Please let me vent this here.
I'm no Pokemon hater. Born in the late 80s, recently played 5th and 6th gen doubles and triples competitively.
Holy fuck is this shit retarded. Combat is literally poking the screen with your figer.
>people walking around like zombies, literally driving around parking lots looking at their phones
>I was running in the park (yes suspend your disbelief) and an employee on an ATV was driving on the sidewalk playing it
I can't wait for this shit to die
Thanks
because posting here is so much better
faggot
>people walking around like zombies, literally driving around parking lots looking at their phones
This has literally been the case since smartphones became popular, it's hardly a new sensation
>This free dumb phone game that's not meant to be like the real games isn't like the real games!
>The real games stopped existing when GO came out so I can't play them anymore!
>>344918891
>The Pokemon games have all been basically the same since Gen 1! They've never overhauled the base concepts or mechanics, so it got boring.
>"How about we strip away literally every single mechanic besides capturing, move all the pokemon's stats into one single generic power stat, cut out 80% of the pokemon, and make it freemium with microtransactions?"
>OMG YES MY CHILDHOOD I LOVE YOU NINTENDO LET ME SUCK YOUR COCK
Why are people so retarded?
>>344918891
look on the bright side. A bunch of dipshits are getting seriously injured and possibly killed wandering around playing this game.
Darwinism and the like.
>>344918891
Pokemon Go is made for le 90s kids hipsters who don't actually like Pokemon.
>>344919503
>Pokemon GO is part of the main series of Pokemon games
Surely you're not this stupid, anon.
>>344919503
You forgot the part where the grind is worse than any korean MMO could dream of
>400 candies to evolve a magikarp
Literally first time I post in a GO thread. I need a solid answer RIGHT NOW.
Do I download this shit right now or just wait for Moon. I feel like I'm falling behind everyone else even though I didn't want to play this shit
>>344920056
Go is more of a social app than a game. If you're fine with that, go ahead and get it since its free.
>>344920056
Does being out of the house playing on your phone sound good to you?
>yes
Play it
>no
Don't play it
>>344920056
there's not much to do it's basically who can play this game more wins. That aside it is fun to go around catching them and seeing what other pokemon people have stationed at gyms.
>>344920056
What the fuck is this autism? Why would you have to choose one of then, not both?
Jesus Christ just kill yourself
>>344920056
it's free, so there's no reason to not at least try it out.
Also it's not a regular Pokemon game in any way, and will absolutely not serve as a suitable replacement for Sun or Moon.
>>344920002
50. Not 400.
>>344918891
>employee on an atv
so what hick city do you live in anon? bang any cousins today?
>>344920002
>Cherrypicked example which has the highest minimum power
The rest evolve with 100 candies at most which is 25 of a pokemon, not to mention getting a large amount of candies when hatching eggs.
>>344918891
Every thread is a hate thread. It's not going away until next month, just accept it and wait it out you fucking baby.
>>344920537
Magikarp is 400, but that's because gyarados has a minimum of 1500 cp
>>344920056
Basically what it comes down to is, do you like collecting and leveling pokemon through battles (main games) or do you just like collecting pokemon with friends irl (go, battles aren't worth mentioning).
>>344919840
This.
Everyone I've talked to playing this know the starters and Pikachu, that's it.
Kids driving around playing this game piss me off so much. Just fucking take a walk you lazy shits.
>>344920896
I feel like a walking pokedex. My friend last night literally ran up to me and my other buddy (among 20 or so people) screaming, "DUDE THERE IS A CATERPILLAR (he meant caterpie) OVER THERE!". The disgust from just about every long term pokemon fan was palpable.
>>344918891
I mostly agree. I hate to go "I need to see your gamer ID to see if you're a REAL fan", but this is getting ridiculous.
>>344920326
>>344920352
>>344920385
>>344920502
>>344920843
Thank you for your collective input kind sirs.
>>344920467
Ayy bruh real talk shut the fuck up 'fore I smack the shit outta you.
>>344919840
>tfw ive never played a pokemon game but like pokemon go
I want good pokemon too but all I get is FUCKING DROWZEES WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Ingress is a better game
>>344921075
Its about 99% easier and afster to get pokemon by driving than walking, though. They need to increase find rate when going slow
>>344921403
I can agree with this, I mean going to a popular shopping center where people drop tons of lures can net you fuck tons of pokemon for literally sitting on your ass. But walking seems like a terrible alternative to driving down main streets (NOT FREEWAYS) and/or riding a bike through a park at medium speed. The rewards are completely disproportionate.
>>344921379
No one will debate you. But that's only because no one gives a fuck.
>heading to mall with friend to see if there are any pokemon go lures down.
>drive by park with 3 lures active ontop of eachother.
>It's a fucking playground with a bunch of little kids there and their parents.
".... Yeah I aint going to jail for this shit"
>http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/vgm/5677880161.html
Why is this allowed?
>>344921597
>>344921403
I don't think that was the intended point of the game though. Hell, even the eggs slow down their hatch time when you're going too fast.
Every trailer featured someone walking, skating, or something of the likes. The app seems to be developed and worked around being a fitness app. Fuck the driving fags
>>344918891
You're missing the point. It's not about the battle system. It's more about the fact that it's a social app. The best done apparently.
>looking at their phones
You are fucking retarded OP. The phone functions like a recording camera
Take your pills, Grandpa.
>>344922216
I'm more amazed that people are so retarded they need pokemon to help them socializing.
>>344918891
>Walking my dog outside through the words
>really not feeling it that night so
>Just Browsing /v/ while walking around
>notice there's a lot more people around than usual
>"HEY are you playing pokemon GO?"
>"N-no... just browsing my phone."
>"You don't need to hide it, we all are"
>"Uh okay but I'm not"
>They stare at me like I'm the retard for not playing
>>344920056
all it is about right now is collecting mons. more shit will be added to the app.
>>344922419
>they need pokemon to help them socializing
Just like people "need" drugs and alcohol to have fun, right?
>>344918891
BREAKING NEWS
A MOBILE GAME PLAYS LIKE A MOBILE GAME
more at 11
>>344922706
Those are equally retarded senpai but at least there's a biological reason as to why that works.
The only thing real, non-normie pokemon players like anymore is jerking off to gaping nezumi-tier vulpix pussy.
>/v/ defends mobile gaming now
What went wrong?
>>344922472
i had some normie kid give me dap bc i was walking my dog and playing pokemon.
everyone loves my doge
>>344922909
>everyone loves my doge
Oh yeah? Well I don't! Take that faggit
>>344922203
But it is the point when the vast majority are playing the game to catch pokemon, versus going outside for exercise. That is the byproduct, but putting in game mechanics that circumvent that seems to say otherwise about the intended goal of the game.
>>344923152
cut it out boy
>>344922203
When the temperature is in the 90s every fucking day since the app was released (and supposed to be in the upper 90s throughout next week), the only choice you have is to drive. It's tougher for me since I live at the end of the street in my housing development which goes downhill the further you go in. There are no pokestops here, and the nearest one is 2 km away.
>>344919840
>Tfw the last time I played Pokemon was original Red.
>Decided to hold out and wait for a Pokemon MMO
>Go is pretty close to a real world game plus light multiplayer/mmo elements hybrid.
>This is the first new pokemon game I've played since the 90's.
Stay mad.
I got what I wanted.
>>344923427
No one cares you fat fucking hipster, pokemon always remained popular. XY sold 15 million
>>344923427
>Decided to hold out and wait for a Pokemon MMO
mfw there are plenty of these around now. Pixelmon and pokemon3d just to name a few. Maybe not massive as a mmo can be, but servers support ~500 players concurrently if you can find one with that many people on it.
>>344921176
Dumb loser
>>344923427
you wanted a pedometer where you occasionally flick and tap the screen? damn it must be easy to impress facebook kids nowadays
>>344923874
It's not exactly what I asked for, it's a mix of a few ideas.
But going out into the real world to hunt pokemon is what I always wanted.
If only it had VR.
>>344923427
reporting in. I had only ever beat yellow as a kid. quit after that. i replayed yellow earlier this year.
playing this is grand fun.
very glad its only gen 1 for now
>Playing pokemon after 2004 literally made you a social pariah
>Not playing pokemon go in 2016 literally makes you a social pariah
I'm so fucking sick of this "i'm such a nerd XD" culture now. Started with those super hero movies and the big bang theory and now every chad and stacy is a "nerd" for playing a video game a half hour a day.
>>344924439
BAZINGA
>>344924439
>chad and stacy
You should kill yourself, /r9k/.
>>344923331
I live in Louisiana and it has been 90+ every day with shy tier humidity. Stop being a fatass
>>344922419
It's not so much to help them socialize. Think about what you do with friends when you hang out. Probably grab food or play vidya or go to the park. Pokémon go is just another day of vidya, day in the the park, or something to do on the way to get food
>>344918891
>Double and triples competitively
>Triple
>Competitively
This gotta be bait, no one is this stupid
>>344918891
>I have no friends to play it with
>The only people I know playing it are people I see on facebook
>And I'm not more than acquaintances with them so I can't play with them
>Let me shitpost about pokemon go
>>344924780
Guess I should have used Chad and Eric, the name of your two gay Dads you fucking faggot. You can go watch the new black woman Iron Man movie while you help resettle refugees.
>>344918891
>>people walking around like zombies,
still better than your fat ass whos 400 lbs shit posting on /v/
>>344918891
I share OP's sentiments about the combat. It could have been so much more which is why I'm a little upset about it
>b-but it's SUPPOSED to be a shitty phone game
it's not like a phone is incapable of the simple pokemon move system. For christ sake it's only the original pokemon, and the entire original game can be emulated like it's nothing on a modern phone.
Hopefully this is just Nintendo getting their feet wet (yes I know it's by a 3rd party developer) and they come out with Pokemon Go 2 that is way more.
>>344925610
You know there are going to be updates, right? They prematurely released.
>>344925793
I heard that but I doubt they are going to add what I want. Have they said their specific plans for the future? I assume the updates is going to be bug fixes, adding new locations in more towns, and adding more pokemon.
>>344925905
>I refuse to do any research myself
>instead I will make up what I think the updates will be and be absolutely clueless
Are you autistic? Because that's something someone autistic would do.
>>344926423
>>344925793
The only currently known updates are fixing things like their dumpster fire servers, adding more pokestops / interactions and implementing trading. Things that don't affect the shallow, piss poor gameplay.
>>344922203
someone doesnt have his license, kek
>>344918891
Awwww some eeny weeny baby is pooping his Pepe diaper that he couldn't catch Pokemon or have friends to compare with.
Fuck off back to your pisschair you manbaby faggot
>>344924439
Same, we didn't take a stand when you-know-whats took an interest in our hobby. Now they are just going to pile in and sink that shit hard.
Enjoy your lowest common denominator popular interest SHIT games.
>>344927652
How does it feel to be the biggest faggot in this thread?
>>344925421
Ruthless
>>344927652
oh dear, some spaghettio vomit slurping jabroni is boasting about his pocketed monsters again
make the most of your time in middle school, milkman
>>344920056
Fucking learn to think for yourself holy shit.
I uninstalled the app a few days after downloading it. Now I'm just playing through Omega Ruby and waiting for Pokemon Sun.
>>344925421
HOLY KEK.
>mfw this fad is over in a month
>>344928638
>mfw it isn't over in a month
>b-but i said on /v/...
fixed it for you anon
>>344928638
Didn't Miitomo last a month before falling off? I think this has longer legs but not by much. Even if it doesn't fall off by then a large number of people who like this thing are going to drop it like fire when they start adding in anything past the original 151.
>game is released in states, shitpostland, new zealand, and jewmoney
>Not out in Canada
>Not out in fucking Japan of all places
Fucking nips
You know just when I start getting bored of Pokemon GO, I decide to turn it on while I'm driving and I always come across some badass pokemon that gets me excited and when I capture it, it feels so good. Like today I decided to open the app while driving home from work, and I came across an Onyx. Made me feel really good when I caught it.
THis game has some charm to it. It's less about fighting and winning gym battles and more about coming across pokemon from your childhood and the excitement of encountering and capturing them. My 2 cents.
>>344929002
I've read some comments the nips wrote; they're about to tear Nintendo and niantic a new asshole if it doesn't come out. Never knew they were that violent; kotaku did an article and someone pastbinned it. I can't find it at the moment though, the paste bin I mean
>>344928638
That's still a month of fun. Fads are nice to break up the boring monotony of life.
>>344928638
>mfw this becomes the next big thing after candy crush and clash of clans and angry birds
>>344918891
Live with it. Its dead in a month, these goldfish have no attention span at all.
>>344929167
and this is where you need to stay away from 4chin anon, when you're actually having fun. when you aren't having fun and want to complain about every little significant thing, come back to us. you will be missed friend.
>>344929351
I'd believe it, I mean think about it. Japan is where the entire concept and resources come from, why the hell wouldn't it release there first like pokebank.
>>344922908
> It's ok when Nintendo does it.
Nintenchan is fucking cancer.
>>344918891
Don't worry, OP. It will die once new pokémon are added.
>>344929695
Honestly can't wait for it. Gen 1 is fucking overrated steamy normie shit by now.
>>344929695
This.
Nostalgiafags will scream and whine because they added all the "stupid new ones like the ice cream and garbage bag!"
>>344929167
Maybe you should look at the fucking road and put your phone down you dumb cunt.
>>344929820
Those are actually shit though.
But anything post Gen 2 will kill the game for Gen 1 normies.
>>344929820
you forgot the keys and fucken sword
>>344918891
"combat is literally poking the screen with your figer."
have you played that last few pokemon games?
>>344918891
People have been walking around like zombies looking at their phones for the past 7 or so years, this is not something new, seriously though. It isn't.
>>344929659
It's because the American market is way bigger.
Japan also tends to prefer the newer Pokemon, where as America knows Pokemon as the Gen 1 creatures. To start this new endevour, Nintendo wanted to use the first Generation of Pokemon to solidify their status and will most likely add more characters if the game holds water.
>>344929835
Even before pokemon go I always had my eyes glued on my phone while driving... It's no different than walking with your eyes on the phone. I don't bump into people or things while walking looking at my phone and I don't crash my car while driving looking at my phone because I use my peripheral vision and I'm not a complete idiot. I feel sorry for people who can't drive while looking at their phone
>>344930284
My favorites are all the news about people getting stabbed/mugged/run over while playing pokemon GO. Simply hilarious. I wonder what will happen when it goes worldwide seeing as most shithole countries having an expensive phone on display is literally begging to be fucked.
>>344923427
look up pwo it was the only Pokemon mmo I knew of
>>344930447
>he looks at his phone while driving
you subhuman scum need to die
>>344930447
You aren't special you retard. Distracted driving kills people.
You are 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident while doing it. You are driving a death machine, at least do the world a favor, put a hose on your exhaust, and end your life you normie retard.
>>344930284
Except this is the exact opposite?
People are actually interacting with people and places that they would have never before because of this game.
If anything, you are the zombie. Sitting on your PC and not moving at all.
>>344930615
haha take a look at this grandpa who can't multi task. Feel sorry for fools like you that are afraid of even messing with the radio while driving because you're a giant pussy and a terrible driver on top of it all
>all these people shitter shattered over a mobile phone game being fad popular
wew
>>344930670
If you can't drive while using your phone then you have a severe mental problem. Being able to do more than one thing at a time is a skill most people have. I'm sorry you cant even mess with the radio while you're driving because you're such a shit driver and a shit multi-tasker to boot.
>>344930817
are you lost son?
>>344930817
isn't it great? the same fags who are spewing
>AHHH IT'LL BE OVER IN A MONTH! RIGHT GUYS?! RIGHT?!
>go to play soccer at the local park today
>been going for over 10 years, nice little park never full
>first time seeing so many people at the park at once, it's full of fucking neckbeards, fat bitches with pink/blue hair, and faggot hipsters
>>344930817
its fuckin scary on your bike tryin to go to the store at night and the dumb fucks think they can drive around on their phone as soon as the sun sets
>>344925421
>7/13/2016
>The day Anon No.344925421 goes nuclear
>>344931328
>and not posting any pictures
what the fuck is wrong with you? you know we like freaks so us freaks can laugh and judge them right?
>>344930373
If they're smart, they'll
1) roll out trading, then
2) add all the Gen II-VI mons in region-specific ways; so Europe is getting Gen III mons, America gets Gen II, Japan gets Gen VI, etc.
Everyone has access to Gen I mons they recognize but they can do region-specific stuff to encourage world-wide trading and region differences.
Plus what better way to get Genwunner faggots into new gen pokemon than by making a new generation of Pokemon exclusive to their geography? Wanna watch American genwun scrubs praise Gen III, tell them America gets Gen III pokemon and Asia doesn't. Watch the prideful obsession unfold.
Also when they roll out trainer v trainer battles, they need ACTUAL battle mechanics. It's not like metagamers have any real edge in a game where you can't Just Go Get a Hawlucha and TM the shit out of it.
Also, fucking TMs as rare drops at Pokestops? There it is. That's daily log-ins for the next 6 months for everyone playing competitive
The moment they add more pas Gen 2 will be the moment it will die, 300+ is too much for the average person.
>>344931328
Really? Most of the people I've run into playing it are of the extreme normie variety. Maybe it's just because I live in LA?
I dunno, it's not anything special but going with my friends to catch some pokemon at 2am today was odd fun.
>>344918891
>Plan where to go pokemon hunting each day with friends
>Shoot the shit, talk about work, up coming vidya and dnd while we walk
It is more fun then just sitting in one of our apartments
>>344930849
Just because you can doesnt mean you should. You can use your phone and drive, but you will be far more shit at both than if you just paid fucking attention to one.
As a side note, humans cannot truly multitask. Multitasking would be doing two things simultaneously, but the human brain just rapidly shifts attention. So no one has ever multitasked, ever.
>>344931802
I'm amazed at the number of people who ask me "are you playing Pokemon Go?" and I reply "nah. I like the idea but it's not Pokemon yet; I'll pick it up when all the mons are in, and they have the actual battle mechanics in place"
and they pause, and consider their words carefully, and then confess "yeah, I played them all except [BW2 / ORAS / DPPt] and I do wish that it was more like the actual games"
Nobody's overwhelmed by the newest Pokemon. Everyone has played it. The ones who haven't are bandwagoners and tech-hyped-geeks who don't know Gen 1 any more than Gen 6, they wouldn't care anyway.
Genwunners are a vocal minority. I bet for every one person who would honestly quit when they saw a Hydreigon, there are two who would spend twice as much on the game if they could use real-world-cash to buy watering cans to tend to their berry crop in their backyard.
>>344919503
Casuals aren't retarded, they just don't like playing video games.
>>344932281
>Genwunners are a vocal minority.
>He actually believes this
If that was the case Pokemon would be as popular as it first was, movies would still come out on theaters and you wouldn't and there would not be any normie jokes about how ridiculous the amount of Pokemon there are now.
>>344922908
An unholy trinity of shills, Nintendrones, and casuals.
>>344931929
Yeah probably. I live in Florida.
All this autism.
>>344925421
blasted
>>344932281
>Genwunners are a vocal minority
You're crazy my man. You got lucky be talking with someone that played the games.
Like, we can't even compare it anymore. Nostalgiafags and genwunners are the majority playing GO. The numbers show that.
LET ME LIVE MY GODDAMN DREAMS, I DONT CARE HOW SHITTY THE COMBAT IS, I"M FINALLY A REAL WORLD POKEMON MASTER.
>>344928638
they've been saying that about pokemon for 20 years
>>344926423
>>344927202
so i was right. faggot.
>>344932721
That's not my point; the people who "outgrew" gen I aren't coming back for Go, they outgrew Pokemon as a game. It stopped appealing to them.
There are TONS of people who think Gen [whichever one I played first] was the best and the games were shit after that; it's just because they got bored of the franchise.
The people who abandoned Pokemon after Gen I because they discovered football and boobies aren't the same as the ones who loudly shitpost about how Regigigas "isn't a REAL pokemon".
And if, IF genwunners were really gonna dictate Go's success, then I guess they'd drop the game as soon as they realized Magnemite was Steel Type and the game had egg-hatching, wouldn't they?
>>344924439
>chad and stac
Fuck off cancer
>>344933213
How do they know what to do with eggs?
Are any of them ultra-triggered by Magneton being Electric/Steel?
>>344933583
He's just talking out of his ass
>>344925421
HOLY SHIT
If Miitomo can move to /vg/ why can't Pokemon GO threads move there too?
>>344930447
Fuck you I had a loved one killed by a distracted driver. Pulling the "I'm not one of those" excuse is just fucked up.
>>344924439
I was going to add input, but then I remembered I'm literally wearing a bazinga shirt my gf got me.
>>344928638
>isn't even released in 90% of the planet
Yeah, nah, it'll have a resurgence for every new country it appears in.
>>344918891
>triples competitively
You're even worse than Go.
>>344934687
Speaking of, LEAF RELEASE WHEN?
>>344933583
Information is shared about the gameplay. Also Misty had an egg on the show.
No one actually care about that stuff that came later on the series. You're not going to see the majority of GO players discuss IRL the difference between gen 1 and others, talk deeply about the designs, make comparisons of them. All you will see is people say that the first was better and everything it's fake, it doesn't matter. It's already their judgment.
>so many defending this cancerous fad shit
We reddit now
>>344934386
And posting black twitter/tumblr memes.
>>344934338
Sorry for your loss anon, I hope that faggot dies by crashing into a loved one while "multitasking" down the street.
>>344936034
Get on my level of irony
>>344928956
Nah. They'll add gen 2+ as paid DLC, so the hardcore pokenerds can have their Noctowl or Garchomp if they want, while the nostalgiafags can just stick with gen 1.
>>344936248
What level of irony are you on?
It was pretty fucking obvious it would be exactly like this from the start. You have only yourself to blame for thinking otherwise.
>>344936370
>so the hardcore pokenerds
>paid DLC
should have done it the other way around desu, with gen 1 being paid and everything else free.
>>344919170
I can only hope more teen Go fags will end up falling down manholes.
>>344924102
>hunt pokemon
>calling this throw a pokeball simulator with cheap gimmicks and freemium garbage real poke hunting
>>344934386
>bazinga shirt
You poor soul.
>>344936370
They already confirmed that wasn't going to be the case. Additional Gens will be free updates over time.
>>344930447
>>344930754
>>344930849
The future of the human race is bleak...
>>344925421
Fuck You
fuck you, I like it. I've met some cool people, it gets me outside (play on my rest days, other days I work out and lift in my home gym) and best of all it gets my girlfriend out so she can lose some weight.
>>344925421
Merciless
>>344930849
5/10 because people believed you.
>>344919503
b-because it's fun?
>>344938981
>fuck you, I like it. I've met some cool people, it gets me outside (play on my rest days, other days I work out and lift in my home gym) and best of all it gets my girlfriend out so she can lose some weight.
Please tell us more about how a smartphone game has changed your life, little Chad.
>>344919170
>get a text
>stop
>get a phone call
>pick it up and watch where you
>play DS in public
>sit down
>play pokemon go
>act braindead
>>344921318
literally this
drowzees everywhere, even more common the piggies and ratatas
>>344939214
>having fun by playing the most brain dead game imaginable devoid of any real wit or challenge and who's only notable trait is that it's making you go outside while pandering to your nostalgia
It's the end times. THE END TIMES. Fuck virtual reality (which will blend in eventually) augmented reality will turn the world into mindless zombies. It is this disruptive upcoming technology that will END THE HUMAN RACE.
Make no mistake fellow /v/irgins of the deep. Augmented reality IS the future of computing and how we see and interact with the world. Pokemon GO is no laughing matter. It is clearly an experiment. If a shitty phone game can take the world by storm then imagine what horrors await us in less than 5 years.
IT. IS. COMING!
>played and enjoyed every pokemon game
>try Pokemon Go
>turns out its fun and I love it
Stay mad, contrainians. You're so cool for it :^)
>>344918891
suggestion, OP:
>Dress up as team rocket
>Steal the phones of everyone you see playing Pokemon Go
>Proclaim proudly their pokemon now belong to Giovanni!
>>344939589
Basically pic-related and none of these idiots can see it.
>>344939614
> :^)
You idiots aren't even trying to hide your casual faggotry anymore.
>>344931606
>America gets gen 2
Are you fucking retarded? Gen 2 is so Japanese it's painful
If anything, America gets Gen 5
Oceania gets Gen 3
Europe gets Gen 6
No one gets Gen 4 because it was fucking garbage
HOW THE FUCK DO I CATCH POKEMANS WITH NO MOBILE DATA AND STUCK AT HOME
>Been posting on /v/ since 2005
>Owned every single console and always had a gaming PC
>ALWAYS made fun of casuals, never let biodrones get away with their shit taste, etc
>Play Pokemon GO
>Absolutely love it
....Is this the turning point for me?
>>344940116
America should get hawlucha though, he belongs with gen 5. Europe can get the Muskedeers to compensate.
>>344922909
I don't. Fuck your mutt.
anyone else 25-30 and can't even think about playing GO because they already invested 500+ hours into the games/cards/shows back in 1999-2003?
i already played through red/blue/yellow, caught them all, etc. i had a full binder of cards. attended the first movie on opening night. this shit is beyond me now
now i'm 27 and trying to drive home from work and these assholes are in the middle of the road in packs and think it's cute
fuck you guys
i hope you look back on this shit in 5 years and cringe at how awful you looked
>>344940285
You've become one of the many pawns Aldous Huxley spoke of.
>>344940464
>le meme generator
>>344940459
I'm 25, played all 6 generations of Pokemon, and I agree with this guy >>344919503
>>344939614
That frog looks so happy
>>344940670
forreal
take away all items, real time battling, and all concept of a story
just
>CATCH EM ALL
and make billions
but everyone today is so quick to hop on the trend of the week, it's no surprise
that being said, i would love to build an OG poke deck and battle some mothafuckas
>>344940784
Happiness is fleeting.
>>344939813
tips fedora
>>344924318
I think it wouldve been neat to have the complete evolution lines for all the gen 1 pokemon, including those that came in later generations like crobat and magnezone
>>344924439
I agree. The same people who game me shit for playing pokemon are the same ones eating this fad up. I have no desire to play it.
>>344940129
Emulate a real pokémon game.
>>344940996
The image is supporting Huxley who was being perfectly reasonable, not Orwell who was more of a paranoid fedora tipper.
>>344941603
Same shits who love the Big Bang Theory used look down on those who played vidya or watched animus. Now look at them.
>>344918891
The sad part is that you're the reason this happened. All of you that refused to buy a Wii U and support Nintendo forced them to sell their soul to phone games.
Shame on you.
>>344940459
I'm 29, and you basically just described me. I don't have the energy or desire to sink more time into another Pokémon game.
That said, I moved outside of the US and where I live there's no Pokémon Go. Is it really as bad as you and others say it is, with packs of people milling about like mindless zombies?
>>344942032
you still deserve to be looked down on for watching animus though
>>344942130
I did my part and bought one. The ones who didn't buy are the ones playing Freemium Go now.
>>344942032
Look how tired and worn out those eyes are.
Its like hes crying out for help but no one understands what hes saying.
>>344942302
Fair enough. But these shits now act like watching Miyazaki is some sort of cultural achievement.
>>344942130
nintendo was already shit before Pokemon Go. If we all bought Wii Us they'd be making a killing on no-game consoles instead of a shitty app.
>>344918891
this happened today:
>join teamspeak
>switch channel to some guys I hang out with to play games like CSGO, OW, The Division and stuff together or just chat about random stuff
>say hello, they were talking about Pokemon Go
>"omg today I caught a Pidgey, soo awesome!"
>"oh sweet, congrats, all I got was a Rattata, there's so many around here lol"
>"there's a poke stop only a few minutes away from here, I'll be right back"
>"I have to walk into the city to get to one, damn!"
>these are grown men in their 20s, what the fuck
>say "I've heard that some guys already managed to kill themselves while playing this game, so stupid right? darwin award winners haha!"
>"Yeah we've heard, these poor guys!"
>can't believe this guy just said that unironically
>mute microphone and watch some youtube videos to distract myself from this nonesense
well, at least all these basement dwellers leave the house now to catch pokemon, that's not a bad thing I suppose.
>turning 30 soon
>haven't left house since 2001
>no phone
>no clothes that haven't rotted away except for puke green cargo pants 10 sizes too big from ~1999 (lost 100lbs).
I kinda wanna buy a phone, leave and roam around, just to show people how fucking retarded they all are playing a game next to a neck beard hermit in baggy 90's clothes.
>>344942676
It was better when they were locked away. But yeah, hopefully Go will cause more mayhem and self-destruction than the selfie fad.
>>344919503
Casuals just want to be told they are awesome, they don't want to earn it through actual challenge.
>>344934386
>gf
>>344943925
pokemon wasn't even challenging though, and in every game you were both the champion and the hero who saved everyone from the villain team.
>>344934386
>>344938981
>girlfriends
It's like I don't even know you anymore /v/.
>>344944049
Exactly, that's how casual they are, fucking pokemon is too hard for them.
>try to get my gf to play pokemon because its a simple game I think a girl can enjoy
>she won't play
>suddenly pokemon go comes out and she becomes the biggest pokemon fan
Women are shit. They have no interest in anything unless it makes them fit in socially.
>>344921597
this.
I get catches while driving slow thru my neighbor hood all the time
>>344920056
>he falls for the peer pressure
holy shit anon go contemplate on your miserable existence
>>344920056
Just cheat your gps, conquer your town because your not a casual, then just take the inevitable ban as "fuck it the games barebones anyway"
>>344919840
I play Pokemon Go and my dad literally drove me for 4 hours(each way) to go see one of those Pikachu vw beetles in Ohio before it came out in English and I was playing fan translated roms before that. I bought Blue the day it came out in english and got a gameboy pocket just for it(although this ended up being a good choice since I learned the gameboy had a lot of good games)
Do you have to walk right up to where a "gym" is irl to "battle" there or can you do it from the comfort of your home? I know you have to walk near a "mart" (my local church) to access that but what about the gyms?
I can handle walking about as i'm fit as a fiddle and enjoy walking, but theres no bloody way i am willing to engage in pokemon battles in broad daylight in the hard northern streets of England. I shiver at the thought.
>>344953027
you have to get as close to the marker as you do with pokestops
Ive only been playing this shit for like 2 hours. So how do I get eggs and join a team and shit? All I've done so far is cover myself in incense and walk around my neighborhood catching mons
>>344953273
you get eggs from pokestops and you can join a gym once you're level 5.
>>344953273
The real game doesn't start until level 5
>>344953226
Oh well fuck that then. Cant quite think of anything more cringey.
>>344919503
it's not a main game, you autist. it's a mobile game.
>Guy yells at ms to not take his gym
>raze it and leave a cp 10 magikarp
why did they casualize it so much?
why did they remove pokemon types?
why did they remove battling?
why did they remove fighting wild pokemon to catch them?
why did they remove trainer battles?
why is it more beneficial to level up by catching pokemon and then get a high CP pokemon at a higher level than raise a few pokemon I really like?
why have I played a few hours of a pokemon game and not used a single fucking attack?
If they just made a regular fucking pokemon game but with the mobile thing as the medium through which people interact it would have actually been good.
As it is it's just a swipe upward simulator + gps
>>344953357
>>344953380
Ah ok, thanks lads
>>344953914
>If they just made a regular fucking pokemon game but with the mobile thing as the medium through which people interact it would have actually been good.
you're vastly overestimating the capabilities of phones and the audience they're trying to reach with this. su/mo comes out in a few months, just wait for that.
Why are you mad at something like this
How far has your life fallen that this is your chief woe
>>344953914
>why did they casualize it so much?
So that literally everyone in the world would play it (it worked)
>why did they remove pokemon types?
They didn't
>why did they remove battling?
Casuals don't care about the actual mechanics behind traditional pokemon games. They just want to fight. As sad as it is, button mashing with bigger numbers is enough to satisfy casuals.
>why did they remove fighting wild pokemon to catch them?
See above, players do not care about fighting AI nearly as much as catching and collecting.
>why did they remove trainer battles?
They will hopefully add this later. Most will agree that this is a big flaw with the game.
>why is it more beneficial to level up by catching pokemon and then get a high CP pokemon at a higher level than raise a few pokemon I really like?
Another flaw, the progression in this game feels very wonky. People will begin to realize some of the major flaws in the game's structure in the coming weeks.
I expect future updates will change a lot of shit though.
>live in a shit city, but the downtown area is nice at least.
>when I feel stressed out or down or whatever I go to the river and just walk around
>now there are faggots playing their shitty fucking pokemon game everywhere ruining my real life immersion
Fuck nintendo.
>>344924439
If you're pissed at people mindlessly throwing around a dumb label you're fucking stupid. If that label is all you have that defines you or is the only thing you identify as you're a sad fucking individual.
Just live your life and be happy doing what you do, not caring about what 'chad' and 'stacy' think. If it bothers you that much reevaluate your life or go to a doctor. You're probably on the spectrum.
>>344923427
Last pokemon I played was Emerald, shit is cash. I can feel you brother.
>only place in town with a cluster of pokespots and a gym is some statues in front of a home improvement store next to my work
>this place apparently didn't like that there was more people parked there when they're closed than when they're open so during the evening they barricade the entrances to the parking lot
>now they're filtering into our parking lot and keep calling asking for our wifi code
>>344923427
I got Red and Blue on release with a pocket. Last Pokemon played was X. This app is casual as fuck but a nice way to pass time if I don't feel like reading or browsing 4chan during slow days at work. Actually met some cool people at a bar the other night and we were shit talking each other based on team choices.
And anons are 'mad' because that's just how some of these no fun allowed faggots are. You're going to be arguing with autistic kids or people barely around 18-20. So you're fighting with children, really.
>>344918891
Fuck off. Pokemon is more than just a game. You just don't understand.
>>344918891
>mfw accidently ran someones mailbox over trying to pinpoint where a Magmar was
Worth it. I have a 1264 Magmar now.
>riding my car
>be extra aware of go-diots crossing streets
>spot 3 kids on their bikes forming a train with their eyes gleud on their phones
>one shouts "right here"
>they all make a sudden turn and cross the street without even looking
>reduce my speed with a pissed look
>they dont give any since they are in a phonetrance
>see them turn again as a car hits the breaks nearly crashing into them
>guy on the sidewalk starts to rush to the kids not even reacting to the loud break sound
>takes the leader by his arm and slaps his phone from his hand
This happened in a few seconds. Why did this game make people braindead? Even my friends afk in games cause "brb pidgey spawned in my house."
>>344919662
Natural selection is taking it's course. Soon we will be left in a perfect world where no one gets hurt trying to catch that one Zubat.
>>344956161
>goes afk over a pidgey
Sounds like he's not even level 5 yet.
>Me and buddies drunk af
>Drive past a gathering of GO players at like 2 fucking am
>I roll down the window and shout something like PLAY A REAL POKEMON GAME FAGGOTS
>Some of them get mad and start chasing the car and throwing rocks
love this game
>>344956475
>things that never happened
>>344956475
>turbo autists behind the wheel
>drinking and driving at that
You're lucky you made it home alive.
>>344956556
>>344920056
GO is neat if you feel like you need to get outside more. I've probably enjoyed the walking and conversations with strangers more than the game itself. It'll take you on an adventure and get you out of your comfort zone. I'm taking it hiking with some friends tomorrow.
>>344921925
Go to wherever the pub crawl is. Everyone else is playing so you can be less self-conscious
I already hacked the gps and can control where my guy moves from my bed.
I'll pick the game back up when it gets an official Canadian release.
>>344956556
want more things that never happened?
>standing at mall looking at phone while waiting for friend to come out of the shitter
>theres kid standing next to me
>I start flipping my screen upwards with my finger to see if he recognizes it
>kid watches me for a sec and asks "are you playing pokemon go mister"
>yeah kid wanna see what im catching?
>I crouch down while continuing to flick my phone
>once my phone got to his eye level I flick my finger into his eye
>he starts crying like a little bitch
>boot it when I notice his dad coming out of the shitter screaming what the fuck happened
>left my bro at the mall now he wont sell me weed
wasnt worth it desu
The only people playing near me are fucking annoying ass high schoolers who stay in the park near my apartment til 2 am yelling stupid shit randomly. They've already had the cops called on them three nights in a row but they keep showing up every night.
>>344923686
>Pixelmon
>Actually suggesting someone should play Minecraft
>Pixelmon doesn't even have built in multiplayer
I don't even think you're old enough to be on this site desu.
>>344918949
Kill yourself
>live outside of town
>because of stupid algorithm there are no gyms and not even one pokestop nearby
>have to travel a long ways just to get to a pokestop
>can't use 70% of the games features
I'm glad that people are enjoying it and getting back into Pokemon as a whole. I don't personally like the game. It seems grindy and, plus, I don't have a car. But to each their own.
Try the mosques, you probably can find Electrodes there.
>>344957204
>defending pokemon GO
no u fucking queer.
>>344957432
shut the fuck up homo
>>344957512
Not participating in holy war at the local church gym
I don't play pokemon, but...
>it's generation 1, the first 150 pokemon
>it's extremely popular
HMMM
I WONDER IF THESE TWO THINGS ARE LINKED
all the other pokemon generations are pure shit and this is proof.
I bet the developers themselves knew that Pokemon Go would be more popular if they stuck with gen 1.
>>344922909
Nice brindle.
>>344957814
I agree. It's the most memorable Pokemons and the most people played gen1.
