feeling of sadness when your Pokémon faints

Moltres Rider

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    do you ever get some sort of feeling of sadness when your Pokémon faints or am I the only one??? I feel sorry for my Pokémon who just fainted in a game... I know it is just a game but I still feel like I somehow betrayed my Pokémon... anybody else get this??? is this normal???
     
    I do too, actually. I know they're just pixels, but with all the "Pokemon are friends!" preaching since gen I, I always feel bad when one of mine faints. :( Especially if I just got them, cause I want them to like me and not think "god this trainer sucks" lol.
     
    I don't like it when my Pokemon faints. It feels like I'm mistreating them. I don't know if it's my obsession against animal abuse, but I hate it when they faint. I wanna keep my Pokemon happy and conscious.
     
    I don't really get sad, but I do get angry at the Pokemon that made mine faint. I end up sending out my strongest Pokemon and make it use its strongest move to one-shot it, no matter how much health it had. It's like a sense of revenge for downing one of my buddies.
     
    Yes, I always get sad and then feel guilty about it later [for example, when one my Pokemon has mid to low health, and I figure out still has enough health to take down one more Pokemon - to my surprise opponent attacks first, critical hit - my Pokemon faints... in my heart "I wish I had given you the hyper potion earlier"]. Many times I can feel the tears coming down my eyes - in a way I feel inside something like "I let my Pokemon down".
     
    I battle competitively. Pokemon fainting is simply a part of battle. Any emotion I feel upon losing one of my battlers is based on my potential to lose, not because it fainted.

    I only care if I'm playing in-game and, after repeatedly trying to run, my Pokemon is knocked out.
     
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    I only do when doing Nuzlockes.

    For the most part, I become impressed of the opponents' pokemon instead XD My pokemon should hate me.
     
    Used to feel that a lot...But recently, I guess it's starting to fade away. But still, I don't like my Pokemon fainting, just don't.
     
    For me, it's nothing. It's not much of a problem to me when my Pokemon faints. I'd say that I just wanna win.
     
    Yeah, I get a bit sad or maybe not really sad, but disappointed in myself haha. I want to keep my pokémon happy so when they faint I feel like I've failed. I don't like to use one pokémon as a bait/staller while I'm healing another one for instance. At least not if that can mean that the first pokémon faints in the process.
     
    If one of my Pokemon faints then I feel a bit of guilt because I could have prevented it by switching/using an item/running away. It's more of a hassle than anything else. I rarely actually buy Revives until I reach the Elite Four so battles are more difficult during the rest of the game because if the Pokemon that I want to use is knocked out then I have to go for a less favorable option.
     
    Lol yeah I do, and I always thought I could avoid it. Seems like the regret in you puffs up when your Pokémon faints and you think: "Oh, I should have healed him/switched out..."
     
    I get really sad when my Polemon faints. I've always had an obsession with fictional entities, so seeing these pixelated cuties faint just makes me feel horrible. This feeling heightens every time I do a Nuzlocke challenge, for I know that I will not be able to use my "fainted" Pokemon again. This only happens when my Pokemon faint though. I don't really care much for my opponent's Pokemon hehe.
     
    Not so much sadness, more annoyance. Especially early game when I'm trying to raise a Pokémon and I have no Revives. And especially when I'm stuck in a cave and getting back to a PokéCentre is a chore.
     
    I guess i get kinda sad, but i feel even more angy at myself.
    I feel like ive disappointed or failed my Pokemon, for entering a battle i knew i couldnt handle or for taking a risk and keeping them in instead of switching them out...
     
    More frustrating than anything. I wasn't mad at my Pokémon for fainting, just that some trainers turned the tables at the last minute and took them out. That's the way of the game though. :P
     
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    Frustrated and sad. I also feel like I betrayed it by not putting in enough effort. Once I almost cried as I watched my little Oshawott's life slowly drain away, because somebody had the cheek to challenge me when I was heading for a Pokemon Center... I never forget a face... >:D
     
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