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The dreaded question asked to every millenial. "Do you still have your old pokemon cards?" (lemmy.world)
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[–] hyperhopper@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wasn’t arguing that the new games are good (they aren’t),

This is exactly what I would consider "in the toilet" to mean, though.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Given that "in the toilet" isn't exactly a rigidly defined term, I certainly can't tell you that your definition of it is objectively wrong

I'd point out again though that you and I (I'm assuming from your comments that you're an adult who grew up with "old school" pokemon games) are not their target audience. It's a children's video game, and it's built and marketed for them, not us. And the fact is, that as far as I can tell (based off anecdotal experience with kids I know, and from sales numbers) the modern pokemon games are still a huge hit with kids.

In my experience, most people who get really worked up about the modern pokemon games are expecting them to be built with adult hardcore fans in mind (people complaining about a lack of competitive features or "end-game content", for example) - but the fact is that adult hardcore fans make up a tiny percentage of their actual market, and most adults buying pokemon games are buying them for their kids