PokemonIt occured to me that I stopped liking Pokémon a while ago. Sure we all grow up eventually, but it was a big part of my childhood, you know? I was literally part of the first Pokemon generation, if you could call it that. The anime show still rocked, we’d all play the games on our Game Boys, we’d collect the cards even though we had no idea how to play… and we were so excited about the first movie that we went and saw it three times… Pokemon was our world.

The last Pokemon game I finished was Sapphire for the GBA. Recently I tried playing Pokemon Platinum for the DS, but I couldn’t play it anymore. It felt like I had all done it before… Like I was playing the same game for the second time. Sure enough, when you look at the formula behind Pokemon you can tell it’s barely been changed. They’ve only added minor additions such as dual battles and the sort. Of course there isn’t anything wrong with that, but haven’t you been inching to play Pokemon in 3D? I’m talking about a real 3D RPG, much like the 2D games. It worked with Zelda and Mario, so why wouldn’t it work with Pokemon? And no, I don’t mean that Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness shit where you steal them off other trainers only to purify them.

Ugh, the anime pretty much went downhill after people found out it was as shallow as the Zelda CDi games. It’s basically the same deal episode after episode. Ash is on the road and finds a person/pokemon in troube while team Rocket wants to steal Pikachu for the millionth time. Bear in mind that the first season was all right though, especially when you’re younger. The first movie was pretty awesome in that regard as well, but the second and third were a bit worse… and after that it followed the anime downhill where they now both live as homeless people looking for attention. The trading card game I never really cared about, so I can’t vouch for that.

Perhaps I’m getting too old… I see people talk about this IV stuff, but I’ve never even used that before. The biggest addition to the series yet, online, doesn’t excite me either. It almost seems as if Nintendo is becoming lazier and lazier. They release the games like this now:

Release new game in two versions > Release a special third version > Release remake of an earlier game

Don’t take this post too seriously, by the way. It’s just a small rant that’s been on my mind for a while. I’m hoping Soul Silver and Heart Gold will be good since I loved the GBC versions of those. What’s your opinion on this matter? Do you still like Pokémon?