The game I choose to play in lab on Friday is a game I have a strong attachment to, Pokemon. More specifically I played Pokemon Emerald and while that is by no means the best choice to make a lot of progress in a game but it was still fun nonetheless. Pokemon is a beloved franchise to many and has a huge following, which honestly is to be expected from nintendo games. Nintendo is the company that has the most originality when it comes to video games, they have found ways to create situation that are just so zany and original that everyone latches on and adores every project they end up creating.
Pokemon is something that falls under that idea of a beloved video game series. To me video games are an a look into someone else’s fantasy an idea for a game they had visualized and brought to life for everyone to enjoy. Pokemon is such an immense world and immense experience of growth and this feeling of progress and such a great accomplishment of an idea. It was so successful that it spun off into it’s own television program.
Games have an option to be surface level something more like a Pacman, you spawn in and go there are no tutorials no questions no backstory start and go. Games can also challenge the depth of some novels with immense backstories and huge stories secrets of a world that a developer, writer, or producer has had in their mind for who knows how long.
Pokemon transports you into a world where there are countless amounts of these Pokemon to collect, battle or train as you get ready to prove that you are the best trainer of all time. At first throttled by chasing your father and showing to him you are also a worthier trainer you leave home and get companionship with Pokemon you choose to befriend and take with you on your journey. It puts you in the role of the young protagonists ready to be the best, like no one ever was.