Y'know, I really want to say that I like the concept of Poke'mon. Little monsters that you put in your pocket when they are not fighting, and then some cute things trying to knock the $#*+ out of another cute little thing somtime at the end.
Couple that with a talking cat and several, ehem, excellent looking monsters (Gyrados? Kickass! Magicarp-- Like most of my rares!).
The gameboy game is a great RPG game, and probably the last one to come out for a system I own (Super Gameboy Addapter for Super Nintendo). It's got several interesting possibilities, and is somwhat challanging for a game that's been hyped as a "kiddie" game.
The series I like. It's bare bones Japanese Animation, censored. I enjoy that type of thing, censored or uncensored.
The card game? No thanks. I prefer Magic; However, the only thing I really have against it is the fact that some of the kids that went to the store I went to at that time would walk up and say "Pokemons Better!" and stare at the game I was playing. Ask them to substantiate their argument, and they cain't do it. Some of them would try out Magic and convert, which was a good thing, but others would still, after a conversation about the pros and cons of the game, say "Pokemon's STILL better, I don't care what other people say." Tip: don't argue with five year olds, not even an intellectually disgiesed argument.
The (sadly killed prematurly) RPG? AWESOME, yet simple, machanics, though some fine tuning could be used. It's system was simple and easy to learn, yet had quite a bit of promise. I'm tryhing to convert it to a more "heroquest" type setting for my friends. If you have a younger sibling, pick up the "Pokemon Emergency" "adventure game" and attempt to get them into gaming.
Mercandice? Hey, I like some toys. I dislike others.
I still want a six-foot long Gyrados, and a two foot Magicarp.
If you don't like Pokemon, answer me this: Do you also hate to watch Cockfights? Those chickens can rip each others' head off! I've seen it!
