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Can someone explain to me the appeal of traditional Pokémon single player games? I get that the system has some more depth to it than it appears for the competi

Can someone explain to me the appeal of traditional Pokémon single player games? I get that the system has some more depth to it than it appears for the competitive scene, but I was always able to get through it without too much trouble as a dumbass kid. I feel like it must be a pretty boring game to play through a second time. Your ability to optimize is made less meaningful but the lack of opportunities to use well optimized teams, no? Presumably the randomized and nuzlocke and other challenges are meant to address it, but the design seems fundamentally pretty weak. And yet, probably a great fit for some sort of shorter roguelike genre.

Cloudef 4y ago
I mainly did this for fun and racing against friends. However your post is sort of funny considering emerald is one of the games in the series that actually has hard optional content (battle tower). The only other pokemon close to it are probably the stadium and colosseum games.
ajsnigrutin 4y ago
It was a pretty good rpg (mechanics wise) with a collect-them-all feature.. and it was meant for kids, so yeah.. that's it. Compared to other games from the time, it offered a lot of gameplay, a lot of posibilities and a lot of different tactics to beat the game. ...plus all the collecting.
squeaky-clean 4y ago
Games don't always have to be challenging to be fun. Pokemon is just a fun little adventure through an alternative world where most of life revolves around the (mostly) cute creatures that share the world with people. Also beating all the gym leaders is only half the game, don't forget you "gotta catch em all".
brailsafe 4y ago
The appeal for adults is lost on me, but as a kid it wasn't the challenge, just the adventure. I could go into school and have a conversation about where we are in the game, it took some time usually. Same as zelda, FF etc.. But ya now that I'm older I couldn't really imagine doing any of that. There are other games I would still do that with of course, but not Pokemon. It's a bit too cringe millennial

Cloudef 4y ago

I mainly did this for fun and racing against friends. However your post is sort of funny considering emerald is one of the games in the series that actually has hard optional content (battle tower). The only other pokemon close to it are probably the stadium and colosseum games.

ajsnigrutin 4y ago

It was a pretty good rpg (mechanics wise) with a collect-them-all feature.. and it was meant for kids, so yeah.. that's it. Compared to other games from the time, it offered a lot of gameplay, a lot of posibilities and a lot of different tactics to beat the game. ...plus all the collecting.

squeaky-clean 4y ago

Games don't always have to be challenging to be fun. Pokemon is just a fun little adventure through an alternative world where most of life revolves around the (mostly) cute creatures that share the world with people. Also beating all the gym leaders is only half the game, don't forget you "gotta catch em all".

brailsafe 4y ago

The appeal for adults is lost on me, but as a kid it wasn't the challenge, just the adventure. I could go into school and have a conversation about where we are in the game, it took some time usually. Same as zelda, FF etc.. But ya now that I'm older I couldn't really imagine doing any of that. There are other games I would still do that with of course, but not Pokemon. It's a bit too cringe millennial