Do you think Pokemon will start dying once the boomers grow out of nostalgia and all the current kids see the modern...

No way. The core concept of Pokémon is fundamentally appealing.
Sonic has not had a good 3D game in nearly 20 years yet the franchise is still around, because something about its concept and character design is still appealing.

Generations was good though

You might not realize it since you spend all your time on sites populated by adults but the bulk of Pokemon's sales are still with kids

I doubt people will grow out of the nostalgia. Old SW fans still watch the movies.

>i dislike new pokemon therefore they are bad!
looks like the nostalgia is actually affecting you

I was born in 92 and I never had a gameboy until the gameboy advance. All my experience came from seeing others play and watching the anime every now and then. Even then, I didn't have any pokemon games. My first one was Pokemon MD Red Rescue Team. I'd also play gens 1 and 2 emulated at my cousin's house every now and then. I learned how to emulate to play through the first four gens and Pokemon White was the first game I actually owned. But I can't remember which game I beat first since I'd play a bunch of them at once. Since then, I've bought and enjoyed every new mainline game.

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Japan loves HK

>Implying Detective Pikachu isn't going to introduce more zoomers to the games

I’m 20. First game was Diamond. Been recently playing Yellow lately and I love it

I didn't start playing Pokemon until age 33 last year. I dismissed gen 1 as too simplistic and childish when it came out, but they are fun relaxing games to play when the day winds down.

No.

Thanks for the replies. Interesting to see how the younger generation feels and thinks. My nieces don't play games, though the oldest (20) played Go when it first came out and gave up about a week later (not too surprising, she's a bit of a valley girl). Youngest (14) played a bit of Rumble with me once on the Wii, and was pretty bad at it (of course she was 4 when she played it), but she still casually knows a little about it through the youtube ecelebs she likes.

>and all the current kids see the modern games for what they truly are, SHIT?
So no different from the old ones?

Considering Gen VIII will be the first set of games not on an affordable handheld I don't really know what will happen. Parents always had the option of getting their kids a cheap little slab 2DS, but the Switch is a major purchase.

I'm curious on how it's going to affect the franchise sales. If nothing more, I see it boosting Let's Go Pikachu sales (since I think some kids will wonder "who the fuck is Eevee?") and maybe boost the total number of players for Go itself for about a week. No telling how it will affect Sword and Shield preorders or anything else though.

The fuck is a valley girl

I fucking wish that Pokemon would die already, but it's not going to happen anytime soon. People need to move on already.

Gold all the way up until Sun. I honestly don't know if I can go back to Pokemon games anymore because of how hard I'm burnt out on them. I just wish people would wake the fuck up and stop acting like mindless drones for this godawful series. It's so fucking irredeemable and shitty now.
>B-BUT DA WAIFUS XD
>B-BUT AREN'T THESE UGLY NEW STARTERS HELLA CUTE? XD
Shoot yourself in the head.

>the generation that is the cornerstone of mobile gaming
>see games for what they truly are
you wot OP

>and all current kids see the modern games for what they truly are, SHIT?
When you grow up with shit like fortnite you aren't going to magically become more aware of trash as you age

First game was emerald and diamond, I've beaten every single pokemon generation, and gen 2 is by far my favorite. Didn't play any of the spin offs though besides pokemon go

Interesting point. I imagine that they might have a sales spike at black friday/christmas, but this might also apply for 2DS and Gen 7 games (even Gen 6 if it can still be found in supermarkets like walmart, target, JB Hi-Fi, etc.) as well, since some parents might manage to convince their kids that they should beat those first and then they can get the Switch and Gen8. LGPE might also have a minor sale (since this is still both Nintendo and Pokemon we're talking about) around Black Friday even if SS doesn't.

An american galko.

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I'm 21, but I did play Red first since I grew up with hand-me-downs (GBC and N64). I've beaten every mainline game except for Ruby/Sapphire (couldn't pass the E4 as a kid) and Black/White (lost the cartridge), I'll occasionally listen to the music for the originals, but I can't say I've ever replayed any Pokemon game except for Explorers of Sky, I usually put in 100-300 hours then drop the version forever. I do enjoy every mainline Pokemon release, and although X and Y was my least favorite from an enjoyment perspective, I can acknowledge that Gen 1 and 2 games are outdated as fuck and that I'd probably hate going through the game nowadays.

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Is this some sort of Plato allegory?

dude let me fix that gender demographic for you

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if it makes my statement sound smarter then yes

Pokemon is bigger

i was born a few years before your timeframe, but i'll answer anyway.
yellow was my first pokemon game. i still think gen 1 is trash, gens 4 and 5 are the peak of the series, and explorers of sky is the best overall game in the series, because i'm not a manchild who cares about nostalgia instead of objective quality. i also prefer smt and digimon over pokemon in its own genre.

Honestly I think they're hedging their bets on nostalgia carrying the entire 8th gen, the Switch seems like a bigger deal to millennial parents than it does to kids. If Sword and Shield doesn't meet expectations I expect we'll be seeing the successor to the 3DS sooner rather than later.

No. A new generation of ignorant children will replace the current ones.

Parts of Unleashed, Colors, and Generations were good. Before that there hadn't been a good 3D game.

even star wars fans grew a spine and stopped supporting shitty movies. most pokemon fans see nothing wrong with game freak's shit.

I played yellow once and i quit around the 6th gym, a year or so later I tried replaying fire red, but I quit around the same time.
My first game was pokemon colosseum.
I only really replay and actually finish gen IV or V games, everything before that I quit halfway through and I never even thought of replaying anything gen 6 or 7.
Never played gen2 though outside of HGSS.
Not that I replay pokemon games often, it's just the only pokemon games I have replayed and finished are from gen IV and V.
I just really like the bigger movepool, phys/special split and the postgames since I usually challenge the PWT and Battle frontier as well.

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>late 90s to 2001
I guess I stayed here longer than everyone else was supposed to. RBY for me but I never bothered to play MD and certainly won't ever play Ranger because that shit destroys DS screens.

the reason why you think the new gens are shit is because the Pokemon company knows that they should only care about child audiences and usually disregard neckbeards that are too old for it. You might not like it but little timmy does and that's all that matters and should matter.

seriously gen-wunners are growing a bit too arrogant after the gen 3 and Let's go remakes.

Fun fact and you may not know this, but they are games designed for small children.

One little purse was all it took.

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>It's so fucking irredeemable and shitty now.
>>B-BUT DA WAIFUS XD
>>B-BUT AREN'T THESE UGLY NEW STARTERS HELLA CUTE? XD
>Shoot yourself in the head.
I don't think anyone disagrees with you saying that pokemon has become irredeemable trash though.
Most anons like to jerk it to the girls, but that doesn't mean they like their games.
Only real debate is when it turned to trash and which gens were the best.

Let's not forget shit like this though.
>15 million yen / $152585 US

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>Only real debate is when it turned to trash
XY.
There.
Debate over.

XY its not that hard dude.

LGPE already proved that isnt much of an issue. Whatever profits they lose from less sales due it being on a 300 dollar device, they gain from the games being sold for $60 more, never mind the $50 plastic joycon acessory.
And if (WHEN) they release a cheaper version of the Switch, regaining that poorfag market, AND keep the $60 game pricetag gen 8 is going to be the most profitable gen, regardless of how much less it sells.

The only people pretending pokemon is some kind if crime against mankind are insane drama queens on here like this idiot
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The kids will grow up and nostalgia will keep Pokemon alive forever

Based.
Faggots will fight you saying that it turned to trash during gen 4/5 or if they are really delusional gen 3, but you're right.

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Nah its a shitty phone game, the numbers are probably correct. Women are fucking drawn to mobile garbage for some reason

>won't ever play Ranger because that shit destroys DS screens.
I heard the sequels were better about that, but even still, I remember the stories about the original, even on Yea Forums.
>dude just get a screen protector, lmao

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You are right. For some reason there is a weird intersectionality with the trans and pokemon community. also that and furries. It seems pokemon brings out the worst in people.

Ruby and sapphire were kinnda weak but emerald put it right. XY was death though because there hasnt been a good pokemon game starting with them. Is USUM worth playing at all? My last game was black 2.

I don't blame your older cousin. I've played Gens 1-6 and gave up on Go after like two weeks. There just wasn't much to do beyond catching, and battling sucked.

ORAS for me. XY was pretty good. The only issue I had was the story and characters were pretty weak.
But the gameplay was the most fun it's ever been, first time battling actually felt dynamic and fun. Wish they didn't get rid of the full 3D battles in later titles.

>My first game was pokemon colosseum.

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Pokemon actively makes the video game industry worse as a whole just by existing.

>I never bothered to play MD
You should though if you liked the franchise.
It's probably the best spinoff game in the franchise.
Those furry simulators had absolutely no right to be as good as they were.
Top notch OST as well.
youtube.com/watch?v=OwmtH6wfN5s
youtube.com/watch?v=vH6jNIEuG6w
youtube.com/watch?v=fsaFingSYp4

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Based and orre pilled.
Wes was the coolest MC and he had the sickest back story.

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Just diesel my shit up.

Yeah, yeah. It also burned our crops, poisoned our water supply, and delivered plauges upon our houses.

Pokemon will never die out my 7 year old nephew likes Pokemon and he has boomer tastes.

Born in '95. First game was Blue, on an emulator, when I was 3.
Played and beat:
>Gen 1: Red, Blue, Yellow, Stadium, Puzzle League, Hey You Pikachu, Snap, Pinball, TCG
>Gen 2: Gold, Silver, Crystal, Stadium 2, Puzzle Challenge
>Gen 3: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red, Colosseum, XD, Blue Rescue Team, Channel, Pinball RS
>Gen 4: Diamond, Platinum, Soul Silver, Explorers of Time
>Gen 5: Black, White 2
>Gen 6: Y, Alpha Sapphire
>Gen 7: Sun, Ultra Moon, Pokken DX

Are all the MDs worth playing or is it just version differences like Ruby/Sapphire?

At least play the best versions of each gen.
Time and Darkness are pretty pointless after Sky.
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Mystery_Dungeon:_Explorers_of_Sky

All of them are worth playing.
I heard that the gameplay of gates is kinda shitty, but still has a great narrative, but gates is the only one I haven't played myself.
Only the first 2 sets of games had multiple version.
The first games were red rescue team and blue rescue team which were the same game, but the former was for GBA while the latter was for DS.
The there is Explorers of time/darkness which were both the exact same game there was no difference between even for pokemon standards, but they are both obsolete because they made a third version called skies which had more content in the maingame and it had 5 new mini campaigns were you take control of a few of the NPCs with their own selfcontained story where you get to know them better.
After that they dropped the versions shit and just made it one game which was gates which I already mentioned and super mystery dungeon.
Super has probably the best gameplay in the series, but it has pacing issues with the story other than that great gameplay and tons of postgame stuff it's also the hardest game to date.
You can start with the original, but if you had to play 1 on
If you had to play atleast one of them I would recommend explorers of the sky.

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Play Blue and then play Sky.

My dick almost died fapping to Dawn for all these years

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You realize how many came in at gen 3? It'll take fucking decades.
Top grossing franchise and the best we get from it nowadays isn't even from Gamefreak.

Yes. If they keep on pandering to newborn babies with no hands there will be no one left eventually.

First was Pearl, later played all of Gen III as well as Crystal and Blue.
Gen III was as good as four, as far as I cared, but the first Gens weren't quite as good.

I thought I was the only one. I was a kid who only watched the anime and barely knew the 3rd gen ones. When I played Colosseum, it was an amazing experience seeing Pokemon I didn't recognize and starting off with an Espeon/Umbreon

There's nothing wrong with fucking Pokemon

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I need more fug, never seen this one before

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I don't like that blasphemous image you posted of fug

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Fug is for marrying humans