is Pokémon your favorite game series?

[Mab]

is Pok?mon your favorite game series?

why or why not? How do the Pok?mon games compare to other, similar franchises in your opinion? Are there any interesting or innovative elements from other game series you'd like to see the Pok?mon games adopt in future generations?

very curious

 

[Dragon]

Oh I like Pokemon deeply, but in terms of monster-collecting genre, I just prefer the SMT/Devil Summoner games. Just for my preference, really.

Let's take movepools for example: In SMT, you can have more than 4 moves in a Demon, and Demons can have vastly different moves, depending on how they're fused and raised. In Pokemon they only have 4 moves to choose from, in which there's not much room to choose from vastly different others other than the ones they learn via TMs/HMs/Move Tutors/Level Up (ie. Pikachu can never learn Hydro Pump). In SMT, basically anything goes in terms of movepools. There are some exceptions sure, like signature moves, but even those can be learned for different through accidental fusion.

Like Pokemon though, Different species of Demons also have different base stats to work with. But it's easy to work around - you can use a variety of licenses to strengthen up your demons, or from Devil Summoner, you can use certain demons to raise stats. You can raise stats in Pokemon too with the different supplements. The thing is, there's not a "fixed stat" in SMT - for example, in SMT Nocturne, your stats can only increase to max 40 for each stat. So if you want to, you can raise your favourite demons to that stat, and they won't lose in power compared to other demons that only come in higher levels.

SMT produces more mature plot lines than Pokemon too, which again is simply in my preference; you're a young teen who enters an apocalyptic world, with Demons all over the place. People are violent, they make cults, and do other screwed up things. Demons again are everywhere, eating misfortune humans or weaker demons who come across their path. It's a dangerous world, but you're in this world to try and tackle the challenges ahead of you, in order to reshape the world to your choosing. In Pokemon, it's the same formula sure; you collect badges, fight against bad guys, in order to become the Champion in your region. That said though, there's nothing wrong with a set formula as long as it's done well, and I think Pokemon still does it well, with few twists here and there!

Now, I still do enjoy Pokemon, but my own wish is that Pokemon will have more customizable options. But you can also argue; it doesn't need it, and it has the features where everyone can play. That's where SMT sort of drops the ball at; it's simply not for everyone, and the learning curve can get immense. </3

 

[Lunar]

Thinking about it, there's a couple of other games that I like more than some Pokemon games, such as Skyrim and Halo 3 for example. But in terms of a franchise overall, nothing has produced such consistent high level content like Pokemon, no matter what Pokemon game I'm playing, I always have a great time, and I don't think any other game series offers that.

Although there's not necessarily a strong emotional connection with the characters created by Game Freak, the player really bonds with the Pokemon they catch and train, and that's a huge part of the appeal of Pokemon imo. Take Final Fantasy XV for example, the game created a strong emotional connection with myself and the main protagonists and it felt like the creators purposefully did this, whereas in Pokemon, the player is free to make their own connections with characters and the Pokemon they encounter as they choose and while neither approach is wrong imo, the latter feels more personal and that's a strong reason why I love Pokemon so much, cause it's personal and I feel like I've been on my very own journey over the years. Anyway, enough waffling, Pokemon is definitely my favourite game series :)

 

[blue]

I'd say so yeah, and that's and mainly because it's the one gaming franchise that I've stuck with right from the start. I've grown up with Pokemon for the best part of my life and obviously, it now has a lot of sentimental value to me. Not only that, but there are so many great titles that make up Pokemon which makes it stand out from other franchises. Sometimes I'll lose interest in gaming franchises, but with Pokemon, even though the formula is generally the same, I'll always look forward to playing new titles.

 

[smocks]

Pokémon will probably be my "forever and always" in the gaming world. Pokémon is a hugeeeee part of my childhood and the iconic style Pokémon has to offer is hard to beat. Every Pokémon game is structured to be as addicting as the next and always has it's "feel good" message in the end which is rare nowadays from every game seeming to have some one-punch/cliche dramatic or horror plot). Pokémon isn't a flat-toned game like most, you can get one copy of a game and could live off it forever. There's so many ways you can play Pokémon which is fantastic from the game letting the player go on their own way. If you want to catch them all? You can! You want to collect legendaries/shinies? You can! You want to be the very best? You sure definitely can! That's what's great about Pokémon, there's soooooo many things you can do there's something you're bound to like :)

 

[Radiating]

The answer to this question is a big YES. This was the first major gaming franchise I was introduced to. I love the strategy it takes, the amazing storylines, the music, the environment, and of course, the Pokemon.

There really is no other gaming franchise I play other than Pokemon except Mario Bros.