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What would you do if pokemon didn't exist?

TheEliteEmpoleon

Well-Known Member
Like most others, I'd just play other games, mainly other Nintendo stuff. Also, I wouldn't spend an hour+ every day on a forum...
 

Hunter Zolomon

Into the Shadows
Staff member
Moderator
If Pokemon didn't exist i'm sure I would play other games. Before I started playing Pokemon, and watching Pokemon back in 1998 I played other games, and watched other shows such as Dragonball Z. I'm glad Pokemon does exist though because it's a very important piece of my childhood.
 

BugPokemonMaster316

Well-Known Member
If Pokémon didn't exist, I would have spent my money on other things rather than Pokémon cards, toys, games, etc.

I would probably be more into Magic or Yugioh. I'd also probably own a few more reptiles. I would also play other games more frequently, such as Zelda, Mario, and other Nintendo games. I would also listen to more music. Finally, I would not sit on my computer all day lol. I would also go to the gym more frequently.

Also, if it didn't exist I wouldn't be teased by the people at my school for liking it, but I really don't care what they think in the first place. Without it, I wouldn't have met many friends, whether it be via the internet or via tournaments.
 

MosuGoji

RIP Jared
BAR FIGHTS, BEER, PACIFIC RIM AND FISH SANDWHICHES

GETTING HIGH ON LIFE, B I T C H E S

caps
 

garretslarrity

Unova Champion
Well maybe I would have taken those 2,000 hours or so and would have become valedictorian worthy. And cure cancer while I'm at it.
 

Nyoah

The Dark Azure
i'd be a graduate with the best job in the world and happily married

jk
i'd be obsessed over something else
 

Dormant

I'M A TREE RAWR
Be easily bored. Pokemon is awesome, without it... Well I'll probably be obsessed with something else to be honest...
 

Spiteful Murkrow

Early Game Encounter
I dunno. I'd probably be less into RPGs than I am now. Pokemon was right up there along with Paper Mario in introducing the format for me.

Also, I'd have a few different friends online and at school. I've gotten to know quite a few people thanks to a shared love of Pokemon.
 
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Aura Of Twilight

Forever Clueless
Hmm...Well, pokemon was the first video game series I ever played, so either I'd find another obsession (like fire emblem) or not be much of a gamer at all.
 

ysmr97

Well-Known Member
Probably not be on the computer as much, since all I do is go on serebii, the forums, Pokememes, and Pokemon Showdown XD
 

Goggled Petilil

likes maids
I probably wouldn't have the friendly friends I have now. I don't even know if I would be making artwork if it wasn't for Pokemon. (I wouldn't even be saying Friendly Friends if it wasn't for Pokemon)
This is a though question, but my best guess is that I would be playing Mario or Legend of Zelda all day...
 

R2J

R.I.P #31
Well I wouldn't be on this site for one thing. And I would be collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards instead. But I'm glad it does exist so I can't meet so many people and play the games.
 

XDCOMPLETE

Egg-Cracker
Not play Pokémon? I don't know how to answer this question, if it didn't exist I wouldn't care that it didn't since I wouldn't know about it at all. It's not like I spend my life playing on my DS, played the ----out of my Gameboy as a kid but obviously I'd be doing something else excessively.
 

mudkip master

Surf's up Mudkip
As Pokemon has the honor of being the first foray of mine into video games, I think i can safely say that without it my interests and hobbies may not have evolved in the way in which they did. I could have just as easily gotten a Playstation instead of a Nintendo 64 when I was younger and if that were to have happened I could have gotten into a completely different set of genres to those i enjoy today. Thus, while i do not know exactly what changes that may have happened to me I feel that they could easily be quite large and life changing. In respect to the friends I would make while talking about such things at school.
 

Z-nogyroP

whoa whats that
I would be a productive member of society.

















































































Nah, just kidding. I'd probably still be obsessed with dinosaurs and other prehistoric dinosaurs, raging at people for calling Pteranodon a flying dinosaur, and drawing hipster dinosaurs like Xianglong and Homalocephale.
 
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