Pokemon duel was the best one. I was sad when it was discontinued. I didn't pay for anything except one time because i wanted to support the game. Just playing gave me a ton of figures to use. Even weaker figures could be used to great effect. Pokemon smile is great for those of us with adhd. It helps me remember to do it and get every surface. I loved Magikarp Jump too.
THANK YOU! I was just waiting for this video to talk about it but I feel like I wasted my time and the video missed the opportunity to tell people about the best app game I've ever played!
Ah, I feel like Shuffle has so much potential for cool events. The game could've been great if they actually continued updating it, though event Pokemon reruns sure are a lot better than eos
Pokemon Smile is also really good for people struggling with mental health. :3 I don't usually have issues with it as far as brushing your teeth, but it's nice.
I literally said to myself "I wonder if this would help me remember/want to brush my teeth" when he started talking about this. Might have to check it out. I have ADHD (forgetfulness) and depression (makes me just not want to)
Can confirm it absolutely helps me remember/want to take care of myself! Not only brush my teeth but helped me get into a solid morning/night routine as well. For sure recommend anyone who is forgetful or suffers from a mental hurdle (or both, hi its me I'm both) to give it a try :)
Magikarp Jump was wild. Over the span of like 2 or so years I actually ended up finishing it. Like, in terms of completing all leagues. Without spending any money on microtransactions at all you will not have enough currency by the end to have bought everything, unless you pay real money of course. the late game of this game is more repetetive than the base game itself, forcing you to replay the last league again and again, watching through the same 3 cutscenes for hours at a time, with the only thing ever changing being the magikarp you fish after completion lol
If you have an iPhone, if you make a Chinese Apple ID (super easy, just need a Chinese address which can be any Chinese address), you can explore the Chinese version of the game! Though it may be a little hard if there’s no translations haha, I loved Pokemon quest too
About Unite. Yes, Pokemon Unite has a more hardcore playerbase, it's not the microtransactions, those are easy to never even get close to paying for stuff. It's more of the balancing, especially in normal matches, high ranking players will get in a match with someone from low ranks and it stops being fun for the person who doesn't know the game that well/doesn't play too often
I can't even remember the amount of times i (ultra) got matchmaked with someone from either veteran or expert i don't remember, and they're always using the worst held items possible, whilst the other team is filled with ultra/master rank, or just ppl who know how to play the game Yet after all this issues, I still love unite and will play it until it gets shutdown
@@Brisolo32 same, I love the game, but I can only play ranked and have fun when I reach master rank, other than that, I may end up fighting people with higher ranks or fight with people with lower ranks, which both sucks
I love pokémon smile! I'm 21 and played it last year, only stopped because I caught all the pokémon, so I hope they add more in the future! The art style is adorable and it was a good way to motivate me to spend more time brushing my teeth. It also genuinelly helped me feel less miserable when I was going through a hard time, because I would play it at night and go to bed happy thinking about the cute pokémon I caugh.
Pokemon Sleep genuinely helped fix my sleeping schedule and body clock. I have pretty bad depression and waking up each morning can be tough, but the game really incentives you to go to sleep at regular times and rewards you with rarer Pokémon n stuff. to put it into perspective, when I started using the app I used to sleep at 4am and wake up at 1pm the next day. A few months later I now go to sleep at 10:30pm and wake up at around 9am. Idk what people are doing to make their phones overheat, its never happened with me. I just set it to sleep, put the phone face-down which makes the screen black while keeping the app running and have it lay next to me on the mattress. Only time it gets slightly warm is if a pillow falls on it or something.
I really wanted it to work for me to help with the Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, but the app just felt so clunky and slow and didn't help me wake up necessarily "rested". How does the game progress as you go along?
the pokedex 3d app was so monumental to me- all I'd do is sit there and create stories about all the b&w pokemon as I looked at them. I was very easy to entertain as a child with an extremely active imagination. I had no idea it was shut down though, so I always wondered why I could never find that app again.
Pokémon Duel was my favorite mobile game for a while and I was so sad when I couldn’t play it anymore. The figure based system with the chess like movements were perfect for me.
You forgot one. Pokemon Shuffle. Very very obscure. It look even more like Candy Crush than Cafe Remix. No it's literally candy crush, level progression and gameplay and all.
I'm a long-term Pokémon Masters EX player, and honestly, it's the most genuinely free-to-play friendly gatcha I've ever played, though... the UI is a lot, especially in Japanese. It's a bit less crowded in English, but... not by much...
I find it disgraceful that you didn't mentioned pokemon shuffle, being probably one of the best mobile games even if it's a bit more underwhelming than it's 3ds counterpart
There always are some fangames you know. I even remember about one with the visual novel style, in a school setting, and of course the characters have been aged up a bit and designed in that style to get simps. I think Moopsten might have made videos about it at some point, not sure though.
Pokemon Duel was actually excellent. I only found out it was discontinued through this video :( You could get good figures fairly easily because I remember getting Lugia and using him literally always, and I never paid for anything. It had a solid element of strategy and I remember luring the other player into traps many a time.
You're not missing out on anything with Unite. I played regularly for a little over a year before I just couldn't do it anymore. Microtransactions aren't even the issue. You can VERY easily get your held items to the optimal level. It's the SBMM, the way they have ranked setup, and the lack of consequences. Balance is also a big issue at times, but the 3 I named have been an issue since day 1. PokemonGO is about the constant never ending grind to get the perfect Pokemon for various situations, as far as the gameplay is concerned. The real draw though is the sense of community. I ran my local scene for about 3 years by organizing raids everyday and events for everyone to get together. Even the devs want this to be what the game is for. To bring people together IRL. If you don't at least have 1 other person to enjoy the game with and "compete" with, then it really isn't all that fun. I can't play anymore due to an accident, but I most certainly would if I could. Niantic is a headache to deal with, but it was worth it to get to enjoy catching Pokemon with my best friends while making new ones.
In Pokemon Go there is a story infact multiple stories known as "Special Research" also there a raids that you can do with friends and random people just like that first trailer with mewtwo but even on the higher tier raids the most people nowadays that do them are like 6 - 8 people.
Yeah the thing about Pokémon go is that it’s pretty much a hardcore collectors game. you want to get all the shinies but you also want to get them with really high stats since they can’t be changed like in the mainline games, and it’s really dependent on where you live and if you have a community of other players. if you don’t live in big town/city or have any other players then you’re pretty much screwed over and can’t really do much
IMO and experience, Pokemon Go’s big win is building a community or a network on top of a very enjoyable game. ive been a player since 2016 and never stopped up to this day and it made an avenue for me to meet different people from all walks of life.. even my core group of players now are composed of professionals (a lawyer, a university professor, a politician to name a few). The inclusion of live/real events really made this mobile game stood out among the rest, it isn’t a perfect game (and yes, i also despise the recent plethora of paid add ons) but it’s the company of friends and acquaintances that makes me continue playing
Something very tragic about pokemon duel was that they made it a LOT worse over its lifespan with the microtransactions. Back when the game first launched you could save up and buy pretty powerful figures and experiment with upgrades yourself, and it was a very forgiving game in terms of experimentation. Later on the power creep on newer figures got really rough, mix that with the fact that it became WAY harder to get the currencies needed for newer figures *AND* they increased the price on getting new figures too. Turning it into almost a necessity to spend real life money. It was scummy as hell and a complete turn around on the games design just to get more money. That was 100% a huge reason into why it died so fast.
I know! The early days were really fun, and it felt pretty balanced! Then ultrabeasts arrived to the game and it was basically impossible to win without any of the new figures
Well, I’m a huge Pokémon Go fan. The reasons that I stood with the game ever since 2016 is because of 3 simple reasons: 1) I’m also a huge Pokémon main series fan, I’ve played through every Pokémon region from Gen 5 and onward 2) I enjoy collecting and registering mons to my Pokédex. Whenever I look through my Pokémon collection, I have that sense of accomplishment and seeing how far I’ve come since I’ve started in 2016 3) Getting loads and loads of shinies and maybe even getting lucky enough to find some rare mons. It’s a simply just an adrenaline boost
As somebody who has trouble keeping up a sleep schedule, Pokemon Sleep actually motivates me to go to sleep earlier so I can catch more Pokemon lol It probably won't work for everyone, but it helps in my case
One that no one ever talks about is Pokemon Shuffle, idk if you can still download it or anything but it's still on my phone to this day. It's a simple puzzle game that plays into mega evolution, I never see anyone talk about it but I personally find it really fun! Simple yet engaging and though it has micro transactions its not at all in your face about it. I believe it was released on the 3DS as well! Also this might be wrong but I think Pokemon picross was on mobile devices at some point? I know it was on 3DS but I think they cross released it like they have a handful of other Pokemon mobile games
I got recommended Pokemon Shuffle on my app store a couple of months ago, and me and my boyfriend have been playing it since, I had no idea it had been around for so long! The Special Stages still change on certain dates so I assumed it wasn't abandoned, but apparently in 2018 they did a final update and those stages are set on a cycle that repeats until 2037
Pokemon Masters EX has one of my favorite things just hidden in plain sight. In the Johto Games, Pokemon Champion Lance has his Dragonite use Hyper Beam on an actual human, a Black Belt trainer class. In Masters EX, it was discovered that there's a Black Belt who talks about working in Mahogany town (where this took place) and that he's been afraid of dragon-types ever since. As a massive Pokemon fan who has basically all the Pokemon Apps still available for download.... it's a bit sad that I haven't played them all (still haven't started Masters EX). I remember I did have Pokemon Duel, it was real fun. Magikarp Jump is fun, and I use Pokemon Smile to help me brush my teeth b/c AuDHD makes that hard. And Pokemon Sleep is what I use every night, I've gotten quite a few shinies through it.
Fun fact: There's even a medal if you beat a blackbelt's mon with Hyper Beam. There are a few units that can use it now, but when the medal got added, only Lance and Dragonite could use it. And the medal is depicting a dragonite during the Beam at the head of a blackbelt. AND the name of the medal is Dragonite, use Hyper Beam! Honestly, you should start now. Because there's a log un bonus of 10 tickets, each giving a 10 pull on a banner with a lot of limited units (even the rarest ones) and the number of 5 stars is big enough so that you'd often get one. Plus the gems as another log in bonus for the 4.5 anniversary.
Interesting thing about Pokemon Quest, there is a separate Chinese port that is still being updated (I think they’ve added Pokemon up to Galar now). It also has PvP, bosses, and player customization. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the game was licensed to a different company in China but GameFreak just gave up on the global one, so it stopped being updated.
I think the hump with getting into Pokémon Go is realising that the main gameplay loop IS catching Pokémon. You need to catch heaps to power up the ones you want to keep, catch to get stardust/candy for that, catch to keep getting Pokémon for the things you want to do. Best if you enjoy doing PvP (which is pretty garbage compared to main line games) or if you enjoy collecting them all. If you don’t enjoy catching lots of Pokémon it’s probably not the game for you… which niantic would make it more interesting to play more actively.
You have no idea how much I was itching for you to mention one of my favorite Pokémon mobile games, and I was about to be SO DEVASTATED if you happened to forget it… but you didn’t! Pokémon Duel is and always will be one of my absolute favorite Pokémon mobile games ever. I have screenshots dating back to 2019 before the game shut down of me playing and it was such a fun game for me to pass time, as I downloaded it just as a distraction-but let me tell you when I got insanely into it. The game itself managed to make Larvesta (of all Pokémon) one of my favorites LOL! I’ll never forget how sad I was once the game was shut down. Great video!
I loved Magikarp Jump while I had it, honestly so much fun and such a weird silly distraction as a clicker game. The aesthetic is so endearing even though I do wish there was some more actual interaction.
am glad you like masters, its honestly one of the best sources for lore and character interactions for those who love the worldbuilding and story, and its honestly still really polished
Let me tell you, Camp Pokemon was insane fun, the perfect game to get me in the summer mood, I used to replay it every summer. I can confidently say that Playhouse was NOT a good successor and I was bored within 30 minutes of starting
thank you so much for resurfacing my memory of camp pokemon. i genuinely forgot about it but i loved it as a kid. i remember just playing it to watch the movie clips it had in the stupid tent thing
One thing i quite like about pokemon go is hunting for shinnies, since there are events like community day and others where the chances of finding one is quite high. If you get a friend to play one of this events with you, you can in the end trade the shiny with an old pokemon (like from 2016 or before) and it guarantees that it will become a lucky pokemon (lucky pokemon is a whole can of worms, but the simple part is that it rerolls it's iv for a high value, maybe even perfect ivs). After that, you can send some of this pokemon to pokemon home, and from there, you can place them in a lot of mainline games, which in my opinion is a quite fun way for shiny farming.
I would love to see some more Pokémon content from you!! I know that I personally have moved more into playing Pokémon / watching Pokémon YT content, now that Animal Crossing new content has been....well absent. So I know that I'd love to see you doing some stuff on Pokémon, just in your style/editing way. This is obviously just my opinion though, please keep doing whatever makes YOU happy, whatever sustains your channel & fulfils you, as thats the most important thing. But just wanted to say that I'd def support you doing some more Pokémon/Non-Animal Crossing content. Great video though! 🌟
Personally, around 2 years ago I had my Pokémon Go resurgence and I’ve been playing the game consistently ever since. For a while, I never really played avidly because it got pretty boring pretty quickly. What got me back into it was playing with my friends and getting really competitive with all the mons we could find! This past weekend there was an event in LA that we got to participate in and it was a great reminder of how much I love the game cause we got to meet a bunch of really cool people who also loved Pokémon! I’m the first to say that the game is far from perfect, but there’s something really fun and special about getting to play with people who are as into it as you are.
I’ve played Pokemon Go since it’s launch in 2016! I did have some breaks in 2017-2018 though. On top of catchin em all, my personal dumb quest is to gild gym badges, I’m currently at 400+ unique gyms! PoGo has helped me a lot with my anxiety. The best thing about it to me is the community (my small-ish city in Finland has a super active player base). I’ve met and befriended some really cool & diverse people I would have never met without playing PoGo. Also the fact that it makes me go out a lot is a huge plus 😁
there are some story elements in pokemon go now with diff reseach quests where npcs will talk to you, but pokego is still most popular for collecting, its events, and of course playing with others! there are so many events now, i always have an excuse to go for a walk! ive even made friends with some neighbors and we play together sometimes. :) like when we raided for hisuian decidueye as a group
The idea that some people think your phone can catch fire if you sleep with it is utterly ridiculous. Its not possible unless your phone was defective in the manufacturing to begin with. If that is the case, you have MUCH bigger problems then worrying about if you should sleep with it.
I recently beat Magikarp Jump, and honestly, you have to love Magikarp if you're going to finish that game. It is pretty shallow and casual, very low maintenance, but there's a beautiful little story there between you and all of your little virtual fish, being so good at jumping. Yeah, it's not flashy and dangerous like pokemon battling, but it doesn't mean it's not impressive for a so called "useless" fish to jump so high! I certainly can't jump that high. It was a fun, sweet little game, and I'm glad I was able to finish it, especially without paying money lol
I think the part about Pokémon go that’s still appealing is the collection of it. Like I’ve been playing pikmin bloom pretty consistently for the past couple months cause it’s basically Pokémon go and the main thing that keeps me coming back is how many pikmin types there are to collect and i feel like that’d be the same for go
R.I.P Pokémon TV. Literally free and you could watch most if not all the episodes. “Oh,” I thought “I have Amazon Prime I can watch it on there!” Little did I know they removed it from Prime. Now I am anime-less and alone. 😔 (I don’t know why I made this so dramatic 😂)
Pokemon go is perfect for collecting. If you aren't a big collector at heart, if may not be for you. It's also a good distraction for a short phases of boredom. It gets you out of the house and you meet people. I've met SO MANY people through this game and I keep seeing some of them regularly through the weekly raid hours or other events. Meeting someone for an evening to trade some Pokemon is fun and there's also the PVP league if you like to play competitive. There are many goals you can give yourself, like, getting a max IV mon of each type, a living dex, collect all the shinys or some crazy goals like having a shiny legendary of each type and form. But you really need to do either pvp or raids to have a reason to max out and pursue stronger Pokemon. Because, if you want to power up your Pokemon, you need Stardust which means you need to catch a ton of Pokemon. So you just keep catching. getting more and getting better.
I just finished watching the part about Pokemon quest, so I'm sure that you repeatedly said there are only the first 151 but showed the rest without mentioning that the game is continued in China because legally it's considered as another game there compared to the rest of the world or something. Anyway, no mention of that explanation, that's not cool. Then, for Masters EX. Aside from a few pieces of video showing more recent things, those were all from the early stages of the game, and the commentary shows you don't know much about it so I'll add onto it: not only do older characters return, but nearly every character can end up getting other partners associated with amternative outfits, from Sygna Suits to anniversary outfits, while passing through seasonal ones (Christmas, Easter, summer,etc.) and other categories. The official pkmn yt channel even put an illustration of Sygna suit Gladion on their community post from yesterday. And let's not forget about the music, since the game gets remixes and even personal versions of the E4 theme for each member in each region (check out Koga's theme btw), better yet, some characters got their themes extended or even turned into fighting ones. There's just so much to say to cover this game, so I'll stop there. You actually did Magikarp Jump justice, nothing to say about that. And I'm mentioning Masters EX and Jump because both made their way to the anime: Cynthia got a first alternate outfit with Kommo-o, and during the Journey series, when she appeared, she used one there too. While Magikarp Jump went into a double-episode, in the first half of it and as the solution for the second episode. It also was a reference to the Lord of the Lake of Sinnoh. I might add later to the comment, but for now, I'll watch the rest. Alright, time for part 2. Pokemon tcg live was a technological mess when I left it after that Lugia expansion during Sword and Shield, and I bet it's still that bugged and lagging, so honestly, nothing to miss there until they fix it, you got that on point. Unite isn't that niche. It has its own official world tournament, and which game other than it, the main games, the tcg and go have one? None that I know of, so Unite is one of the biggest side games, no way it is niche. Add to this that some hype came back when Zacian and later on when Mewtwo at the anniversary of the game, plus the upcoming Miraidon (btw, I see you got some test servers footage, did you get it from another video or did you already have access to them or did you get access to them only for this video?). And don't forget to explicitly mention how broķen nearly each new mon has been. Like, Lapras, then Umbreon, then Goodra just never die, Mewtwo is so op it got emergency nerfs, Miraidon will get the same thin, I'm betting on it.... Also the draft mode finally available.... for those who get into master rank 1400, and everyone in the match has to be that high for everyone to get it....... Go is just Go, what hasn't been said about it now tbh? Duel was nice. The reason it got discontinued is because of Masters EX. I mean, it ended in 2019, right? The same year Masters got released, both being a gacha game, but Masters inherently bringing more money thanks to the nostalgia of old characters.
As someone who doesnt own any switch or consoles that support pokemon, i often find myself leaning towards pokemon go or pokemon unite.. I think these two are the best, pokemon go for collecting pokemon and giving you somewhat of a reason to go out more, and pokemon unite giving you that battle aspect. Even tho it isnt like the original games
Camp Pokémon was my CHILDHOOD... I am now depressed I had all of the pokemon and probably collected each of them 3 times over, at the minimum. It was a amazing game and I will miss it.
I still play Pokemon Go. I'm actually a daily, active, free-to-play player. I min-max on are there to continue playing this way. I see Pokemon go as a great way to bridge the gap to complete my dex and to get easy shinies for the mainline games.
what got me back into pokemon go was the 2 pokestops and gym at the college near my house. it's only fun when you can play competitively with other people and do gym battles + raids
As someone who just recently got back into Pokemon go, the fun for me at least is just having something to do when I’m on a walk or on a break at work. It’s not a game with a “goal” imo, it just enhances sorta mundane things. And the option to put your shinies or good Pokemon into a main line game is really cool too and is usually in the back of my mind when you fully evolve a charzard or something like that. And getting to hatch eggs which are pretty much loot boxes from walking a lot like I do at work is always a plus lol (Also Pikmin bloom is awesome. A lot more hands off and is pretty much a fun step tracker. If you walk a lot it’s fun to send your Pikmin on a expedition and coming back to to pull some Pikmin or plant some flowers)
Love the video! Was fun seeing a lot of apps I either never heard of or have a weird nostalgia for. Instant subscribe. Love the Animal Crossing avatar too. I think one really minor nitpick I have is the paper background animates way too fast. I found it often distracting. But that's such a minor complaint it basically doesn't matter.
im a pokemon unite player i agree at some point when new pokemon release it was unbalanced but now it seemed to have been fixed and kept some pokemon out of high rank to allow casual player to have fun with them without ruinning high rank balance
I actually really enjoyed my time with Pokemon Duel. The figures looked really cool and the way the game was set up made me feel like I could actually do well with my favorites and not just the really good ones. I was honestly heavily invested in the story and was excited for when it would reach its conclusion, but then it suddenly disappeared from my phone and I never really knew what happened to it
Pokemon Go is a game that definitely has had a bit of history with the community. However one of the best things about Pokemon Go is the people you meet along the way. Because of Pokemon Go I have met hundreds of interesting people within my state and outside my states due to Pokemon Go's Tour or Go Fest events. This allows you to meet people that are very unique and may not have same interest with you. But you both have one common thing. You guys like Pokemon. The core base of Pokemon Go is basically just a catch em all. You want to catch them all you will go ahead and do so. We have Mega's Shinies, Costumed you name it. There's events that will feature location exclusive pokemons with location backgrounds. It makes you feel good. There's also their own PVP which is it's own story that allows you to battle other people in their own tournaments via the app. The game also features events almost every week where you can meet with people. Community Days, Raid Hours/Days. There are routes you can follow for bonuses and of course raids. There's more I can talk about in the ends it's about the community.
21:35 The thing that keeps me going in Pokémon Go is the shinies and exclusive Pokemon and community days and events like the Sinnoh World Tour Event which is a series of annual events in the game happening for one specific region each year and go fest.
i remember playing pokemon duel back when i had my old phone before said phone broke. i suddenly remembered the game years later, and was confused as to why it wasnt available anymore. my curiosity has finally been fed!
I’m a big Pokémon go guy, for me, I believe that the fun of Pokémon go is very similar to collecting the cards. Excahnge EXs for the trill of getting a shiny. I really enjoy the community aspect of it as me and my brother play it all the time and I love doing community days and Go fest. Like I look forward to Go Fest like a holiday.
6:27 I completely forgot about this game but I used to play it all the time in 2019/early 2020! One of the dining halls on my campus was sit down only unless you paid like $20 dollars for their to-go program (they had reusable plastic takeout containers, you’d get one and they trade it for a clean one the next time you went) and as someone who was usually eating there by myself cause my friends didn’t like that dining hall I’d play this anytime I got food from there. It’s definitely a simple game but I personally found it really enjoyable, and it’s also a game that you can easily play one handed. Literally redownloading it rn 😂
Magikarp Jump I think was the inspiration for an episode in Pokemon Journeys.. well half-episode. Where Goh teaches his magikarp to jump high. which it does.. and didn't come back down for days.
Im a bit disappointed you gave up on Pokemon Sleep so fast. It’s actually an entire game, behind the initial appearance of being a sleep tracker. In my opinion, its one of the most well-thought-out and mechanically-deep pokemon games weve had in a long time. It is a criminally underrated game.
I LOVED CAMP POKEMON thank you so much for yhis nostalgia wave I wish i could go back and experience it again even if its not intended for my age group anymore lol
pokemon rumble rush was great for those of us who really liked the pokemon rumble series, but it took away the one thing that made it hella fun, the co-op multiplayer with friends. it just kinda became another grind game that get real repettitive real quick. Atleast when u played with friends u had more fun
For me, Pokemon Go the "end goal" of Pokemon go is to collect a sort of scrapbook of memories using Pokemon. Pokemon have their hatch/catch location tied to their ID in game. Every catch is associated with a different moment in my life. I still have some memorable ones from back in 2016. My friends and I hiked 2 miles through the woods for the promise of a Vaporeon and ended up all catching it, which was a big deal back then. Or my shiny Registeel from 2020. My dad and I don't connect over much, but we both enjoy getting out and playing go. After spending all day doing raids and talking about strategy I ended up finding my shiny. All of this is to say that Pokemon go is much more about community and memories then it is about Pokemon, at least to me anyway.
Pokemon rumble rush is or should i say was my favourite pokemon mobile game. It was a part of my childhood growing up and i cried when it was removed. I still have the game on my phone, even tho i cant play it anymore
I personally loved Pokemon duel while it was out. I must've been like 11 or 12 when I played it, but I remember enjoying it a lot and playing it relatively frequently for a fair while. I've played a lot of these games and pokemon duel was definitely my favourite out of all of them, sad to know it was discontinued, would've loved to go back to it. :(
It's worth noting, and a LOT of people miss this, that being able to buy item enhancers in Pokemon Unite with real money wasn't intended. At launch, Item Enhancers were locked to only being buyable with the in-game currency (you can see it at 18:21, where every item except Item Enhancers has a price in both coupons and gems). The problem was that when you try to use an item you have zero of, a menu pops up saying "would you like to buy more?" People noticed pretty quickly that they forgot to remove the "buy with gems" option from that menu. So they were stuck in a state where they'd have give back a lot of money if they actually fixed the bug. Instead, they just added a New Player reward where everyone who starts playing gets 300 free Item Enhancers (enough to max out a full loadout of three items, so new players aren't gimped).
I LOVED Pokemon Camp and Pokemon Duel as a kid, they were some of my favorite games I had I also played pokemon playhouse but I don't think I was as invested as the others
For me, playing pokemon go is more a community thing which I think was why they put it out to begin with. To get you out and get you talking with people. I found friends through the game and every once in a while we will go out for poke raids and just hang out. It gets us out of the house walking, socializing. When I'm at a raid area and I see someones phone out, sometimes I will ask 'hey, you doing the pokemon raid?' and if the answer is yes, then we might talk or exchange friend codes or just sort of connect about what pokemon we got. The fact that there is no end goal makes it so that there is no end goal to me going out and doing it, seeing people or just walking down one of the new routes they added in. I even made my own route from my house to one of the stores I end up walking to almost everyday anyway so I had some fun to just walk along the path. (When you don't drive and have to walk everywhere, its kind of a fun way to add that extra step into your movement.)
I still have Duel downloaded on my Kindle Fire 7 that I haven't touched in like 8 years, never had the heart to delete it after all the hours I put into it. Never finished the campaign because I didn't really understand how it worked and therefore sucked at it, but it was still a hell of a lot of fun. Same with Pokémon Camp and Playhouse, just a set of dumb fun for 9 y/o me to mess around on but I got my mileage out of them all the same. Still half malding that Quest doesn't get updated outside of China, of all the Pokémon mobile games, it and Go had the most foreseeable longevity yet Quest just kinda had the plug pulled and died unceremoniously.
The main reason I play Pokémon GO still is because the game has an absolutely insane shiny rate of 1/500 *as it's standard rate,* meaning it can go lower during events like GO Fest and speaking of the events, they are on another level, sometimes adding shiny mythical Pokémon that you can then transfer to the mainline games.
Basically, imagine seeing a shiny Fennekin in an ultra ball, and it's not hacked in. If you told me that back in the X and Y days, I would not believe you, yet here I am with one I got while casually walking across my college campus trying to get to the cafeteria.
I loved Pokemon Duel, i can remember playing it on hot summer days. Every now and again, i will think of it a crave playing it. its a shame they discontinued it
I tried GO in 2016 and it lost me because there was no purpose other than the collection aspect. I got back into it last year, and enjoy it a lot. The raids and pvp give a reason to find rare pokemon with good moves and level them up to battle with. Shiny hunting is really addictive lol
