favourite aspect of pokemon

[Pikapekolover]

Pokemon is everywhere, but what do you like about it? Is it the video games, mobile games like pokemon go, arcade games like gaole and mezastar, or the famous trading card game? Or is it the anime? Are you like me, who likes everything? Tell me!

 

[StellarWind Elsydeon]

For me, it's undoubtedly the setting – the world, its creatures (both the Pokémon themselves and various non-Pokémon and Pokémon-adjacent lifeforms) and its many mysteries. As something of a worldbuilding nerd, the speculative biology of Pokémon, the ecosystems they form and their interactions with the elemental forces that shape the Pokémon world are a massive creative playground for me, and if I'm absolutely real, most of my hype for new releases is derived from getting more material to work with and interact with my head-canons for the setting.

Not to say I don't enjoy the actual games or certain aspects of the anime (the quality of both wibble dramatically and some were utterly brilliant while some others were gods awful) but yeah, it's all secondary to the setting and the creatures themselves. ^^

 

[Inkage]

Honestly, the competitive scene is my favorite. I'd never play it though- too much thinking, but watching it is a treat. Plus the hilarious uprising of certain Pokemon in different tiers, like Lokix in UU for example. The ebb and flow of strategies enthralls me. In the X and Y world tourney, everyone was so afraid of Mega Kangaskhan that everyone who participated brought a counter team to it, but no one actually BROUGHT Kangaskhan themselves xD These things are hilarious!

And the fact that a cheestick (Gholdengo) is considered one of the best Pokemon in OU. Doesn't get wackier than that.