>> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)16:44:26 No.27303405▶>>27303605 Nintendo always packed a bunch of weird shit in their games. strange seeing that they're japanese but are layered with refrences from all around the world. Bonus: Pokemon. Its crazy that the "breeding" in that is literally a genetic engineering simulator. >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)17:10:21 No.27303605▶>>27304092 >>27303405 i SWEAR, knowing what i know now, pokemon ALLOWED ninendo to thrive, pokemon could ONLY exist with the cheap gray brick gameboy, gamefreak sucked as a dev even then... pokemon and nintendo are ultra-dependent on each other. if one dies, the other dies. what woowoo black magic sorcery did they do to make pokemon what it is, as a cultural phenomenon. it's not even that good as an executed idea. >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)18:03:52 No.27304092▶>>27304149 >>27303605 >what woowoo black magic sorcery did they do to make pokemon what it is, Yeah it is strange. Take for instance the Nidoking line. At first glimpse its just kind of a goofy like rat/dinosaur thing. Then I realized it might actually be something called a "synapsid" basically theorized to be a mammal/dinosaur hybrid IIRC. Thats a pretty obscure and specific thing to put in a kids game and just simply not mention it at all. Cloning, ghosts, psychic humans. Teleportation and time travel and mutations. Genetic engineering as I said. A lot of weird shit that once again, just basically goes unexplained. You just kind of except it. >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)18:11:08 No.27304149▶>>27304468 >>27304092 I always felt like there was something off putting about Pokemon playing the first 2 gens plus LG as a kid >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)18:51:01 No.27304468▶ >>27304149 >playing the first 2 gens >Part 1 Not to get into an autism battle about the originals being "better" but as far as I understand Gold/silver (gen2) was supposed to be the last game(s). The lead guy satoshi is no longer the main dev, he only gets an associate credit or something. (that dude is actually kind of mysterious as well desu) I went down this ridiculous rabbit hole while trying to make my own pokemon styled game, and no matter what I did I just couldn't capture the "magic" of the official monsters. Now, here me out, after just analyzing the original 151-255 I discovered some weird shit. There is layers upon layers of design that is sort of "hidden". Or at the very least, not even remotely obvious to the laymen. (or a kid for that matter) Take the Charizard line. First glance, it's a fire lizard. The japanese name for charmeloen is Lizardo. Liz-ardo, then you realize (particularly with charmeleon) Its a fucking Hadrosaur. It seems obvious when you hear it, but once again, quick glance its, just salamander/chameleon/lizard+"char"(fire). I remember getting in arguments about what the thing actually fucking is when I was younger. Its not just anyone of those, it's all of them. (sort of) Especially look at he original 151. What in the fuck are half of these things? Some are legitimately mysterious. Where as the newer ones are pretty obvious fantasy versions of whatever animal >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)19:35:13 No.27304815▶ File: ccf4eeee8fe26ac36f2da5d44(...).jpg (52 KB, 1000x706) 52 KB >>27304468 >Part 2 Maybe Ill make a thread sometime and lay out what I call the pokemon conspiracy "The power that's inside" seemingly mundane catchphrase for the series, almost takes a new meaning when you sit and try to analyze some of this shit. Keep in mind, as I stated previously so much of this stuff is sort of "hidden" but some stuff is not fully explained or is purposely vague and just sort of brushed off. A lot of people don't realize Pokemon was I think the #1 or #2 selling media franchise of all time. I think its star wars and GTA now. Go back to the Pokemon craze of the late 90s early 00's. It was fucking EVERYWHERE and was really never replaced, at least not in that form, a product specifically based on the aspect of collection. It was design to print money lol. Why was it so captivating? Why do so many people say the originals were "better". Why was it never able to reclaim its "glory" and why has it never been replaced/dethroned by something in its genre. I mean think about it, a game with the moniker "gotta catch 'em all' was specifically designed to be incompletable. Whether with different versions or the fact #151 being literally hidden and was only available in limited quantity. Its like the ultimate addiction formula. This is still surface level. The originals being so damn weird and in some cases from the original art work were actually kind of creepy. Whos designs IMO were specifically meant to be "hidden" with layers and layers. Delving into phylums, various prehistoric periods, spirituality and mysticism. All tied in with multiple dimensions, cloning, genetic engineering and more. its a game for elementary school children...Oh and can't forget the bitcoin connection >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)19:46:36 No.27304888▶ >>27304815 >It was design to print money lol. great thoughts here, and speaking of printing money, wizards of the coast did the pokemon tcg, and mtg cards are the most popular form of money laundering. pokemon has the SHITTIEST most HORRIBLE "lore" and "worldbuilding" of all nintendo franchises. zelda, metroid, classic mario were all better, hands down. pokemon's world is the shittiest worst thing ever, yet no one complains, and each gen of gamefreak staff makes it worse. wonder why actually. why people love it so and obsess over something not so good. magic desire spell? those are real. magic spells to make people like CRAP. collecting these pokey thoughts, might assemble a quick new page on the topic. >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)21:31:10 No.27305591▶ >>27305279 Nice. Yeah I could go on all day about this shit. I'll probably make an OP I'm really just interested in why the designs are so weird. you'd think its just fire cat/ice lizard but its not. Barely even mention satoshi. Everyone talks about him being autistic or something but they leave him apparently staying up for days and using sleep deprivation for creativity. I have a theory hes maybe a hacker or something. Judging by some of these designs he might some kind of like brain hacker or something weird shit >> Anonymous 01/10/21(Sun)21:31:37 No.27305595▶ its REAL. read about how nintendo "jokingly" made controllers that interface with your brain directly to the 64. after the gigaleak happened you could find stuff about the evil god temple in ura zelda, now scrubbed everywhere