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"But I think that the reason a lot of non-nerds cared so much about pokemon go is that pokemon still meant the same thing to them as it did 10 years ago. " My
by fsloth 10y ago
"But I think that the reason a lot of non-nerds cared so much about pokemon go is that pokemon still meant the same thing to them as it did 10 years ago. "
My kids were aware of Pokemon before the GO from the cartoon series but were not terribly enthusiastic about them. They went like nuts for the Pokemon GO game. Anecdotally, it's not just the brand, but the game itself which people feel enticing.
- pjc50 10y agoThe game is a real flagship for "compelling idea badly implemented". It doesn't run on quite a lot of Android phones, it's really resource hungry and prone to crashing, the Pokemon location system has never really worked, and the only interaction between players is indirectly at the gyms. And yet it's still compelling enough to play. And I mean play, rather than sink microtransaction money into like the big money mobile games.
- vidarh 10y agoMy son went the other way - lost interest in the game within half an hour, but found clips on Youtube and got hooked on the series and now want the older games.