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Even if it involves interacting with the real world, I've always found Pokemon Go (and other Pokemon games) kind of brutal: basically capturing animals and maki
by ineedasername 5y ago
Even if it involves interacting with the real world, I've always found Pokemon Go (and other Pokemon games) kind of brutal: basically capturing animals and making them fight until incapacitated. People go to jail for that sort of thing in real life.
Of course there are plenty of game where you do things that would be illegal: GTA built an empire on it. But Pokemon is marketed towards kids.
- klyrs 5y agoThe Detective Pikachu movie is actually premised on the recognition that battling Pokémon against their will is unethical. It's kinda strange to have that as canon, when the entire rest of the franchise encourages you to battle them and the games provide zero alternative. On the other hand... I think your concern here is just about the worst example of pearl-clutching over video game violence that I've seen. Kids don't have a problem sorting fact from fiction when capturing Pokémon involves throwing a ball at them and the Pokémon somehow becoming entrapped within.
- ineedasername 5y agoI doubt kids are getting anything bad out of the games, not clutching my pearls here. It just always seemed like a weird premise for a kids game. Then again Mario went around killing turtles. Maybe Bowser was the tragic hero there.
- krapp 5y ago>Then again Mario went around killing turtles. Maybe Bowser was the tragic hero there. Wait until you find out about the bricks...
- Stampo00 5y agoThis is only a rumor, but I've heard that collecting and fighting beetles and other insects is not an unusual pastime for many young Japanese boys.
- klyrs 5y agoNot just boys, not just Japanese... I did this with ants long before the Pokémon franchise was created.
- smabie 5y agoYeah pokemon deeply damaged me as a kid. unacceptable
- ineedasername 5y agoYes, I can see the signs: you probably breed & fight pitbulls right?