Why are people addicted to Pokémon?

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    why do you think people are addicted to Pokémon? I've seen more Pokémon addicts than any other anime or game! why do you think this is?
     
    Because Pokémon is not just a game-- It's our childhood. For me, Pokémon brings me back to a happier, simpler time. Whenever I play, I remember being at my daycare, hiding in a corner under a desk built into the wall, secretly playing 'Red will everyone else slept.

    Pokémon is what takes me away from my troubles, takes me to a world where I don't need to sleep, eat, drink, or breathe, and I can befriend a monster, weather it be an adorable little mouse (not just Pikachu, people), or a god.

    That's what Pokémon is to me. I don't care if people think I'm a nerd, my Charizard will always be my best friend.

    --I guess some people might call me a "forever alone" or whatever. :)

    Edit-- Pokemon, is, in short, a drug for me. It makes me happier than being alive, sometimes, and I know that's wrong, but hey. Let me enjoy what's left of my childhood. Besides, Pokemon helps me get away from the pain of divorce, which I still live through (I'm not into High School yet, annoying Middle School family drama -.-)
     
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    Like shadowpikachu said, it's our childhood. They always put out new stuff, entertain us and it's grown to be a part of us, too hard to quit it xD
     
    Agreed with ShadowPikachu, its a part of my childhood and still a part of my adult life too. Also growing up with an alcoholic family it was constant issues every week, and "Pokemon" was the only thing that brought me happiness without the alcohol, and during other dark times in my life, Pokemon always brought the happiness back (and still does to this day).

    Aside from all that, It always brings back smiles, and the games are fun, the anime is awesome. I like lots of other cartoons as well, but it just doesn't compare to Pokemon.
     
    ^Dang man, that's deep.

    I think Pokemon is so addicting because it's a fantasy world that allows YOU, the player, to put themselves into a world that's not too farfetched from our own (so your suspension of disbelief doesn't have to be as large). You're in a world full of monsters that resemble known creatures and unknown creatures. It's like Where the Wild Things Are, but with more than one or two monster archetypes.

    Each creature appeals to someone, unless you just hate Pokemon with so much passion that you won't even look through a listing to find the one that does stand out. Some people like certain Pokemon because it reminds them of an animal they like. Some like them because they're cute, other because they're weird, others because they're extraterrestrial like, and others because they look like they mean business. I don't know another series that gives you that much variety outside maybe Digimon (or another monster game) that has that broad appeal of monsters and that also puts you in the spotlight.

    Yes, we have people who imagine what Red, Green, Gold, Black, Orange, I dunno whoever do during the journeys, but it's not like playing a Mario RPG where you know for a fact you're helping Mario reach his goal. It's hard to put yourself in Mario's shoes. More often than not, though, we put ourselves into those avatars. Would Red realistically have a team consisting of Venusaur, two Glitched Mews, Pidgeot and Nidorina (based on a team I once had just to break the game and find as many data destroying malicious glitches as possible)? I doubt it. Would I? No, but it's more likely. A more realistic team wouldn't have glitched Mews, but you see what I'm saying. And the same applies to everyone. We're all given an option to customize to our heart's content.

    And the beauty of Pokemon is that, despite the fact that the games limit you to a specific profession in order to conclude the game's campaign, reasonably speaking, there are a lot of Pokemon based professions you can take on, some of them taking a pacifist direction. Who hasn't imagined being a Pokemon [insert your favorite profession] at some time?

    Pokemon is a series that transcends what lies within a circuit board, and it enriches our imaginations to a degree. Other series have fans that love to imagine different scenarios for the characters in question, too, but I don't think anything else, or most anything else puts you in the position of what you would do beyond the scope of the game world.

    That, and the Pokemon themselves are only templates with a few rules. That's what makes the Mystery Dungeon series fun. Every Pokemon is a species, not a character, meaning you can have as much fun with one in particular as you want, without feeling like you're messing with canon. It's like making stories using cats, as there is no one cat (or they aren't all acting on a hive mind). I also don't know too many series that let you get away with that, unless you focus on the mooks or something.
     
    ^^ That's pretty well explained :) For me I'd say pokémon is such a vast sense of escapism, the formula of small-town hero/ine turned successful is appealing to most and each adventure is different depending on the pokémon you pick :) Plus the sense that pokémon are your partners more than anything is appealing. The pokémon world itself is really pretty and the storylines are quite gripping for the most part :)
     
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