Just a fad. Most people are gonna forget about it soon when the next app comes along.
I mean, people said that about Pokemon when it first came out. Here we are now 20 years later.
Just a fad. Most people are gonna forget about it soon when the next app comes along.
Who would have guessed Pokemon will be the first thing that brought people of all gender, races, religion belief, social status and background together. Well done Nintendo, well done.
Maybe this will make Nintendo realize everyone fucking loves Pokemon. So, put all the old games on android and iOS and people will buy that shit up. Not everyone owns a 3DS, and most people aren't going to buy in just to play some old games they liked as a kid.
This is coming from someone who owns a 3DS too. Not port begging.
This is pretty amazing. From the looks of this thread and from what I've seen personally, it seems like EVERYBODY is playing this regardless of age. Even non-gamers are playing it. Looks like we may be on to something extraordinary here.
I've seen kids playing Red/Blue on their phones via emulator. There's a lot of money to be made there.
And it's not even out yet worldwide.
Not even out yet in Japan, the biggest market for mobile games.
It's not even getting advertised yet.
It's not even getting featured from Apple and Google yet.
Conan will have to have a segment on this eventually. There's no promotion yet. It's insane.
Oh yeah, there is no doubt there. A lot of my old friends love pokemon but grew out of it a long time ago. I know they'd buy mobile pokemon games just for the nostalgia. It's all about reaching a wider audience.
It comes down to this:
>$10 game + $0 phone they already own
vs
$10-$40 game + $180 handheld
The thing is, Nintendo could easily still keep the current gen Pokemon games exclusive to their handhelds. People who buy the old pokemon games on mobile might want to jump over to the handheld platform to get the new games, if they find out they love the old games as much as they remember.
I haven't seen anything like this since Wii Sports. It's insane.
This is crazy. It truly feels like we're on the late 90s with the Pokémon fever all over again. But this time, EVERYONE is playing it. On the late 90s, only the children were obsessed with Pokémon because they were the only ones with a Gameboy but today, everyone has a smarthphone and since the app is free, it only takes a few minutes to download it and try it out and it's there when people get hooked.
Quite the contrary my friend, this is just the beginning.Just a fad. Most people are gonna forget about it soon when the next app comes along.
People said the same exact thing when Pokemon became popular over 20 years ago. The irony with your statement is that this app made it incredibly popular again.Just a fad. Most people are gonna forget about it soon when the next app comes along.
The 3DS is kinda on its way out, soooo......So Sun/Moon are the last 3DS pokemon games.
I wonder how geocachers feel - because it's got a similar vibe.
While this technically isn't part of Nintendo's mobile initiative, their mobile games are mainly for raising awareness for their dedicated console/handheld games, not to replace them. And even then, a third party Nintendo wouldn't be the same Nintendo that we know now. Hell, the future of mainline Pokémon games would be in flux without Nintendo handhelds.I hope the success of Pokémon Go shows some people what Nintendo can actually achieve when they put their content on devices people actually own, instead of expecting potential customers to buy clunky, unappealing consoles first.
Nintendo needs to do more of this.
Why do we continually mention Nintendo when this is a hit done by The Pokémon Company and Niantic?
I actually tried to buy a decent smartphone just so I could play this game... and failed, because it was unable to pick up the GPS signal. Maaaaan I want to play it so bad.
I borrowed a friends phone, walked around, catched a rhydon, took down a gym with hitmonchan. I am sold.
is this a real PSA?
it's kind of insane how it both solidifies their base while expanding its reach to people far outside it. Pokemon are cool.
crazy that there's a new Pokemon game and it's not on any Nintendo systems
I'm having more fun playing Go than I did Pokemon X.
There I said it.
They really need to stabilize the places the game has launched first before moving to the other countries. People rushing them to release it everywhere need to calm down and wait. If they're going to do a global launch they need to do it right as I'm sure the success likely even caught them off guard
Shit's already spreading like wildfire in the areas where it hasn't officially launched. Downloading it from another region takes two minutes.
And servers have held up without a hitch all day.
Yeah all my like 30 year old friends are really into it. I just don't have the nostalgia for it. in the 90's I was playing golden eye and Diablo, didn't care about Pokemon. I was 10 and Pokemon seems like a young kids game.
Even still POKEMON GO is just POKEMON Snap 2016.
Yeah all my like 30 year old friends are really into it. I just don't have the nostalgia for it. in the 90's I was playing golden eye and Diablo, didn't care about Pokemon. I was 10 and Pokemon seems like a young kids game.
Even still POKEMON GO is just POKEMON Snap 2016.
#1: Where did you live where 10 year olds weren't playing pokemon when it came out?
#2: There is nothing wrong with it being Pokemon Snap 2016
I live in the UK this game is all over my Facebook feed from people Iddidn't expect to play this game. The thing is its not even out here in the UK Ihave no idea how ppeopleare playing this. I was curious to check it out but Google play shows not available in my region and I'm too lazy to find a workaround
My favorite part of this has been the "hardcore" Pokemon fans popping into every thread to assure everyone the game is garbage.
I hope the success of Pokémon Go shows some people what Nintendo can actually achieve when they put their content on devices people actually own, instead of expecting potential customers to buy clunky, unappealing consoles first.
Nintendo needs to do more of this.
I live in the UK this game is all over my Facebook feed from people Iddidn't expect to play this game. The thing is its not even out here in the UK Ihave no idea how ppeopleare playing this. I was curious to check it out but Google play shows not available in my region and I'm too lazy to find a workaround