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Got to love Hacker News! Fastest downloading app of all time, global phenomenon, absolute zeitgeist..."The execution has been rather poor."

• Karunamon 10y ago
  "Worse is Better" in action? :)
• kin 10y ago
  You have to admit they're lucky we love Pokemon so much that we're willing to tolerate restarting the game every 2 minutes to continue playing the game. I'm on HN. When I say execution is poor, I'm referring to their technical execution. In terms of game design, as someone who puts in several hours a day into the game, the execution is of course great.
• bllguo 10y ago
  > Fastest downloading app of all time, global phenomenon, absolute zeitgeist All three of which can be attributed in large part to the Pokemon IP, rather than any other characteristic of the game.
  • Keyframe 10y ago
    You're saying that like Nintendo had nothing to do with making that IP what it is in the first place.
    • goldenkey 10y ago
      Nintendo did. Not Niantec