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[davidn]

I don't think I've actually broken into tears of laughter at the hysterical, dazzling oddity of something before, but stumbling across Tony Kakko singing the theme music from the Pokemon cartoon did it.

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[kjorteo]

[nymeri.livejournal.com]

Oh, what is there not to love about it? xD

[davidn]

Very little, I think it's incredible! And I didn't even watch that cartoon while growing up.

[davidn]

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[nymeri.livejournal.com]

Haha, I watched the cartoon and played the games, and I never really grew out of it. And with Tony Kakko... It's a dream come true. xD

[kjorteo]

YES.

[lupineangel.livejournal.com]

Hope you picked the Fire-type starter, because this Gym is METAL!

Seriously, that's amazing. :P

D.F.

[davidn]

I don't know what that means, but I will assume that it's very funny ;) I've meant to actually play a Pokemon game for a number of years, because I sort of feel that I missed out on them.

[kjorteo]

Haha! I do know what that means and yes, that is awesome.

[lupineangel.livejournal.com]

Heh, in the elemental rock-paper-scissors of Pokemon, Metal is an element type (well, technically it's referred to as Steel, but the joke wouldn't've worked then :P). It's pretty resistant to most elements, but, among other things, Fire-type attacks do double damage against it. Gyms and Gym Leaders are kind of like the Pokemon equivalent of end-of-level bosses; you work your way through an area, then go to the Gym in that region and beat the Gym Leader, which makes Pokemon of higher levels obey you and unlocks a new special move (that usually allows you to progress further somewhere). When you've beaten eight Gym Leaders, that unlocks the end-of-game boss, the Elite Four, and usually there's a "surprise" final fight after them (by which I mean, someone you've known the whole game suddenly reveals themself and challenges you to a battle for the Final Ultimate Victory, or whatever).

Pokemon is pretty formulaic really - that format hasn't been changed since the original game. The changes come in the new levels of detail they manage to add into each game - side contests, "secret bases" (which act kind of like Professor Layton's decorate-your-bedroom minigames), 2-on-2 battles, item-creation minigames, and so on. It's worth playing at least one - my favourite was Emerald, because it was the first I played and I still have nostalgia for "my" team (internet memes about Mudkips notwithstanding); there isn't a great deal of variety in the main storylines, though, so you may or may not feel the need to play the others depending on how addicted you get to 'catching them all'.

D.F.

[davidn]

I didn't mean to spoil the joke by making you have to explain it :) I've caught a glimpse or two of the elemental tables - that aspect of the game seems extraordinarily complex, especially for a game that I had considered as something aimed at people younger than me at the time. However, having said that, it's odd that I seem to know people a couple of years older than me who were very into it, and people a couple of years younger, but none that I can name of exactly my age.

Is that where this mudkips thing comes from? I've never known what that meant, either.

[lupineangel.livejournal.com]

"I herd u liek mudkips" was apparently some phrase someone wrote on their DeviantArt page a long time ago as the caption for a picture of a Mudkip that they were using to advertise their Pokemon group, or something. Then 4chan caught onto it and apparently found it hilarious, and several years later, here we are.

Given it was my first ever Pokemon, though... I do liek like Mudkips. :P

D.F.

[davidn]

I sometimes find it remarkable just how little I understand what anyone on the Internet is saying, for someone who's on it as much as I am.