So does this mean SM are exciting the normies? Or is this just

>>29152779
im not fond of the idea of normies playing pokemon games now, but wharever, if they end up becoming fans of it thats cool
>as long as we dont get shitty pokemon Go songs again

>>29152953
>Let's casualize the game even more so that more and more normies can play it, just don't make songs.
Yeah nice idea

Aren't those suggestions based on cookies or whatever?

>>29152779
All trailers lately have gotten into trending.

I dont get the whole "Normies" thing everyone uses on here

>being surprised a normie franchise that has one of the biggest normie publishers is popular among normies

>>29153476
It's based on what most people are watching at the time or that got a ton of views the first couple hours of release, everyone sees the same things

>>29152779
>a normie game in a normie franchise made by the most normie game company
I don't know, I imagine a few normies might play it you moron.

>>29153521
>i dont get the normies thing

fucking newfag

>>29153616
>the most normie game company
I thought that was something like EA, Rockstar, or Ubisoft?

>>29153774
nintendo is pretty fucking normie mate

Its not like as if the pokemon franchise was some kind of underrated game exclusive for purists.
Pokemon is way too fucking popular to not attract normies.
It aint no dragon quest.

>>29153774
Nintendo IS the normie company, their Games and consoles are directed to kids and to families, you think all people who like pokemon are Hardcore gamer who visit /vp/? Pokemon is one of the most normie franchises in history.

>>29152779
Pokemon Sun's popularity proves normies are excited since it's normie: the version.

>>29152779
Both

>>29152779
Where were you when you realized Maroon 5 are the beatles of our generation?

Maps >>>>>> Hey Jude

>>29153644
The point is pokemon is an extremely normie franchise. Even if you remove the genwunner "fans" the pokemon fanbase is way larger than most other games.

>>29152779
"POKEMON IN 3D WOOOOAH" is instantly exciting to normies, remember that half the people who played the first two hours of SM seem wowed by stuff that has been happening for years, just for happening in a 3D game like this. One person even implied the games have never had story, cutscenes and lore before SM. It's fucking ridiculous.

Same thing happened with XY

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>>29153521
FUCKING NORMIE

>>29153458
>M-m-muh difficulty!
Fun>difficulty

>>29154580
This. It's fun and impressive to normies, especially with the genwun pandering. But the majority of normies who watch the trailers won't even get the games, and out of those who do, most will drop it quickly

>>29153458
>>29154673
Depends on what you find fun. The bare minimum I'd like is a BW kind of difficulty. It's easy, but not easy enough to ruin the experience. I'm sure we all have different games that we consider that threshold

>>29153526
this

>>29153521
Pokemon is a normie franchise. If normies didn't buy the game it would not be financially viable to make the game for non-normies. It makes people feel good to attack and vilify a group of people. The problem comes when that group is so ill defined that you are attacking yourself without knowing.

>>29154440
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success: the Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worth of being saved.

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>>29152779

Please tell me everyone in this thread is only pretending to be retarded. Since when has Pokemon not been a normie-popular series?

What the fuck is a normie?

Are you trying to spell normalfag?

>>29152953
I'm back

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/r9k/ needs to leave

>>29152779
Normies have always loved Pokemon

wtf you nigs smoking

>>29155175
>He doesn't know what a normie is

This phrase is used everyday. Like seriously, dude

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>>29155238
I hope this banner wins.

>>29155244
So it's a normalfag expression :^)

>>29154981
When /mu/ visits /vp/

>>29155244
This Anon >>29155300 is right, Anon. "Normie" is the normalfag version of normalfag.
There's a reason why normie caught on on Reddit and not normalfag even thought normalfag had been used years before it.

I find myself hard pressed to think of a franchise that is more normie than Pokemon.

Mario?

>>29156444
Call of Duty

Are you even trying or do you just not know what a normalfag is?

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>>29154981
Cool

>>29154440
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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>pokemon
>not normie franchise
where? in mars ?

>>29155364
god you fucking pleb. normie is an old goth term circa late 80s/early 90s. fucking 4chan thinks it invents everything, you didnt even invent your best memes, webcomics and somethingawful did. meme machine my ass

>>29156544
>paying 10 bux to meme

>>29156533
10/10

> basement dwellers who havent left their basement in so long they don't even fucking know pokemon is one of the most normie games you could ever possibly like

95% percent of the people who bought and played RGBY back in the mid-90s were "normies"

What's your point?

Pokémon has always been a normie game except when you were in high school age, when it was still a normie game but it was played in secret

>>29156444
>I find myself hard pressed to think of a franchise that is more normie than Pokemon

Mario
Minecraft
Sims
FNAF
Call of Duty
Halo

>>29155130
>. Since when has Pokemon not been a normie-popular series?

It kinda was when RSE was released

>>29158059
one of the most beloved generations?
gen5 is without a doubt the most underrated generation

>>29153774
>EA, Rockstar, or Ubisoft?

Nintendo is so normie that they tried to target anything other than children-young adults with the Wii

~Family Play~

>>29158121
Im not saying Gen 3 was bad, but alot of the Pokemania fad/trend took a nosedive in Popularity by the time Ruby and Sapphire was released

>>29158152
It had already nosedived by the end of Gen 2.

>>29153774
Their demographic is more dudebros. They're close to normies, but still pretty dedicated to the few games they play even if it's total shit like FIFA.

>>29156444
fifa

>>29156533
sauce?!?

>>29152953
You fucking dumbass, normies have always played Pokemon. Next you'll tell me Legend of Zelda is niche.

>>29156444
I hate to admit it but Assassin's Creed

>>29160813
go back to /hm/ and ask there

>>29154981
/mu/ttie I agree that the Beatles are overrated trash but I hope you don't like Maroon 5. I expect better from you guys.

>>29156471
Cawd is normieshit but at the same time it's still viewed as more of a gamer thing. It's just not widespread in the same way.

I would say Mario is the most normie franchise of all time. Even my mom enjoys playing it. Your going to be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't know it or hasn't touched it to some degree too.

>>29153458
Are you really implying Pokemon is anything deeper than "babby's first JRPG"?

>>29158038
>2016
>implying Halo is still relevant

>>29161361
But anon aren't you forgetting Cortana?

Pokemon is normie the game.
So many people have been introduced into gaming because of pokemon. Some people here trying to make it sound like its some kind of underground gem are fucking retarded.

>>29161408
Everybody turned that off.

>>29152779
>SM are exciting the normies?
aren't you excited anon?

I dunno if it's gonna be as big as X/Y, but you can't do much worse than gen 5.

I dunno if it's gonna be as big as B/W, but you can't do much worse than gen 6.

>>29161670
X/Y Sold very well. B/W2 was literally the lowest point in the series.

I dunno if it's gonna be as big as G/S/C, but you can't do much worse than gen 1.

The second gen for each handheld always sells less than the first.

G/S sold less than R/B
B/W sold less than D/P
and S/M will sell less than X/Y

>>29161847
This is probably bait, but with the gen1 pandering and new RPG elements, S/M will probably sell more than any recent handheld Pokemon game.

>>29161847
That's assuming shit like the 20th anniversary celebration, Pokemon Go bringing some people back into the series, an how fucking hype the net at large seems to be over this gen over little over kalos mean jack shit.

>>29161670
?

I love BW and BW2, but normies hate gen V

>>29161847
Didn't Gen 6 do better than Gen 5 thought? Its not ALWAYS a downward trend.

>>29161999
Yes?
It was the first game on the 3DS, as well as the first main 3D game.

>>29161887
Not bait, I genuinely expect this to happen. The 3DS is probably near the end of it's lifecycle, so it won't have as much time to drum up sales.

>>29161914
I remember X/Y had a lot of hype before it came out. It was the first mainline game in 3d, and Mega evolution, while not necessarily better than Alola forms, is definitely a lot more attention grabbing.

You're probably right about GO though.

>>29162075
The GO factor combined with the gen1 pandering is exactly what could make this game an exception in terms of sales.

The nostalgia factor should not be overlooked, because with Pokemon GO being as popular as it is, Pokemon is back in the heads of a lot of people that haven't thought about it for a long time.