"The current obsession with nostalgia and remake culture is easy to understand when you realize that it's a symptom of a culture that isn't allowed to imagine a future."

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[+] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org -16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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[–] switchboard_pete@fedia.io 20 points 2 weeks ago

absolute population growing
share of population with feasible access to pokemon-compatible consoles growing
share of population who see video games as a legitimate pastime growing

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Presumably because they are continually picking up new players from younger age groups while retaining many older players, but I don't really have any interest in those games so I don't know much about them. I'm not really seeing how this directly relates to my comment, either.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Scarlet and Violet may only run at 10FPS and there are plenty of other flaws, but it's still a ton of fun. And those are sequels, not remakes. The gameplay is a dramatic shift from everything the mainline series has done before.

Legends Arceus has performance issues too, but was was critically acclaimed.

As for the remakes, they're generally pretty good upgrades. Gen 1 has really aged poorly, but FRLG are fantastic. I never liked Diamond or Pearl, but BDSP were really solid and fixed almost everything they could without making fundamental changes to the game. I'm really hoping they re-make Gen 5 because those are my favorite and they are stuck on the DS- my adult hands can't handle holding something that small for hours on end.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago

Clodsire alone proves your entire premise is incorrect.

He is a friend shaped ferry fish ðat only knows how to love!