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Kind of crazy to think how different Pokemon Red/Blue would have been if they were developed in the current age. Buy a rare candy for $1. Pay 10 cents to heal the PokeCenter. You're only allowed 20 battles in a day unless you invite friends on facebook.

Would have made so much money.

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Their fundamental motto is "Don't make the mother an enemy". They are unlikely to pursue a play to win model even today.

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20121009/244635/...

"Don't make the mother an enemy"

What does that even mean?

I suppose it could be referencing the fact that the mother buys the games and allows her kids to play them. Making an enemy of her means no game time?

That's pretty clever.

Yup that's what it means.

That is such a smart long-term strategy given their target audience that I'm amazed I haven't heard it before.

My brother and I talked about this when Go was first announced. If we were kids and this stuff was released, we'd be playing it non-stop probably. It brings the imaginative stuff even more to life than before.

I feel not as many people would of played still. Sure they would of made a ton of money, but I don't see it being as big. Many games that follow today's tactics may make millions but Pokemon is a legacy all of it's own that other games could only dream of matching. Everything from movies, a tv show, toys, tournaments, etc I would argue Pokemon may of not have made half as much as it has the way it was made... I could be wrong though, but it's easier to get hooked on a game you can buy for cheap and play however many times you want...

would have

I know you probably don't think much of it, but it really makes your message much harder to read than it should be. Especially for non native english speaker, where we have the split second where we have to think "Okay, why is there a 'of' here ? Is it a new construct, or simply a mistake?"

Say these out loud to understand where "would of" comes from:

Would have

Would've

Would of

Thank you for pointing out that people who speak English as a foreign language are sometimes tripped up by things like this.

I'm not sure what to respond to a response about my post not being non-native English speaker friendly... When I'm a non-native English speaker myself...

This is scary, but probably accurate. And EA would have ended up owning it and ruining it.

I wonder if the franchise would still be that popular if they were sold under that model

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