So Pokemon was supposed to be the equivalent of a bug catching

>>378660654
reminds me of the team fortress 2 mercenaries in that aspect. all they do with their time is kill people

The difference is that Pokemon are an integral part of pretty much every facet of life in their world. It's always like that with these kinds of franchises.

Like in Beyblade, battling toy tops is somehow the most culturally important and popular sport in the world somehow.

>>378660654
A lot of them have normal jobs I'd assume, you just happen to catch them wandering around looking for battles. I mean, who else would run the shops, pokecenters, construction, restaurants, power plants, pokeball manufacturing, etc. Why do you think most of them suck? Cause it's a hobby for them.

>>378660925
It makes more sense with pets that can replace industrial construction equipment and manual labor with ease.

>>378660925
>Like in Beyblade, battling toy tops is somehow the most culturally important and popular sport in the world somehow.

Hey, just like starcraft in korea.

>>378661182
Portable starcraft rigs a-la yu-gi-ho duel disk-gauntlet-board thingies for on-the-fly Starcraft matches when?

>>378660654
There are very little actual trainers and most people just have pokemon integrated into mundane labor.

>>378661054
>A lot of them have normal jobs I'd assume
most people in the pokemon universe arent trainers.

pokemon trainers are just one profession of many, and most of them are dirt poor compared to the rest.

>>378661068
not to mention that if cockfighting with dragons was an actual thing IRL, other sports would go extinct pretty quickly

>>378662004
a lot of pokemon trainers have actual jobs as well, it's mostly a very common hobby/sport

there are folks who can actually make a living off it but they're like our sport stars

>>378662263
>a lot of pokemon trainers have actual jobs as well, it's mostly a very common hobby/sport
none of the ones that travel have actual jobs so no this is completely wrong.

ash is perpetually broke throughout the show and hes constantly begging for free food.

>>378661865
>>378662004
And not unlike real life, most of the best trainers pick it up once they are set for life

Most if not all elite and champions are filthy rich

>>378662398
This, however, being rich doesn't mean you'd be a good trainer.
After all, the best pokemon have a very high chance of killing you.

>>378662580
this is actually represented ingame with the "rich boy/girl" class
they tend to have rare pokemon and use expensive items during battle (full restores and what not) but generally speaking they are not particularly difficult
not compared to say the ace trainers and veterans which actually get higher leveled pokemon with better movesets

>>378661054
Are pokeballs made in poke America or poke China?

>>378662370
eh you don't really know that, classes like hikers could very well have a proper job, they're just on vacation

and it honestly doesn't make a lot of sense for Ash to be broke, he's a fairly high tier athlete consistently placing in the top ranks of major tournaments, he should be able to live comfortably of his prize money

>>378663042
Pokeballs in china.
Greatballs in America
Ultraballs in Japan
Masterballs in Germany
The rest of the balls are made locally.

>>378663339
>Masterballs in Germany
AHAHAHAHAHAHHA maybe cuck balls

>>378663042
Johto is China, and pokeballs were invented there sorta, since Apricorns.
So maybe.

>>378663339
There are like 10 masterballs in the world I think they're all made at the Silph Headquarters in Saffron.

>>378663339
All regular balls (and the master ball) are made by Silph Co. and thus Japanese
Devon Co. makes most of the specialty balls and is also Japanese

>>378660654
>supposed to be the equivalent of a bug catching hobby

No. The game was inspired from bug catching. What was your first gen? Gen 3? Sit the fuck down you noob.

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>>378663598
>There are 10 masterballs
>You can win them in raffles in B&W 2.

>>378663339
reminder that large parts of pokemon USA are a mad max style wasteland

>>378663042
pokeFrance.

You go to the pokeball factory in XY, Kalos Region.

>>378663598
Johto is Kansai region Japan, not China.

>>378663598
>Johto is China
Lol no.
Almost all regions in pokemon games are in fictional Japan.

>>378663707
also prizes in the GSC radio tower lottery
that said, they're not commercially available and probably custom made on request only.
Thus their status as high end prices in game shows, they probably cost as much as a modern day designer sport car.
So most people never seen one, but there's some pokearabian sheik who caught a magikarp in one for shit's 'n giggles

>>378662370
>>378663142
Ash is underage, most of them are, anyone can be a trainer but only registered ones (the ones who own trainer cards) can challenge gyms, when they reach a certain age they can go on a journey and fight people along the way

>>378663931
>local johto kid oncovers dangerous cloning program on pc, bill on the run from crimes against pokemanity master ball stock dropping more at 9:00"

>>378663339
>Masterballs in Germany
>Not Merkelballs

you fucked up son

>>378660654
>Pokemon are like eating peanuts!

You put them in your coke?

>>378660654
Most Pokémon trainers you meet in the game are total casuals who do it to kill time from time to time.
Sometimes you find professional trainers. Some of them are from the Ace Trainer and Veteran class. To not talk about Gyms and the E4.

In Black and White there's various dialogues from trainers that imply so.

>>378664130
>Red is the reason why there's so many Masterballs in the market now
>>378663931
I guess they are just very hard to make but not incredibly expensive.They are probably some military grade equipment that most people shouldn't have, otherwise they could catch any pokemon they wanted without having a trainer badge, thus increasing injuries caused by unruly home owned pokemon.

>>378662370
>none of the ones that travel have actual jobs so no this is completely wrong.
They're competitors in a sport the biggest sport on the planet. most of them are amateur and only make enough money for the roof over their heads but competitions like the Indigo League should pay out huge money as it is one of the premiere leagues for the sport.

>>378664094
I'm assuming trainer cards are fairly common and the only reason an adult in the pokemon universe doesn't have one is if it was revoked by the government due to criminal activities

everyone can technically challenge gyms but most people simply aren't good enough to do it.

And the games' protagonists tend to be fairly wealthy (then again they should be given their status as champion)

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What were you supposed to learn about yourself by playing pokemon?

>>378664576
which pokesluts your dick reacted to the most, most likely.

>>378664576
whether or not you were conscious enough of what you were doing to understand that the entire game was glorified animal abuse.

>>378664407
they're not military grade equipment if they're given out in raffles and game shows
but you're probably right in that they're very difficult to make which in turn would make them really fucking expensive

heck the only time the master ball is given to you by an average person is in GSC when Elm hands you one, all other times they're either given by the head of the company that makes them for saving his life or else found in the stash of a major criminal organization

>>378663743
>implying it isn't the same for the real US
i'm pretty sure that's what most of Nevada is and to a lesser extent every thing past the Mississippi river

>>378660925
>Like in Beyblade, battling toy tops is somehow the most culturally important and popular sport in the world somehow.

same with Yugioh.

>yugioh 5Ds
>government-funded duel pathways leading away from the regular highway automatically notifying normies on the street that there is a duel happening right now and that it's a closed off area because of that

>>378664576
That as long as you are strong, you don't have to adhere to social constructs like type matchups. Grinding out the starter pokemon can bathe any region in the blood of any foe

>>378662370
>pokemon anime
>le ash the true pokemon master
KYS

>>378664576
>overcoming challenges by yourself based on a trial and error principle
>forming bonds with animals/being kind to animals
>forming friendships with other people by finding common ground

>>378665148
>tfw did a starter only run for laughs
>they slowly become absolutely unkillable

>>378665080
thing is though, with pokemon it actually makes a lot of sense for them to be so common in all of their society
they're like if dogs could fly, build houses and breath fire, they're used in literally all aspects of the lives of the people

yugioh is still mostly a childrens card game

>>378664775
It's not animal abuse, you are helping creatures achieve their metamorphosis state and their peak. Some pokemon die of old age without being strong enough to evo.

>>378665319
don't try that in gen 5 or 7 games
xp-scaling ruins single 'mon teams hard

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>>378662370
There are a dozen fucking games in the series where you clearly end up with more money than you know what to do with doing exactly what Ash does.

>>378665384
More so you're putting them under enough stress through battling to force their next evolutionary state.

>>378665495
Ash is not on the tier of the game protagonists though, which in sports can make the difference between earning thousands and earning millions

>>378665495
Ash almost never runs out of Pokeballs and has like 40 Tauros to feed and has a fuckton of pokemon outside the PC that he needs to support because there's no way in hell his mom can.
Not to mention he travels all over the country.
He gets $ but spends it almost as soon as he gets it.

>>378665695
does his mom even have a job?
Given he's underaged she probably takes all his earnings and "saves" it until he hits 18

>>378665853
Someone has to be paying taxes for the universal healthcare.

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>>378660925
Well yeah, Beyblading has been around for centuries

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>>378663042
>>378663339
>they don't have home made apricorn balls

>>378666151
This is like the exact opposite of Nintendo not allowing any religious iconography in its games.

>>378666183
we have non shit female protagonists tho so it all balances out

>>378665853
the government and economy system in the Pokemon world is just one big riddle that is never explained well enough.

only the restrictions about only being able to carry 6 balls have been explained as some sort of law but that's about it.

I sometimes think that Giovanni might be the only sensible person around who just shuns the government because it's too restrictive in every way of life and therefore he runs a pokemon mafia because fuck not playing by your own rules.

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>>378666183
>she has to rely on fruit balls
bet you're don't even have your own shopping mall

>>378665319
I remember doing this for the first couple gens as a kid. I wasn't doing it as a challenge or anything, I just never bothered switching pokemon out 90% of the time.

>>378666453
well given pokemon are actively used in war, the entire pokemon league thing seems like a fairly efficient way to militarize your entire population

war breaks out? just recruit everyone that managed to get at least one badge

>>378666453
Well they have things like farms, day cares, shops, cafes, vending machines, and casinos. The fact that no protagonists spend much time in those buildings means very little. Look at Lumiose in X/Y or Celadon City. Most of the places you visit are just country as fuck.

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>>378666591
Of course there is one in Johto.
Try not wearing a diving suit under your shorts and socks Unova dweeb

>>378660654
If Pokémon are the equivalent to eating peanuts, then....
Wait. What did he mean by this?

>>378664576
just how far you're willing to use your tools to achieve your ambitions, regardless of how sentient those tools are.

>>378666723
>>378666734

good points. but you just don't hear much about government officials in the pokemon region they are in because it's a kid's show and so the series doesn't care about any of that. obviously.

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>>378663042
Johto is Vietnam

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>>378666740
>so poor she actually has to buy things in shops instead of just buying the entire shops

Also how's your movie career going?

>>378666740
>Talks shit about Unova
>He doesn't own HIS OWN PRIVATE SHOPPING DISTRICT.

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>>378667232
>>378667190
WE WUZ EMPERORS AND SHIT

>>378667478
What?
Jelly you don't make billions of dollars because of your acting career?

>>378665080
That speeds up the Ener-D reactor though doesn't it? Kind of important.

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>>378666151
>yu-gi-oh has a singular card game that dominates people's lives
>beyblades are spinning tops that also dominates people's lives
>that one marble-shooting toy anime where they learn from a giant cat and break concrete walls with it

Pokemon is the most sensible out of this weird genre.

I never really understood beyblade. Are the players controlling the tops somehow?

>>378667585
still, Yugioh did get really fucking silly with it's sequels
I mean somehow they made the god damn JET shaped like a TCG monster look tame

>>378667819
I never got this may has big tits meme.

>>378668031
she does tho

>>378667867
Oh yeah, not arguing that. For some reason, the longer a series set in the present goes on, the farther it goes into insanely advanced technological developments, like the monsters in YGO changing from largely goblin-type things, old 90's style robots, and heroes and stuff, to robotic dragons, solid holograms, and a monster type based on sentient computer programs given robotic bodies, with a world setting to match. Shit's nuts. I mean sometimes they look rather nice, but it's very over the top a lot of the time.

>>378667585
I guess it would do that, yeah.
I haven't had the time to watch so much 5Ds but I assume that thing runs on fucking "duel energy" and I just read that if it shuts down then the entire New Domino City would suffer a power blackout. that's kinda retarded only relying on one center power source. but yeah, dueling is a prettyfucking huge deal in that universe, if not the biggest.

>>378667867
>>378668228

I love what a mess Yugioh is these days.
Arc V is superfun with that whole entertainment and show dueling and then being able to ride on summoned monsters and all that shit.

>>378668228
It's still hilarious how Yugioh didn't even start out as a TCG.
I'm still baffled as to how that switch happened.

>>378667819
B-Daman? Bakugan?
>>378668247
It accelerates the power reactor, which already produces perpetual energy. It's actually a bad thing if there are TOO many duels because it will cause an overflow error and make the reactor either enter "Zero Reverse" and nuke the area, or if it's with a sudden massive burst/people realize it needs to be shut down/people are too angry or some shit, it produces machines to keep itself protected and the machines actually fully exterminated all of humanity in the future. BECAUSE OF THOSE GODDAMN CARD GAMES.

MEEETTTAAAAABBBÒOOOOOOOTTTTSSS

MORE POWER
MORE POWER

>>378668643
>BECAUSE OF THOSE GODDAMN CARD GAMES

lol, gotta love the lunacy of this all. based Japan always pushing the limits in entertainment media with over-the-top product placement and anime tropes.

>>378668482
But it did? Green hair Kiba duels him in the 2nd pilot episode

>>378668451
Haven't tried Arc-V much but yeah, I enjoy the silliness of it all. Wonder how VRAINS is going.
>tfw arguing about ruris
>>378668482
People liked Takahashi's parody of MTG so much they gave it a little chance with some early cards (which were simpler than the YGO of today) and a few other games like Dungeon Dice. The TCG stuck and became vastly popular, currently the record holder for most cards sold if I remember correctly.
>>378668890
The irony is that 2 of the Meklord Emperors at the time (the machines promoted as villains) were promo only, so you actually couldn't buy them directly in boosters.

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>>378668979
In the manga, which came first, it was simply focused around yami yugi and various "shadow games" and dangerous gambles to punish people, such as playing air hockey on a grill but with a puck that is a lump of ice with explosives inside, or stabbing a stack of money on your hand with the loser being the one to stab themselves.

>>378669467
That actually sounds fucking awesome. Shame it turned into what it did.

>>378668979
It was more that kaiba kept sending pro gamers to duel the king of VAC-bullshitting egyptian magic. The card games were entirely secondary but were mentioned again from time to time. It wasn't the one game that Yami played, it was one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDgmFe7rKwg
Here's an example of old yu-gi-oh. This was more typical before the TCG marketing took over the show.

>>378666734
it's like Japan, densely populated urban environments and wide empty rural countrysides

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world building wise,
Pokemon Adventures> games> Anime

>>378670453
Pokemon adventure is complete trash tbqh

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>>378669829
>In the manga, the escaped prisoner was set on fire after dropping his cigarette into his overflowing vodka. Done for holding the patrons at Burger World hostage, threatening Anzu with a gun, and for having escaped his punishment on Death Row for crimes prior to his failed robbery attempt and execution.
>Hirutani's gang was electrocuted by their own petard, as a puddle and dampness caused by a heavy downpour allowed one gang member's taser to conduct a current that shocked the whole group. Dark Yugi remained safe by standing on a rubber tire. Done as punishment for cruelty done to Jonouchi
>After winning both of his pendulum-clock-stop games against the watch-obsessed Shotaro Akaboshi, Yami Yugi inflicts this grisly punishment. Looking into the open wound inflicted by the pendulum, Shotaro is made to believe that clock parts are inside of his arm, and rolls down his sleeves to reveal that his body is fused with his beloved Swiss watches. As he pleads for help, his eyes are revealed to now be clock faces. All of this is an illusion, and in reality Shotaro returns home to mindlessly destroy his watch collection in silence. Done as punishment for stealing Miho's D-Shock watch, and his general brash immaturity.

>>378670453
>Pokemon Adventures
ew

>>378667819
Pokemon were also used in ancient times. There was a whole spinoff game of Pokemon in Feudal Japan.
In 4th gen there were passages of humans who used to wed Pokemon, and they also had chapels where they worshiped Arceus.

>>378660654
I haven't played one of these since Yellow, and I gave up on that as a little kid because the premise was so stupid. I found Final Fantasy Legends instead, which was also a stupid game, but at least it wasn't about nothing in an nothing world with nothing people who don't do anything and have little animals butcher eachother rather than solve their own problems for themselves

It seemed to me that nobody had anything to say that wasn't about Pokemon, no place had anything to do that wasn't about Pokemon, and there was no reason to be training other than pure brainwashing by a culture so obsessed with a gay sport that there is no other economy around to even consider getting into. And I was like, fuck the marketers, but I still want the shiny cards

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>>378670620
Mother FUCK

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>>378670453
>Pokemon Edgeventures

>>378670521
>>378670679
What makes you say that? My only qualm with the series is how convenient the plots wrap itself together.

What are humans in the pokemon universe then? It seems really convenient that a single species emerged that had this symbiotic power to bond with all the other species. Regular humans certainly don't get along with animals the same way people bond with all kinds of pokemon. I know the pokemon universe basically has god-like pokemon since D&P like>>378670782 says, did they create humans? There's also several human like pokemon, like the chans and Lucario, some that can actually speak. I need a quick rundown.

>>378670856
>edgy
when will this meme end? Arbok getting chopped in half was literally the only brutal death in the whole series. Sure Lance was edgy, but I mean that's manga Japanese villain writing for you.

>>378671509
we just don't know

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>>378671509
What I want to know is, in the Pokemon world regular animals don't exist correct? That means the only creatures in the animal kingdom are either Pokemon and humans. Can all pokemon be considered animal? Many emulate biology of plant and fungus, yet they still move and have brain functions of animals.

>>378671874
Dude, they can cast fireballs and shoot lightning, we're dealing with magic shit here. There's also a whole type of pokemon devoted to GHOSTS.

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I thought this was a OneyPlays thread, because this scene was in today's video.

How convenient.

>>378670856
Its actually pretty none-edgy, I'm reading the DPPt adventures at the moment and the series is mostly filled with jokes and displaying the Pokemon battles in unique ways. Also, the author and illustrators are pretty based.

>>378672285
have a boy

>>378670908
It's a /vp/ meme

>>378667819
You are making it that much harder to not jerk off right now

>>378671874
No, there's dogs and cats in the games

>>378673429
wrong

>>378673429
where?

>>378660925
>kicking a ball and falling on the ground is somehow the most culturally important and popular sport in the world somehow.

>>378673782
make way for e-sports, the sports of the new millennium

Do you think they eat Pokemon or is everyone just vegetarian?

>>378674528
can I be a vegetarian and still eat a grass pokemon?

>>378670856
It's more mild than standard shounenshit. When will the edge meme die?

>>378672285
Well thanks for trying to force eceleb shit anyway.

>>378674679
If its sentient it might not be considered a vegetable I dunno. Can it understand commands?

>>378674679
Sentience is the deal breaker. At least for people who are vegetarian for moral reasons. If the thing "is" then it's not okay.

>>378660654
Well you have to consider there is a League going on, which is more popular than football, and where everyone can participate.
Gyms are pretty large so it's a well run institution.
It's implied to play during summer vacation, this is why kids are able to run outside and travel the general area on their own.
And the casuals you battle are all hopefuls, yet you are the one who puts them into place. If they can't beat you, how can they hope beating 8 gym leaders.

And then you have the bad guys, and it's up to you to prevent the game from becoming FarCry: Pokémon

>>378674679
Only if they give you a piece of themselves. I don't recommend biting into a razor leaf though.

>>378676492
I wonder how many Pokemon attacks, besides stuff like Milk Drink, are edible..

Gen I Pokémon is basically a fictionalized version of the real world, but not to the degree that later games are.
カントー地方 (Kantō-chihou; Kanto region) vs 関東地方 (Kantou-chihou; Kantō region)
The name of the region was deliberately meant to be near identical to the real life Kantō region. If future Pokémon games had kept up this level of reference, Johto would have been the Kansai region (カンサイ地方 vs 関西地方). The stylistic difference comes from using katakana in place of kanji (which Pokémon games before Gen V didn't use except for 円) or hiragana.

All actual locales were renamed to fit a color, which makes it feel more like a placeholder.
マサラタウン (Masara Town/Pallet Town)
トキワシティ (Tokiwa City/Viridian City)
ニビシティ (Nibi City/Pewter City)
ハナダシティ (Hanada City/Cerulean City)
クチバシティ (Kuchiba City/Vermillion City)
シオンタウン (Shion Town/Lavender Town)
タマムシシティ (Tamamushi City/Celadon City)
ヤマブキシティ (Yamabuki City/Saffron City)
セキチクシティ (Sekichiku City/Fuchsia City)
グレンタウン (Guren Town/Cinnabar Island)

When Lt. Surge mentions having served in a war, chances are he was referring to the Gulf War, not some war specific to the world of Pokémon. His likeness could very well be based on the current American Secretary of Defense James Mattis, whose last name is very similar to Surge's in Japanese and who served in the Gulf War.
マチス (Machisu; Matis vs マティス Matisu; Mattis)

Since Pokémon has grown into its own thing, it has tried more to be its own world. Alola is based on Hawaii, but it probably would have just been called Hawaii in Gen I.

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>>378673429
>>378671874

Several Pokedex entries refer to other real life animals, especially in Gen 1.

Plus if you consider that Pikachu is an 'electric mouse' Pokemon, then that means that 'mice' must exist in the Pokemon universe.

>>378670830
There was a reason the older volumes of the YGO manga were rated higher on the age rating stuff than the modern ones. A lot of it was cut from the anime but the less violent ones like the clock guy made it in.