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Solodomo January 15th, 2011 8:39 AM

What age do you think you should stop playing pokemon?
 
Its a random question that came to mind lol

aglaya January 15th, 2011 8:41 AM

...There's no age limit if you like it, I guess.

Miluiel January 15th, 2011 9:56 AM

I agree, there is no limit. As long as you continue to enjoy the games and enjoy the experience, play on!

Haberdasher January 15th, 2011 9:57 AM

Whenever I get bored with it. Which might take a while. Until then, I'll keep playing, and I won't care whether people think it's improper my age to be doing so.

ShinyMeowth January 15th, 2011 10:50 AM

I intend to keep watching the anime and playing the games for the rest of my life. I really see no reason in stopping it.

Clark January 15th, 2011 10:51 AM

Play it until you get bored of it and don't want to play it anymore. Forcing yourself to stop playing just because you've reached a certain age is... silly. Never mind what other people think. If you enjoy something, regardless of your age, it's none of their business.

Purple Materia January 15th, 2011 11:07 AM

Well, when you get sick and bored of playing it, that's when.

Amore January 15th, 2011 12:50 PM

Whenever you just don't want to any more. Although if you're a parent who neglects their kids for your pokémon, then you ought to quit right away, or at least cut down, and give them a better life :)

Eliminator Jr. January 15th, 2011 3:39 PM

Why does there have to be an age limit? As long as you keep liking the games you don't ever have to stop.

The Noob Hacker January 15th, 2011 3:43 PM

Whenever you lose interest. Weather it be at 12 or 21.

NamelessGuy January 15th, 2011 3:43 PM

I don't plan to stop playing Pokémon anytime soon. I may drift away from it, but that won't be intentional.

cyan. January 15th, 2011 3:47 PM

whenever you feel is right, and in a few years you'd still remember it, be like "hey, i loved that show and the games so much"
although ive never actually seen anybody just stop with pokemon completly and forever. like, everyone i know has been like POKEMON IS FOR LITTLE KIDS and just returns to it a few months later. :/

ash catch em January 15th, 2011 3:58 PM

umm no way im stopping playing pokemon.

tnguye3 January 15th, 2011 4:03 PM

No age limit.
Play when ya want to.
Don't play when you don't want to. ^^

PlatinumDude January 15th, 2011 4:51 PM

There's no age limit in which you stop playing Pokemon. It's a matter of when you choose to stop playing it.

Ryan Hekk January 15th, 2011 5:08 PM

I wouldn't say there's an age limit. I guess there's a limit to how much from the universe you accept. I know people that would never consider buying Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Black, White, and some even Ruby or Sapphire. But if you offered them to have a shot at FireRed, LeafGreen, Red, Blue or Yellow, they'd go "hell yeah, I love those games".

There'll be a time when everyone who likes Pokemon currently will stop liking new products but newer fans will. The older fans will probably continue to play with the "vintage" titles until they get bored of them.

TJgamer January 15th, 2011 5:30 PM

There is no age when one should stop.
That's the choice of the player himself.

iCoffee~♥ January 15th, 2011 6:26 PM

Anyone can play Pokemon, it's just that others think that if you do still play they would think that your too childish and if that's it you'll stop playing..But seriously, Pokemon is for any age, not just for children but for adults as well.

coolcatkim22 January 15th, 2011 7:21 PM

If you decide that you should stop liking Pokemon at any age, then truely you aren't a Pokemon fan.
In fact, if you decide you should stop liking anything simply because you've gotten older, then you probably never cared much for it in the first place.

The 100 Mega Shock January 15th, 2011 7:45 PM

At whatever age you first develop a sense of self-awareness.

Ghostie January 15th, 2011 7:49 PM

That's right, there's no age limit. You shouldn't stop something because you think others will think you're childish. If you like it, and you aren't hurting anybody, then play it for as long as you want to.

I don't think that quitting means you didn't like it much in the first place, which someone said earlier.
How many of you still watch Sesame Street, or Dora the Explorer?
I'm guessing none, unless you have kids and you watch it with them. Even then, I doubt that you'd watch those shows for your own entertainment.
My point is, you can really love something, but then grow past it later. It doesn't mean you never really loved it.

But if any of you guys DO watch those...more power to you I guess. XD

Eurydice January 15th, 2011 8:39 PM

hmmm age to stop playing pokemon? *thinks* Never! i will prob play pokemon till the day i die ^_^

DoctorFred January 15th, 2011 9:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eurydice (Post 6401392)
hmmm age to stop playing pokemon? *thinks* Never! i will prob play pokemon till the day i die ^_^

That's it? Hmm... I'm still gonna be playing it in the afterlife. :P

On a more serious note, i agree with everyone who posted here. There is no age limit although many probably will stop once they hit college or somewhere around that time to start a career and live a more serious life. And even then, although most won't admit it, they liked it before, and still like it now.

Melinda January 16th, 2011 1:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eurydice (Post 6401392)
hmmm age to stop playing pokemon? *thinks* Never! i will prob play pokemon till the day i die ^_^

I completely agree. <3
I don't think I'll ever stop completely. Maybe take a break for a few months...maybe a year. I always end up right back into it.

ShinyFufu January 16th, 2011 3:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haowakeorden (Post 6400723)
I don't believe the reason that you "should" drop Pokémon is necessarily related to age.

Agreed. Just play/read/watch/etc. something for as long as you have interest in it. Don't drop something because society deems it "kiddy" and says that it's only "acceptable" to like it up until a certain age, and that someone liking it when they're past that age automatically makes them immature/childish/irresponsible/etc. or that it's "evidence" that there's something "wrong" with them(maybe because they -gasp- don't only like things that have a ton of sex, swearing, and nudity and have blood and gore flying all over the place).
Also don't drop something because a "friend" or gf/bf/etc. treats you like crap or threatens to disown you as a friend/gf/bf/etc.; someone who would disown you because of something so petty and trivial is not any kind of real "friend".
And besides, liking so called "mature" things like Grand Theft Auto and Halo is not necessarily a sign that the person that likes such things is "mature".


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