Nerdy McNerdface
Hmph
This is coming from the point of view of a girl in secondary school who only got into the franchise this year.
I find that Pokemon could be considered as dropping in popularity. For a start, the only adverts I saw on television for Pokemon were only appearing once or twice and were heavily aimed at boys, and were usually some Ash Ketchum thing - and I hated Ash before I even got into Pokemon, and I think this may have something to do with it. So already that's marketing - they're not advertising the games much on television. Then the catchphrase - Gotta Catch 'Em All! This catchphrase not only is becoming less appealing to kids (I've seen a whole bunch in my school who find it stupid), but it no longer captures *badum tss* what the franchise is anymore. There is plot. There are characters with substance. Then there is the fact that so many people can't be bothered to get a 3DS. I remember someone stating "oh they're stupid devices" one time. Also, feeding back to advertising, I knew Pokemon existed ages ago, but the only thing that made me want to play it was watching Dan from DanAndPhilGames playing Omega Ruby around December 2015 thinking, "huh. That's actually a good game. The music is cute, the graphics are cute, it looks like it gets cool later, I might as well get a 3DS for Christmas and save up for the game." Some people need to watch the game actually being played in order to understand what it is. You know what I find, though? It's a really odd point, but what made me click with Omega Ruby was when I played it with my friend during my first blind playthrough. We played from just after beating Roxanne to just after meeting Steven, and it was one of the best evenings of my life. I remember one of the first things that made me love Steven as a character was us, that evening, trying to find him. We rushed through every building in Dewford, and felt stupid when it turned out that all along we had to beat Brawly, but that was what made me laugh. This friend by the way I had only met a few months before. And also, Youtuber vs viewer livestreams that youtubers do are also ways of bringing people together. It's this bond that Pokemon creates with friends and NPCs that makes it one of my favourite franchises, and Pokemon is beginning to lose it - not because they're not trying - Multi Battles, Trade, etc - but because less people are finding out about the franchise, and so those who do have nobody to share this game with. All it feeds back into in my eyes are three things; the lack of game advertisement, the lack of people playing with friends and the "Pokemon is a kids game" idea. If the games were advertised more then more people would think it's worth a shot, and if those people play with friends more, then more would realise how fun it is and it might begin to creep back at the "Pokemon is a kids game" idea.
So that's my rant.
I find that Pokemon could be considered as dropping in popularity. For a start, the only adverts I saw on television for Pokemon were only appearing once or twice and were heavily aimed at boys, and were usually some Ash Ketchum thing - and I hated Ash before I even got into Pokemon, and I think this may have something to do with it. So already that's marketing - they're not advertising the games much on television. Then the catchphrase - Gotta Catch 'Em All! This catchphrase not only is becoming less appealing to kids (I've seen a whole bunch in my school who find it stupid), but it no longer captures *badum tss* what the franchise is anymore. There is plot. There are characters with substance. Then there is the fact that so many people can't be bothered to get a 3DS. I remember someone stating "oh they're stupid devices" one time. Also, feeding back to advertising, I knew Pokemon existed ages ago, but the only thing that made me want to play it was watching Dan from DanAndPhilGames playing Omega Ruby around December 2015 thinking, "huh. That's actually a good game. The music is cute, the graphics are cute, it looks like it gets cool later, I might as well get a 3DS for Christmas and save up for the game." Some people need to watch the game actually being played in order to understand what it is. You know what I find, though? It's a really odd point, but what made me click with Omega Ruby was when I played it with my friend during my first blind playthrough. We played from just after beating Roxanne to just after meeting Steven, and it was one of the best evenings of my life. I remember one of the first things that made me love Steven as a character was us, that evening, trying to find him. We rushed through every building in Dewford, and felt stupid when it turned out that all along we had to beat Brawly, but that was what made me laugh. This friend by the way I had only met a few months before. And also, Youtuber vs viewer livestreams that youtubers do are also ways of bringing people together. It's this bond that Pokemon creates with friends and NPCs that makes it one of my favourite franchises, and Pokemon is beginning to lose it - not because they're not trying - Multi Battles, Trade, etc - but because less people are finding out about the franchise, and so those who do have nobody to share this game with. All it feeds back into in my eyes are three things; the lack of game advertisement, the lack of people playing with friends and the "Pokemon is a kids game" idea. If the games were advertised more then more people would think it's worth a shot, and if those people play with friends more, then more would realise how fun it is and it might begin to creep back at the "Pokemon is a kids game" idea.
So that's my rant.
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