Pokemon - Is it absolute Trubbish?

Everyone’s heard of Pokemon. Whether or not you’re a diehard Pokefan or not, there’re some huge issues with some of the latest entries. Is Pokemon trying and dying? Oh yes it is.

Let’s take a look back on the old Pokemon Red and Blue, shall we?

Created in 1996 by Satoshi Tajiri, its fame has its roots from a little game about a boy (and you can only ever play as a boy) who can somehow command the strongest creatures in the universe ... and is still about 11 years old.

Back then all you had were:

·         1:1 battles in a turn-based style.

·         151 Pokemon who actually represent real animals, plants, and weird thingies.

·         Some typical RPG stuff (fetch quests *cough cough)

·         A whole ton of stuff to do after you’ve beaten the storyline

And most of all, Pokemon gave you a magical motivation to get everything you can in the Pokemon universe.

Now let’s fast forward to 2011’s Pokemon Black and White.

Somehow, names like Reshiram and Zekrom made it in, representing something like this.

Yeah, I don’t think yin and yang look very much like these dragon-esque ... erm, things?

Here’s a list of other blemishes in Black and White:

·         A tried-and-true-and-tiring formula; I think we’re all getting a bit sick of how it starts you off and how everything flows

·         The new gimmicks (the eye-hurting 3D-ish perspectives, triple battles, new moves) are really more of an excuse to say “we’ve run out of ideas.”

·         Another bunch of weak Pokemon in the lineup makes others overpowered

Sooo true...

·         Some of the Pokemon just don’t make sense; in naming and concept

Oh my god. What has happened to this thing?! And more like,  what the hell is it?!

·         It’s lost the “beginning of an adventure” and “world at your fingertips” sort of feeling.

·         It’s also lost the “youth-ish” feeling; you look about the teen-ish age in Black and White. Why would you want to be capturing weirdly named creatures rather than playing Modern Warfare 3 or Skyrim at that age?

Pokemon’s fallen from its original feeling, and yet, is still basically doing the same thing Red and Blue did for years. Now, the feelings have fallen to an all-time low, the creators seem to use robotic generators to create the new nonsensical Pokemon, and the “Pokemon” feeling seems to weaken just a bit with each game.

Although, it’s not like it’s the worst game of the Pokemon series. Black and White does have its redeeming features, and it is trying to appear more unique.

From Mewtwo ...

... To Trubbish

But the bottom line? Pokemon, I’m sad to say, but you’re starting your fall from Mewtwo, to Trubbish.