Is literally absolutely fucking EVERYONE playing Pokemon Go?
Yes, even my mom is.
>>345156365
Yes.
http://nintendoeverything.com/pokemon-go-vaporeon-appearance-in-central-park-causes-a-stampede/
Unrelated, but I think a lot of people will drop GO when we get anything after Gen 1. I really hope that I'm wrong, cause it would be awesome if they liked the other gens pokémon.
>>345158056
Why do people keep saying this? Are gen 2 and 3 that hated?
>>345158198
Probably because the majority of the people playing wouldn't know shit about other gens due to the fact the last time they did anything to do with Pokemon it was probably watching the TV show when they were kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgA6orF0BU&feature=youtu.be
>just read up this thread
>mom calls me asking me how to play pokemon go
>tell her i cant since im at work and i HAVE A FUCKING WINDOWS PHONE MOM! THANKS FOR REMINDING ME!
>>345156365
>Is literally absolutely fucking EVERYONE playing Pokemon Go?
no i am not
>>345158056
Gen 2 would be fine, Gen 3 is a wildcard. Anything after 3 however will lose the normie appeal.
I think it'd play it more if I didn't have to drive into the city just to play. I can't really justify wasting the gas for it, and anyways it just seems like a pop fad to me
>>345158850
>it just seems like a pop fad to me
What tipped you off?
>>345158198
normies loathe anything that isn't from gen 1, MAYBE a few from gen 2 but that's it. it's a real shame too, because most of the better pokemon were introduced in 4/5/6
Adding more gens would make evolution and powering up more of a chore, though, unless candies were changed to apply across a full type, rather than one mon's evo line.
>>345158826
Only with people that played the actual games. There's a LOT of people that only were in Pokémon when kids because of the cards, or the show, and a lot of people that only know what Pokémon is, but don't actually know them.
I'm not even joking. Pokémon was always popular but GO is reaching a new level of audience. Everyone, no matter the age is playing.
>>345158974
Must be my great intuition. I like to think of it as a fifth, or maybe a sixth sense.
I'm not.
But damn man, that Central Park stampede... this is nucking futs.
>>345158985
Loathe's kind of a strong word. A lot of people just got out of pokemon around gen 2-3. I'm 30 and was a senior in high school when 3 came out. I just never paid attention to it after 1. I'd assume a lot of people are the same, at least in my age group.
>>345159278
>There's a LOT of people that only were in Pokémon when kids because of the cards, or the show
I can get the show but I could never get the kids who played the card game. it's still weird to me that not as many people as I always thought played the games on GBC/A.
>>345158056
I can totally imagine someone doing swatting but with pokemon now if someone finds a way to trick servers to seeding areas
>>345159534
it certainly does vary, but most of my college aged friends absolutely despise post-gen 1 pokemon
one of them even went so far as to uninstall pokego when he found out it included the fairy type, it's insane
>>345159593
Oh like a flashmob type deal? That would be fun
>>345159651
your friends are fags
>>345156365
No. Absolutely zero people in Japan are playing.
video games were a mistake
I personally hate this fad, bandwagon, hivemind bullshit.
The fact that its on a phone makes me hate it even more.
And whenever I try to tell people that there are better games...and phone culture is turning all my friends into zombies...or even to emulate some old pokemon games for free and see how much more strategy it takes...
they all say the same crap
>lol ur salty
>lol u just suk at it
>lol at least i get excercise
Those are their best excuses...Its not even worth showing them the light.
>>345159981
You're a dumbass who misses the point of mobile games like these.
>>345158056
They should trickle them out.
Like, one update contains 30 Gen 2 Pokemon and 15 Gen 3 Pokemon. And so on.
yes.
>>345160064
Whats the point? Show me the light! Please help me let go of this giant ball of hate. I beg you!
>>345159981
You're comparing a free mobile game to real videogames. I'm not into the hype but the hate for it is just as strange. If you don't like it, don't play it.
>live in subdivision
>nothing but rattatas and pidgeys everywhere
>only one pokestop within walking distance
>constantly running out of pokeballs
Kill me please
>>345160217
im stationed on a marine base and i can confirm every fucking marine is playing this shit
>>345159981
dude why do you even give a shit? i forget how butthurt people are here on /v/. if their having fun let them fucken enjoy it. it's cry babies like you that make me happy a lot of normies are playing this. i love the other games too but i see it as having pie and cake at the same fucken time. get over it dude.
>>345160235
A lot of these people just aren't looking for "strategy" or "better games," they're looking for simple, easy fun that they can share with friends.
I can't wait for trading to be added so I won't feel like a fucking autist going to random groups of people who are obviously playing at pokestops/gyms
>>345158056
Gen 2 adds Togepi and Lugia it'll be finegen 3 onwards would fuck things up though
>>345156365
Until I hear of pic related being caught, I won't be playing.
>there's a pokemon gym located where there's a high school and little league baseball fields 2 minutes from me
Those kids must be having fun. My phone can't handle the game.
>>345160451
This. Not to mention, they want games they can play between breaths, so to speak. It's like how when Fallout Shelter came out, so many spergs on /v/ were mad that the game made you wait. But what they don't get is it's a game where you're meant to input a few commands, and shut that shit down and do something productive. It's not a game you play for hours, it's a game you play for moments. It's not the kind of game enthusiasts like us want to play.
>>345159981
The games aren't even comparable. People aren't playing GO for strategy or mechanics, they're playing because of the novelty of augmented reality pokemon treasure hunting.
Itd be like telling a geocaching fan that there are cooler secrets to find in the dungeons of Morrowind. You're missing the point.
>>345160280
I don't even have a phone to play it on. And emulators are free! The hate is not strange. People are wasting their lives, and real resources and getting hurt because of this low-quality crap! It doesn't even build up your mind, its just addictive balogna. I'm starting to think I'm not mad at the game, but the idiots who play it.
>>345160774
>People are wasting their lives
Do you have any idea where we are right now
>>345158985
What if they allowed you to "opt out" of gens you don't like, so it just spawns more from 1 to you?
>>345159651
I'm not sure anyone who uninstalls a game because it includes a move type they don't like for no reason beyond principle can be considered a normie, that's some high-grade autism right there.
>>345156365
I don't
>>345160605
>caring about cuckle
gimme pic relatd and I'll be happythe first image when you google "cyndaquil" is one with a huge flopping dick for some reason
>>345156365
Yeah it's weird and fucking stupid. It's 1/10th of a pokemon game except on your phone while looking through the camera.
>>345156365
This comic calls to me because Pokemon Go came out while my unit was in the field, and about 90% of my company was running around the range chasing Pokemon.
>>345158056
I was thinking this, and I really hope people stick with it too
Something tells me they will though. Because as I see it there's 3 main demographics at work here:
>Pokemon fans that just like pokemon, even still, and know all the gens
>Genwunners aka that massive group of people that may be normies that grew up with pokemon when it first released but never stuck with it or pokemon fans that just hate the other gens
And
>I never played pokemon growing up, I dont understand it
And people I know that fall into the 3rd category are actually playing. Its crazy. We're in "Its more popular than porn" territory.
So my logic is, if people that dont even know Gen 1 pokemon are playing, maybe they'll keep going when the later gens come out, because they're all new to them anyway
And to be fair, the core gameplay of getting out and actually exploring the real world, is actually really fun
>>345160774
Pot you should really stop throwing stones labeled "nigger at that black kettle from inside your glass house.
>>345161009
>>345158198
By normies, yes. You think any of the people playing this shit actually play Pokemon regularly?
>>345161083
I've played it a little and I guess I see the appeal, but I really wish they'd beef up the mechanics so you could have pokemon battles properly.
Then we'd be REAL POKEMON.
>>345158056
Vaporeon confirmed best pokemon
>>345159981
>hivemind
>showing them the light
>I try to tell them
You're being insufferable by automatically holding some sort of superiority complex just because something is popular with the masses.
You know what else is popular? Milk. Music. Books. I guess we should all stop those, as well?
>>345161009
>went to google cyndaquil
>don't see any dicks
I was promised dicks. Where are the dicks?
>>345161272
Just wait until mew appears somewhere public and crowded.
People will die.
>>345161083
It will depend on how loud the genwunners voice will be. You know that people like to parrot what everyone says.
Okay, you're probably right, my hate is most likely irrational. Taking steps toward augmented reality is awesome. And I do forget the people are looking for easy passive fun. Thank you for bringing some sense into me.
>>345160774
>he says while posting on 4chan
>he says while playing video games
I don't even catch Pokemon, I just hatch the eggs and when the time comes they add trading I will trade with my close friends and that's about it.
>>345161441
I'm starting to think that Pokemon go trailer where hundreds of people rush to Times Square to catch a mewtwo is going to be an understatement
>>345161252
Baby steps anon, baby steps.
I've started playing the last couple days. At first my brain was actually confused at the concept of a pokemon game that I couldn't play indoors
I mean I got the concept, but it still felt weird.
Played it when I took the family doggo for a walk, every time something popped up I got excited, even when its shit like a fucking zubat.
Walking past gyms and the pokestops that are local landmarks, I ended up in a church graveyard. Dog shat herself, wanted to go home.
And the amount of people that walk past and you can tell they're playing too, even in quiet surburban essex.
>>345161009
Hahaha holy shithttp://kilkakon.com/pokedex/list.php
Not me lol
>>345159981
>/v/, hey /v/, I'm hating popular things! Look how contrarian I am! Do I fit in yet?
>>345161617
I mean it's quite literally an mmorpg in the real world. The sense of true exploration and social interaction is unparalleled to any game.
>phone cost me $100 2 years ago
>can't run it
>Only make $72 a week so can't afford a better one
>>345161252
Then no one ever would ever ever buy another handheld Pokemon again.
>>345160694
This. I love being with my normie friends and giving tips on how to catch shit, or stories of 'the one that got away'. It's pretty fun and let's me talk about stupid shit in a decent social setting.
Before anyone REEEEs and calls me a normalfag, I've been here since 2006.
>>345160390
Im stationed on an airforce base and i can confirm every airman is also playing this shit.
>>345161656
LOOOOOOOOOL
>"This Pokémon's increased aura powers seem to have also affected his balls and foreskin, causing them to grow significantly. Witnessing such impressive genitalia move about during Lucario's highly acrobatic combat style have caused some to incorrectly refer to him as a Legendary Pokémon"
>>345161656
This person sure does like foreskin.
>>345158056
I'm sure most people will be fine with them adding Gen 2 pokemon. Gen 4 and beyond would definitely result in a outrage if they're not incredibly careful about it. No clue about Gen 3 though. Could go either way.
If they do plan on adding more pokemon, which I'm sure they eventually will, they'll have to try their best not to rush.
>>345159651
What? Most college-aged people nowadays would either have started with generation 1 when they were like 5-10, and getting to the point where most would be reaching gen 2.
>>345159651
I mean, I hate Fairy types more than almost anything in Pokemon, but that's still dumb. I just want them to get rightfully nerfed into the ground, or, hopefully, out of the game. They're pure cancer, worse than Gen 1 Psychic, and they have no reason to be in the game. We already had types for cute Pokemon, we didn't need another.
>tfw everyone else in my unit plays this shit
>tfw I don't really care about phone games outside of fate/go-fuck-yourself
Seriously I see motherfuckers wandering and driving around for these goddamn pokemans while I sit at Taco Bell and try to roll for some non-shit servants
Pokemon GO is getting way out of hand
>be isis
>dress myself up in a way to not expose I'm a muslim
>see a huge crowd of people playing Pokemon go
>I assimilate with them
>I lead them to a confined subway, telling them that an Electrode is there
>the absolute madmen actually do it, they follow me
>get there and everyone is looking around aimlessly
>muffled saleel al sawarim slowly intensifies in volume
>mfw
>>345158690
>Can't im at work
>While he browses /v/
You're a bad son
>>345161656
>Gastly's genitalia float independently of the main body, attached to a small cloud of poisonous gas. This cloud can appear and disappear in the same matter as the main body. Some trickster Gastly like to hide in odd locations, revealing only their genitalia, to give a surprise to anybody who notices them.
>>345161009
>look up cyndaquil for dicks
>see this instead
I think this is weirder. I forget that for a while, Charmander and Cyndaquil were all there was. It's like they have a brotherly bond despite not looking identical at all.
>>345156365
Nope I'm not. That alone makes it not true literally. Nobody in my family is either, and at least 30% (I think?) Of world does not have smartphones. Do not even close.
You fucking, fucking idiot.
>>345159162
>unless candies were changed to apply across a full type, rather than one mon's evo line.
This oh so fucking much. Otherwise my Bulbasaur is gonna stay a Bulbasaur forever.
>>345163362
>You fucking, fucking idiot.
Says the guy sperging out because he doesn't realize "literally" can be used figuratively, and has been used figuratively for actual literal centuries.
>>345160390
Is the armory at least a Pokestop or is it still bullshit that Pokemon can't even save?
Is Pokemon Go the first ACTUAL meme-game?
>>345161969
Who doesn't?
HOLY SHIT just found a rare, how do i catch this thing
>>345162369
>get there and everyone is looking around aimlessly
>muffled saleel al sawarim slowly intensifies in volume
why did i kek
>>345163825
Tom, stop shitposting
>>345162556
>>345158690
PROMOTIONS
>tfw live in NYC and have pokestops literally every block
>laugh at suburban friends who have to DRIVE TWO MILES to get to a SINGLE POKESTOP
>>345165067
Fuck you Corey.
>>345163520
Overwatch is
>>345166368
My local park has two pokestops literally right on top of each other, and a gym just a couple hundred feet away from them. It's insane
>>345158056
Maybe roll a few evolution lines out at a time from other Gens? even from the upcoming ones
Gourgeist line
Pangoro line
Tyrantrum Line
Vikavolt Line
Lucario Line
i feel those could have wide appeal and not chase the normies away
>>345156365
I don't get it.
>>345166368
>college campus has 4 pokestops by itself
>3 of them stationed next to each other
>Literally the entire campus chills in the field where we can pick up the pokestops
Its a fun kind of weird
chasin after you is like a fairytale777777777777
>>345162369
>Electrode
>Not Voltorb
>>345162295
As someone who has Poison as their favorite type, Fairy was a mistake. I have no idea how badly the game will break when we start getting Fairy types with actually decent stats to compliment their overpowered typing.
The big groups is because whoever was in charge of spacing these event triggers is a retard.
>>345158056
I can't imagine that many people hating on gen 2. Everyone at my school loved Gen 2 back in the day. It wasn't until gen 3 that everyone at my school but the hardcore fans got sick of Pokemon.
>>345158056
You can literally force an evolution for your Eevee by naming it after one of the Eevee Brothers - Sparky/Rainer/Pyro.
the fuck is a pokemon go?
>>345158056
Did people gather in Central Park for some kind of Pokemon GO party/convention? Or is the place just full of roaming packs of Pokemon GO players on a regular basis?
Also, why the fuck is Squirtle rare? When I gave a shit about Pokemon back in 1999, it was one of the three starting-tier Pokemon according to the anime series.
>live in backwater town in an almost-3rd world country
>"oh neat, pokemon go available here now"
>pretty sure this place is going to be dead as fuck
>like 9 poke stops in the park near my house, plenty of others around
>at least 4 gyms in sight
What the fuck.
>>345169102
Anywhere with multiple Pokestops within range of a single space/short walking distance is crowded with Pokemon Go players. Since they refresh every five minutes or so, you can stroll to one side, collecting as you go, and as you see the other side starting to refresh, you make your way back. Or just chill in some middling spot and collect all that you can reach without moving at all.
Also from the sheer amount of people there, there is going to be a couple whales who dropped dosh on lures and put them on a couple of the Pokestops, insuring a healthy flow of 'Mons just for being in the area.
This is going to LITERALLY become the biggest mobile game of all time by a long shot, which is crazy because Clash of Clans and Candy Crush were both pretty damn big on their own. Literally on a different stratosphere.
Who the hell could have seen this coming? What signs did we ignore? Did we just myopically say "lol nintendo lol mobile" and just leave it at that?
This is killing me, I need answers, nothing makes sense anymore.
>>345156365
Love Terminal Lance
>>345169819
Out-of-touch /v/tard detected.
I knew it'd be extremely successful, it's fucking gen 1 pokemon on your phone for christ sake. Poketards alone gobble that up. I admit, though, I wouldn't have guessed it to be a juggernaut to slay all juggernauts.
>>345169514
Your area likely had a sizeable Ingress playerbase, or at least one fanatic player. Pokestops and gyms are based off of submitted locations for Niantic's last mobile AR game, Ingress. They generally wanted important places, monuments, memorials, schools. Shit like that.
I heard a rumor Niantic was going to be accepting more spot applications/requests but haven't seen anything concrete about it.
>>345169819
Pokemon is a bigger brand than either of those, it's neat (holy shit AR goddamn), and people have been wanting something that was Pokemon but not the actual Pokemon games. IE a Pokemon MMO or some shit.
No one really saw it coming (Nintendo sure as fuck wasn't saying shit about this until it was just about released), and Ingress, Pokemon Go's predecessor who's skeleton Pokemon Go rests upon, was niche as hell.
It's a combination of brand and neat.jpg factor.
>>345170025
Well I don't think anyone here didn't think it wouldn't be at least somewhat successful. It is a Pokemon game after all. I think he's more surprised that it's the biggest thing since sliced fucking bread.
>>345169819
I didn't expect eh "Pokemon is for fags" normies to take to it so well. That's the rub.
>>345169819
>Who the hell could have seen this coming? What signs did we ignore? Did we just myopically say "lol nintendo lol mobile" and just leave it at that?
I've been saying Nintendo should've released a mobile Pokemon game for years. I don't think I was alone...
Too bad Nintendo is so obsessed wasting money developing consoles.
>>345170296
Yeah, I didn't see that part coming but in hindsight it makes sense - I've never seen a mobile game so effortlessly combine physical social interaction, pokemans, and world travelling. I don't even like the game but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't impressed.
I see a lot of people saying this is a flash-in-the-pan thing, but I think it may have longevity, not necessarily the game itself but as a concept.
>>345161009anon google resulted are catered based off your search history
>>345157603
#pokemom is a new thing. There is even talks of a pokemom meetup in my area.
No data, cant use it.
>>345158690
>he fell for the windows phone meme
>>345156365
its been a long time since i had a good laugh from terminal lance since I EAS'd
>>345169819
>tfw you didn't invest in Nintendo before GO
>>345163779
Jews
>>345156365
>yfw people start killing each other of rare Pokemon
>>345163497
I mean you're entirely right but it doesn't make me wish people would stop using it in that context. Its like shitposting.
>>345171363
>The trailer ended with a flood of people storming Time Square to battle Mewtwo
>mfw this isn't a meme it will actually happen.
>>345169102
Wait, Squirtle is rare?
Shit, there's one at a bar near a work seminar.
>My 50 year old Mom who watches Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz and hangs out in bars with her boyfriend asked me about how to download Pokemon Go the other day
This is getting way too out of hand.
There was like no marketing for this game, how did it catch on so hard with the normies?
Maybe normies aren't really all that different from us after all?
>>345171363
> Implying it's not already happening
Red are doing driveby's taking over the local gym around the same time, I think they're a bunch of people using a carpool, every day, and yellow had enough so they told em to fuck off or get beaten up. Could see it from outside my window since the gym is right bellow me. I'm blue so I don't give a fuck.
>>345171762
My uncle in his 60s downloaded it and caught a few things while walking his dog. These aren't the kind of people who'll stick with it, probably, but it's still had massive reach.
>>345172079
STANDING HERE
>>345172245
I REALIZE
>>345172287
YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME
>>345172328
TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY
>>345172079
pokemon is popular
the first generation of pokemon is known by a very large amount of people
first pokemon phone game
people who play phone games play whatever is popular regardless of if they like it or not
>>345167738
>>345162295
Are fairies really that powerful? They go down with a sword danced earthquake just like every other non flying type pocket monster
>>345172079
>All the biggest mobile titles had to spend millions of dollars on "user Acquisition" aka 24/7 internet/TV ads and literally buying users to inflate app store rankings to become as big as they did.
>Pokemon Go dwarfs every other mobile game without any of this and grew mostly by word-of-mouth and normie news coverage.
Nintendo must be laughing their asses off.
>>345160390
Lol you're in a base, what else are you going to do
>>345159396
holy shit i just googled it.
how did it come to this
>>345172937
I have to imagine having no control over your Eevee evolutions had some part in it.
>>345162369
But this wouldn't work. Because the people would see there's no Voltorb/Electrode on their "Nearby" list.
However, waiting for a huge fucking gathering of people...
>>345173126
Except you can, by naming your Eevee after the eevee brothers from the anime, 100% success rate as long as you make sure it's not during a server fuckup.
>>345173126
But you can force eeveelutions with nicknames.
>>345163520
>I hate it so it's a memegame!!!1
the only actual meme games are Memelands 2, Guacameme and The last of us.
>>345173324
Actually he's not wrong if we use the actual meaning of the word for once.
>>345172383
BUT WHOSE TO JUDGE
>>345174982
who's*