Twilight Princess
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This stupid fad needs to end.
so servers will be stable enough for me to play.
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To Far Away Times
Member
I've crossed paths with so many people playing this it's kind of hilarious.
It really is as big a cultural event as Red/Blue. Maybe even more so. It's amazing.
It really is as big a cultural event as Red/Blue. Maybe even more so. It's amazing.
This is insane.
Granted I live near a university campus, so seeing people walking around trying to catch Pokemon isn't that surprising, but I was not expecting this much.
There is a gym on campus too, and I can see a lot of people just hanging around trying to challenge it.
Thing is, it hasn't even officially released here in the UK yet, however I know of people who can't even figure out how to lower the brightness of their smart, and yet here they are managing to download the correct files, package and following methods to get the game and join in...some of them never even played Pokemon before.
If this manages to keep up and improve, its gonna blow up even more. Just imagine, once the rest of the gens get added.
Granted I live near a university campus, so seeing people walking around trying to catch Pokemon isn't that surprising, but I was not expecting this much.
There is a gym on campus too, and I can see a lot of people just hanging around trying to challenge it.
Thing is, it hasn't even officially released here in the UK yet, however I know of people who can't even figure out how to lower the brightness of their smart, and yet here they are managing to download the correct files, package and following methods to get the game and join in...some of them never even played Pokemon before.
If this manages to keep up and improve, its gonna blow up even more. Just imagine, once the rest of the gens get added.
Yes. Nintendo does as fsr as I understand it own about half of the Pokemon Company due to them owning shares in TPC, and in Game Freak and Creatures Inc. who are the other companies that have shares in TPC.
Plus Iwata was one of the main originators for the concept of Pokemon Go.
Awesome!
Petrae
Member
...down a manhole
...into a fountain
...down a flight of stairs
Society will do plenty more falling playing Pokémon GO, just as we've seen with people being so engaged in their phones that they lose all spatial awareness.
holy shit i cant breathe...
DeployThatPizza
Member
I went for a walk last night and saw a group of guys standing around a Pokestop with a lure activated. On my way back, I saw a group of other people trying to catch Pokemon.
Megalosaro
Banned
Same thing Op. My entire office has been pokemonng all afternoon
Soon there will be a pics and then a new meme will be born.
Little Monser
Banned
The fact that Pokeslay stays winning 20+ years after its conception and people are still reaching calling it a 'fad' and 'over'
Stay pressED haters
Pokemon stays winning
Stay pressED haters
Pokemon stays winning
The fact that Pokeslay stays winning 20+ years after its conception and people are still reaching calling it a 'fad' and 'over'
Stay pressED haters
Pokemon stays winning
Pokemon:Minecraft::Lebron James:Stephen Curry ?
Is this another mass compulsion like when everybody was playing Candy Crush? Are people even asking themselves why they're doing this? Let me guess, this is all fueled by the need to 1-up ones friends and say you have some digital trinket they don't and in the end, catching every Pokemon in GO gets you nothing good. Am I right?
Sounds like Pokemon to me
IdreamofHIME
Member
Release it in the UK!!!
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;_;
These folks seem to have a fine reason to play:
http://www.attn.com/stories/9779/po...twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=internal
Crazyorloco
Member
Yup, with all the negative news last week -Pokemon Go was needed. I love that literally everyone is playing this, meeting, making events, going out together.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
I think a lot of people were thinking Virtual Reality was the next big thing in gaming, but I wonder if it's actually GPS-based Augmented Reality.
Just got back from going out with my brother for a bit to find Pokestops. Turns out, there's a TON at this store down the street so we went there. Right outside there's 3 of them all gathered together.
Had plenty of people walking up and playing it. A group of people were sitting around in the shade nearby, one guy with his phone plugged in talking to a stranger about where to find a Snorlax.
I've seen kids as young as 10 and adults 40+ playing it today in a span of a few hours. It was fun to watch how many were playing it on top of the game, and try to find if someone was playing it or not. Definitely crazy.
Had plenty of people walking up and playing it. A group of people were sitting around in the shade nearby, one guy with his phone plugged in talking to a stranger about where to find a Snorlax.
I've seen kids as young as 10 and adults 40+ playing it today in a span of a few hours. It was fun to watch how many were playing it on top of the game, and try to find if someone was playing it or not. Definitely crazy.
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Man, I really hope the fever has legs and continues to last a while.
thestopsign
Member
I was at an airport restaurant last night and 4 middle aged (maybe 30 to 35 years old) black waitresses were all talking about what Pokemon they had found along the terminal. Definitely not the image I had when I imagined Pokemon enthusiasts. It's great to see.
The only way this will have legs is trading and battling.
Make it strictly local trading and battling to keep the social and Go aspect of the game.
If they do this while it's still hot this will get huge
Then they can start adding features like petting ur Pokemon in AR etc taking and sharing photos or your Pokémon collection in AR.
Make it strictly local trading and battling to keep the social and Go aspect of the game.
If they do this while it's still hot this will get huge
Then they can start adding features like petting ur Pokemon in AR etc taking and sharing photos or your Pokémon collection in AR.
What! That is not middle age.
right. that legit shook me to read.
This exactly a million times over. No one can justify with numbers that a 3rd party Nintendo's IP would sale better on a Sony platform... If most people that own these consoles buy 3rd party games, guess what they are going to buy over Nintendo software? People shouldn't be to caught off guard that Pokémon GO is doing so well on mobile, after all you naysayers have been exclaiming for years now how the casual market left the Wii for mobile. So Nintendo going to that same market to leverage their more easy to play titles are sure to be a big hit with casual players!
Hey that's me in the bright red jacket at the front of the Sydney group shot! Shit's insane. Everywhere I go, people are playing it. Businessmen and women, kids, teens, 20's and 30's. Hell, just this morning at 8am when I was walking to work, there were lures in Sydney EVERYWHERE. Like holy shit, we're all going to work and people are still slapping lures in hopes of more Pokemon.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
I for once was always team Augmented Reality. Wish it is a point of Nintendo NX (mobile).
TwiztidElf
Member
^
This game is removing the teenage "Pokemon is for kids stigma". My kids tell me everyone at their high school are playing it.
joecanada
Member
It actually sounds pretty fun but I'm kinda confused by the hype. I was out in Vancouver all weekend, three festivals, soccer game, expo , and didn't even know this was out until came back to GAF tonight
Trading and battling was a part of the original plan/trailer, so I'm sure it's coming. How fast they can get it out is the question.
Not work for me but in class. Trying to get my A+ and Microsoft Office Specialist Excel.
This guy had Pokemon stuff up on his laptop. The teacher asked him to bring him his laptop, I was like uh oh dude is done for.
Apparently teacher was giving him pointers and they were bouncing ideas off each other. Dude was on a Reddit page and a few others I never heard of before.
All for Pokemon.
I remember the last time I said ...I dont get it....I became addicted to Minecraft and Terraria..... and now Starbound. Will Pokemon grab me in its clutches too?
This guy had Pokemon stuff up on his laptop. The teacher asked him to bring him his laptop, I was like uh oh dude is done for.
Apparently teacher was giving him pointers and they were bouncing ideas off each other. Dude was on a Reddit page and a few others I never heard of before.
All for Pokemon.
I remember the last time I said ...I dont get it....I became addicted to Minecraft and Terraria..... and now Starbound. Will Pokemon grab me in its clutches too?
CosmicQueso
Member
There's a gym just outside the building. A bunch of people have been outside since 11 for "lunch".
Art Vandilay
Member
This guy in his mid-20s was standing in the middle of the street trying to catch one in my neighbor's yard. A car was sitting there just waiting for him to get out of the street and he didn't even notice. I couldn't help but laugh hysterically since I knew what he was up to, but people really should be more aware of their surroundings while playing.
My wife was unloading groceries from the car and left our garage open. She heard someone yell "YES! I caught it!" Three high school kids parked in front of our yard to catch an Ivysaur. She ran out, and they thought she would be mad...nope, wanted to know what they caught, then she opened her app up and thanked them for the tip.
My wife hates video games, y'all. We both play this...and she's already outleveled me.
Good news for me is that there's a gym and a Pokéstop at my office.
My wife hates video games, y'all. We both play this...and she's already outleveled me.
Good news for me is that there's a gym and a Pokéstop at my office.
Mobile gamers are hardcore.
Welp....if Nintendo was looking to recapture that Wii audience...
It will be on mobile. Not home or handheld consoles. Considering many say thats where the audience went anyway its not a bad idea.
Calamari41
41 > 38
TFW my phone can't run it
There must have been a pokemon living in my front yard because I watched a dude walking a dog stop in his tracks, wander to my apple tree with his phone out and catch something. Wonder what it was. I'm glad I knew what he was doing as he looked kinda like a creeper hahaha
Dogs across the country are thankful for the sudden spate of extra walks, but confused as hell about why they keep having to stop.
Dude. You're on a video game message board. The entire hobby is that. Lighten up a bit and have some fun