get bored of Pokemon Go within a month or two. The diehard Pokemon fans will continue playing, but I don't see how they can keep the hook in for long. It's like Pokemon Cards - they went from cards to practically currency back to cards within 6 months.
- theseoafs 10y ago
  The older members of my family didn't collect Pokemon cards 15 years ago, but all of them are playing Pokemon Go right now.

stronglikedan 10y ago

Flappy Bird is still more popular than I imagined. I went to Dave and Buster's for my nephew's birthday, and there was an arcade version of the game there, with a ~2' wide by ~4' tall screen. People were happily paying good money to repeatedly press the single button on the console. In fact, I was surprised to see quite a few popular mobile games offered up in arcade format there, with people playing them.

spike021 10y ago

I don't think this will be a fad. I've seen many people who are 'older' now get into playing Pokemon mostly because it strikes up the nostalgia factor. For many of us (people who experienced Pokemon in the '90s), being able to "become part of the world of Pokemon" was something that would have been quite awesome, and this game really allows that to become a thing. Saying it's a fad like Flappy Birds is a gross oversimplification. Also, the key difference between FB and Pokemon Go is that FB is meant more as an arcade game you play in very short bursts. Pokemon Go, on the other hand, is meant to be walked around with where it becomes part of your regular activities.