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In lugnet.general, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> I discovered that I actually like Pokemon.
>
> Anyone hear an echo? :-,
>
> > > The Game Boy game is pretty fun,
> > Oh, you just mean that you like the game boy game, right?
>
> It started from that, yes. Barbara and I have also recently started buying
> into some of the cooler miniatures; I currently have Cubone sitting Shiva on
> my computer monitor at work, and am actively seeking Charizard for Barbara.
Heh
Atop my monitor: Gengar, Sandslash, and Lickitongue (who I
joke looks as if he wants to grace the cover of the next Rolling
Stones album).
I'm hoping to win a bid on a Marril ("Pikablu") figure on Ebay
at some point. :^)
My gripe about the Tomy figures is that they are all about
the same size. I'd like to see a Charzard to scale - an enormous
dragon drawfing the other figures.
> Ag. Ack. Ptui. Don't get me started. Oops, you got me started...
>
> I realize that the show is crucial for Nintendo's marketing juggernaut, but
> it's quite absolutely atrocious. After watching just two minutes, I want an
> epileptic siezure to make it stop. It's that bad.
>
> Weapons-grade brainwashing techniques aside, the show also suffers horribly
> from its characters and plot. EVEN for a cheap Japanese kid's cartoon. If
> Team Rocket acted half as well in the show as they did in the game, Ash & co.
> would soon be hiding out in bomb shelters.
Heh!
The five-year-old in the household enjoys the cartoon show, and as
a result, I have a fondness for it, too. Sure, it's cheap. Sure,
it's a promotional device. Sure, the plots are lame. But it
tickles me nonetheless.
Favorite moments: Pikachu laughing mockingly as Ash stumbles in his
first attempt to capture a wild pokemon. And "Meowth chooses Meowth!" in
as he tries to be his own trainer in a pokemon battle.
> > For what age group do you think that Pokemon is appropriate?
>
> The GB game, probably anywhere from age 8 upwards. (I can't really speak for
> the card game.) I'm 28, and I enjoy the game very much. I just think that
> the concept (1) and presentation are absolutely brilliant.
I haven't played the GB game. Should I? Which one? I'm not
real hep on the idea of buying multiple iterations of a cartridge
(Pokemon blue, Pokemon yellow, Pokemon Silver or whatever) just
to be able to gather a few new monsters, if that's all that the
different versions are about.
I was hoping to hear some day that the Gameboy game had been
translated into a good Nintendo 64 game, which might give me a reason
to buy an N64. (On second thought, I suppose I'd rather not find
a good reason to buy an N64.)
Random LEGO-related segue - I saw the Pokemon megabloks sets last
night. Ritvik always has an eye for leaping on a hot trend in a
fairly interesting way. Example: their dinosaur sets from around
the time that Jurassic Park was popular.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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