[Weekly Poll #4] I don't like it anymore... wait maybe I do!

[mondays suck]

I started drifting away from Pokemon after GS - Stuff started to require more GB Color and soon after even GB Advance, and I didn't exactly feel like spending money on that while my GB Pocket was still working fine.
So I played RBYGS for some more time, more and more decreasingly. Somehow got back to it after a while though, switched to DS+Pearl after my GB Pocket fell down from a table one time too much. Not too soon after (a year maybe, two at most) the DS went to the shelf because I discovered the miracles of emulation.
So I guess I can say it's been like some kind of parabole up to now.

 

[Serene Grace]

I've drifted from the Pokémon video games quite a lot actually. Sometimes, it gets to the stage where I can't be bothered to pick it up and it becomes tedious to me. When that happens, I leave it for about a month and play other games. This gives me another perspective and helps me to find the game a lot more refreshing when I do go back to it.

As for other forms of Pokémon media - I don't find myself drifting away from them. The animé and manga are released in fixed times, so they're always refreshing and new in one way or another. This means that they don't warrant any tedious feelings towards them.

 

[DarkVhozon]

I drifted away for a few years and for a while genuinly didnt like pokemon, due to others attitude toward it rubbing off on me(mother didnt like it, me getting older, my friends making fun on middle schoolers playing the TCG at lunch, etc.). Ended up selling Ruby and Fire Red and Yellow I had simply lost :(. Even when D/P came out I wasnt excited. But a frined I made at summer camp own3d a copy of Pearl and let me play it. I said to myself this isnt that bad. I hardcore made a comeback a few months before HG/SS. Have Platinum/Emerald/Fire Red/HG/SS and plan on buying both White and Black when they release :)
Never really was into the Anime and I played the TCG for a while but I DID grow out of thatvafter a while, just games now

 

[Ghostie]

I never drifted away from Pokemon; I loved it since I saw the very first episode of Pokemon. I do remember though, after I had played Gold and Crystal versions over and over, I thought to myself "I should stop buying these games. It's always the same thing every time, and eventually they get old, and I don't have any other kind of game to play because I spend all of my money on them"

Then when I got a GBA for my birthday, I bought Ruby Version. I didn't listen to myself. XD

I read about it in a gaming magazine, and I just couldn't help myself.

 

[Vindra]

I was super obsessed with Pokemon when I was in middle school, but I drifted away from it in high school because it seemed childish and uncool to me. When I was in college I got back into it when Diamond and Pearl came out, but I didn't have much time to play because of classes. After I graduated and heard that Black and White were coming out in English, I started getting excited about Pokemon again.

It helps that I have a gamer geek boyfriend who was into Pokemon when he was younger, too. We've been playing through the old games together (nostalgia!) I think having someone else to chat with about Pokemon fuels my fire for it. XD

 

[Zelda]

I haven't drifted away from Pokémon yet but the time will come, whether it be if I'm busy with offline things and things get too time consuming, or simply because I couldn't read up on all the information without it taking hours of my time if there were to be more and more generations. I doubt I'll drift away from Pokémon anytime soon though, and people who judge on what I like won't stop me from liking it either. n_n

 

[Pokemon Trainer Touko]

I've only played Pokemon for 1 year and I didn't drift away from it at all~ I'm simply so into it~ I don't think I will ever drift away from Pokemon~

 

[Velvex the Øverlørd]

When I was younger, from when Blue version was released to around the time Emerald was released I was obsessed with Pokemon, but all of a sudden after that I sort of drifted away from it. I got Pearl, but didn't play it nearly as much as my previous versions. I just got back in to Pokemon a couple of months ago though.

 

[fenyx4]

Has there ever been a time where you simply drifted away from Pokemon only to come back to it soon after? What made you drift away and what brought you back? If you've never drifted away from Pokemon, do you ever see yourself drifting away from it?

When I was younger, I loved watching the Pokemon anime. Then one day chanced upon this guy using Nova Blast while I was browsing through the channels:

That was probably the beginning of my "distancing away" from Pokemon. Eventually I was really engaged in the "Pokemon vs. Digimon" argument, becoming an avid Digimon supporter and anti-Pokemon. I even looked at the Pikachu-themed GameBoy with detest. :(

Then years later, I kind of mellowed out. One day on a bus ride from school, someone showed me the game they were playing on their GameBoy Advance. Lo and behold, it was Pokemon Sapphire Version. The first feature I noticed was the Secret Bases; the particular one I saw was a treehouse. For some strange and inexplicable reason, that was the feature that spurred my wishing for a GameBoy Advance SP and a copy of Pokemon Sapphire. Since then, I've become pro-Digimon and pro-Pokemon, loving both franchises equally. I'm kind of inclined more towards Digimon these days because the community seems more active, and the main thing that draws me into Digimon is the anime, which takes breaks every now and then. With Pokemon, videogame discussion is nearly a constant, and the anime is interesting at times as well (though Digimon's anime is much superior in quality. Only the Pokemon movies and legendary Pokemon arcs can hope to match it.)

I don't see myself drifting from Pokemon ever in the (near) future; I've invested way too much time in it (the games, the anime, research on the franchise, and Pokemon forums, mainly PokeCommunity. :D) Pokemon Sapphire and Emerald Versions are a sure example of this; I've logged way more hours into them than nearly any other media. >_> The only thing that'll probably detach me from Pokemon is if the games really start sucking, but at that point I'll probably just choose the predecessor to said potential suckiest games. However, I don't think Pokemon's stopping soon, and it adds a lot of good stuff with each passing Gen, particularly the Pokemon. ;)

Well I've noticed some members say they don't like Pokemon, but they stay here for the people and the off topic sections. I've even seen those same people browse around Pokemon General so I figured why not ask! :D

That's really strange... There are a number of other sites you could engage in similar off-topic conversations... But then again this community does seem to foster growth and beneficial development...and if you're on a Pokemon site, odds are that you're bound to get lured to the main subforums to get updated on the current developments in the world of Pokemon! ;)

 

[Aquacorde]

I've never really drifted away from Pokemon. Drifted from PC, yes, (and I regret it) but never from Pokemon. It's just kind of always been around.

 

[olih]

I haven't drifted away, and I probably never will. Although before I got into Pokemon, I used to hate it and think it was stupid. Now I think how I could ever have had those views.

 

[Ibis]

When Pokemon first came out, I was already in high school-ish (gives you an idea about how old I might be) and so was on the verge of the typical, "Is Pokemon too 'childish' or not?" series of thoughts.

I didn't play any games (didn't own any handheld gaming devices until I was an adult), but I kept up with the television series for a while and owned a Pocket Pikachu, too. I sort of stuck with it a little longer into the Johto time period and then... I don't know what happened.

I completely disconnected from the Pokemon franchise save for a few revisits to the older series (rewatching the first movie, for example) and keeping the Mewtwo keychain my kid sibling gifted to me attached to my person or belongings somewhere.

Fast forward to 2010 and I find my interest being picqued with the knowledge that Gold and Silver would be remade for the DS platform (which I own) and that it would include a Pokewalker which would be similar to the Pocket Pikachu that I once carried.

Fast forward again to the here and now and I've not only gotten into the games (already had SS and got Pearl and Diamond as presents), but I've also done a little catching up with the series itself and attended my first official Pokemon event (Black and White tour).

At this point of my life, I'm old enough to be able to freely admit to people that I love playing the Pokemon games (I walk around everywhere with my Pokewalkers attached to me and that includes work) and not care what others might think.

Life is short; make the most of it and enjoy it (responsibly). Just because you're an adult doesn't mean you have to give up something you once had an interest in because you think it's too 'childish'.