The Pokemon games are solid turn based RPGs. They also feature a world that is at times a clever parody of our own. Where humans in our world are obsessed with silly things like football and politics, the people of the Pokemon world are obsessed with Pokemon. Hearing the Pokemaniacs of the Pokemon games droll on and on about Pokemon this and Pokemon that actually puts dealing with real world obsessives in perspective.
Unfortunately, because of that crappy TV show and shameless multi-media promotions like this, Pokemon is far from being as respected as other names of Nintendo like Mario or Star Fox. This latest commercial for Pokemon, Darkrai.com, features another hidden monster to collect, likely through a future in-store event or forced purchase of another Pokemon product. That could be the upcoming Pokemon Ranger sequel, the upcoming straight to DVD Pokemon movie, Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai, or any number of other Pokemon games, toys, or shows that are surely on the horizon.
You'll have to tune into the site periodically to find out just how you'll be able to catch this new pocket monster. Please take care along the way not to be caught yourself by the techniques Nintendo continues to use to try and make the world of Pokemon obsessed maniacs of their games into reality.
P.S.- The banner is a play off the old "Vote or Die" skit from South Park (link NSFW due to language). It's similarity to the now famous Pokemon TV show theme song (link NSFW due to awfulness) is positively striking, no?
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11:22 PM on 02.03.2008
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Awesome avatar, by the way.
I feel bad I know that, but I guess it's nice to give those less unfortunate to grab him. If I had Diamond still I might pay attention.
Also, god..I like some screaming music, but that was horrible. My ears are bleeding, how the hell am I supposed to listen to Dexter?
Too bad you can't say any of that without being bombarded by this kind of asshattery.
I wouldn't mind having some Japanese Poke Bread.
Then punching the little kids in the shoulder really hard, and consequently being kicked out after their totally not-hot moms bitch and moan about me just punching their kids.
Even though I'm the one who lost... what kind of world do we live in....
I am annoyed that people throw it out as some sort of kiddie, Barbie Horse adventure piece of crap when it isn't at all. If you're going to be embarrassed about Pokemon then you should feel bad when you're sitting down with Mario or Final Fantasy. It's ass.
But really. It doesn't bother me that much. Sure, it's annoying, but hey. I'm having my fun with it and that's enough for me. The Nintendo marketing is bullshit, though. I completely agree with that.
I'm forced to admit I've never completed a pokemon game, I'd always get stuck somewhere and give up.
lol.
The only "promotion" Pokemon I ever got was Mew, and I used the glitch to do it. (At least I did it legitimately, right?)
As for this, yes, I believe the show has butchered the greatness of the games. The show used to be good in like the first season, but it's been bastardized now.
Or maybe thats just my childhood addiction to everything remotely pokemon related. Either way...
POKEMON, GOTTA CATCH EM ALL! POKEMON!
Seven words: Super Mario Brothers: The Motion Picture, Landmaster
And don't even get me started on Mother 3.
@ Cutie Honey, actually, the SMB movie was the low point of Mario's reputation. As a result, he went into hiding for a little while after that. In Yoshi's Island, he was barely recognizable as the fat, over exposed plumber he was known to be. That wasn't by accident.
Yes, Vote or Die was an actual, real life slogan. Complete with t-shirts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_or_die