They talk about Pokemon in the first date and will defend gen whatever while still calling it shit.
Red flag for me. I’m all for people having hobbies, but bringing up niche hobbies from childhood would not be great. I’m sure 2 fans would get along great. However, it would be odd to bring up with another adult who is not a known fan.
It’s a show marketed at kids. Manu adults like it as they grew up with it. Manu adultsike the games, but those unfamiliar are not starting as adults.
For me, it’s not about having a childhood hobby you still enjoy. It’s about not having the social awareness to not being it up on a first date. In context, sure, why not, if you walked by a poster or kid playing and it became a topic of conversation. But as a topic of conversation whose purpose is to get to know each other, I’d be worried they never matured.
I still.play video games from my childhood almost daily, when I get the chance. I won’t chat about combos or new sf6 characters with strangers or a first date.
First Gen, the game is fucking broken as fuck. But it’s also the most memorable and iconic one. I think with little tweaking in types and mechanics in Gen 1, you could have the perfect pokémon game.
But since it was the first, a lot of shit wasn’t discovered and explored.
