It's not like there are 5 games in the world and pokemon is one of them. I can play countless games, and shame on me if I choose to buy and play the same game many times instead of the many awesome new games out there that are actually original and will offer me experiences I have not been through before.
No offence but I really don't care about your gaming preferences, Superman 64 can be your favorite game for all I care. However I do care about why you think playing Pokemon as an adult holds any shame?
So tell me. What exactly is so horrible about Pokemon?
Please. I'd like to hear a detailed explanation to see how much legitimacy your posts have.
Otherwise you're just another deluded person on the internet who thinks hating on games which have kiddish artstyle instantly makes you cool when in reality you're a submissive person with low self esteem.
For a start, re-read the post you just quoted. It's pretty good explanation, but I'll elaborate a little for your sake.
Pokemon represents some of the worst things about gaming - fans will buy rehashes like crazy, resulting in countless sequels which are essentially more of the same. It's all about the blind, zealous devotion, and I don't like that in gaming. Nintendo are releasing two versions of the same game and people buy right into it, a whole lot of them even buy them both! So Nintendo keep doing it. If you don't understand why that is disturbing to a normal gamer, I guess I can't help you even if I wrote a whole essay. I can't really blame Nintendo, every company likes to make money, but the fans are certainly to blame. People need to learn to vote with their wallets. Blind devotion has never, does not, and will never help gaming in any way.
As a game, Pokemon is certainly nothing special - the first time it was fun as a whole, I even played a couple more in hope for a new experience, but screw wasting my time playing more of them. There's just much better, more interesting stuff out there.
It's not about it being kiddy, even if that doesn't help its case (as trying to appeal to kids hurts important aspects of the game). But Mario is also kiddy, which, for instance, didn't stop 64 from being a vastly different experience in comparison to the previous games.
Like it or not, Pokemon is old news.
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