I've been nosing around Newgrounds for a few years now, it's only recently that I have an account because I have the software to make cartoons. I know a couple of things about it. But one thing that I know about newgrounds is that many of the users despise pokemon.
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Really? Well, I like it. Now keep in mind that I have a right to my own opinion and that I can share it in public. Pokemon is a game that was made by nintendo, which is in my opinion, the greatest video game company ever. You all may hate pokemon, but I'm sure you're familiar with the concept: Catch pokemon in the wild, train them to be the strongest and beat the strongest. Simple, right? Well, there use to be 150 (151 if you count Mew) but now there's almost 500 of these things, and more to come since a new generation is about to come out. People have a problem with this growing number, I don't mind, really. Because if you're gonna keep it going you gotta add new things to it.
Oh, listen to me talk... As much as I love pokemon, I've seen some of the toons that you've put out there, and I can understand where you guys are coming from. You guys apparently dislike the anime. I actually agree with you on that. The anime is really cheezy and it's just lame. But, to its credit it actually did a very good job at drawing the audience into the games. It drew me to them. When the anime came out, I was around 8 years old. The first pokemon game I bought was pokemon yellow the game that tied in with the anime the most. You get pikachu as your starter, you fight jessie and james, everything except have Misty and Brock follow you around.
I liked the anime all the way through generation II, then when generation III came around, it started to take a nosedive. The anime already did its job and started to grow old. I mean, they made some dumb decisions. Like kicking Misty off the team like some unimportant character. They replaced her with May, the female trainer of Generation III. But when it was over, they kicked her off and replaced her with Dawn, the female trainer of Generation IV. And when it's over, I'm pretty sure they'll kick her off, too, and Generation V is well on it's way so her days are numbered.
To sum it all up, I've really drifted away from the anime, but, I stick with the games as much as ever. Yeah, it's annoying to have Pikachu all over the place, but keep in mind that he's the mascot, like with Agumon with Digimon or Medabee with Medabots (I know I'm digging way deep into the "Rip-offs"). But remember, you don't have to catch him. There are plenty of other pokemon out there. My favorite pokemon, for example, is Umbreon. A good pokemon with good stats.
Although I can relate to some of the flashes here. There was this one flash I saw about some guy walking through the grass and encountering a Zubat every single step. He finally gunned the thing down with an assult rifle. Yeah, that does happen, and it can be annoying, especially if your just trying to go from place to place.
The spin off games are cool too. I love Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. It's a game where you play as the Pokemon instead of the human. Pokemon Ranger is okay, I like the concept, but I find myself going to it even less than the other games. Pokemon Coloseum was fun too. 3D pokemon games that plays like the actually games, but Pokemon Revolution was very disappointing.
Wow! I have just gone overboard with this Pokemon thing. Way overboard, but, you guys see my point right? Yeah, I like Pokemon, it's a great series and it doesn't look like it's gonna slow down any time soon.