Pokemon X and Y represent what is probably the single biggest leap the series has taken since Pokemon Gold and Silver, if not ever.
"The core formula remains the same as ever: you're a young man or woman who receives a new Pokemon, and then sets out on the perennial quest to catch them all and be the very best there ever was." Pokemon grew up, and in do ing so, it made us all feel like little kids again, giddy with excitement at stepping out of the doorstep for our very own grand adventure. It was time to grow up now.Īnd then Pokemon X and Y came along. This was not an epic quest to be the best, it was just a video game, and a painfully limited one at that. The games themselves have continued to be great- incredible, even– but last year’s release of the Pokemon Black 2/White 2 finally marked the point where it felt like the magic was gone. it’s felt constrained, held back, a victim of its developers’ refusal to do anything to the formula that might upset the delicate balance they struck on their first outing. You decide how it goes.īut that grand adventure that we’ve wanted, that everyone set out on for the first time on the Gameboy, in recent years, hasn’t felt so grand. There is a reason that the Pokemon games de-emphasize storytelling so much, and that the little plot that they do have is essentially regurgitated every single time (Pokemon Black/White notwithstanding): these games are your adventure. What these people do not recognize is that Pokemon has sold nearly 250 million copies worldwide because of a very special thing- it captures the feelings of wonder and excitement that everyone once felt as a child, the feeling of stepping out of your house and going on your own grand, epic adventure. There is something about Pokemon that most outside observers do not know- those who have never been a part of the phenomenon most likely only see it as a cynical cash grab, with endless refreshes for the video games, a never ending anime, a line of merchandise that never seems to end, a trading card game that won’t go away, and annual movie releases.
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