Media observation #7

Hello everybody!

As some might know, 2016 is the 20th anniversary of Pokémon! Pokémon is a game series from the beginning of the 90's which has grown to be one of the most popular series ever with lots of spin-offs, animated series and a whole bunch of merchandise. The goal of these games is usually to catch creatures called Pokémon, beat the bad guys and become the best Pokémon trainer by defeating other strong trainers.

For the celebration of Pokémon's 20th anniversary, Nintendo is publishing new Pokémon games called "Pokémon Sun" and "Pokémon Moon". They will include new Pokémon alongside the old ones and also new "Alolan forms"of already existing Pokémon. I find the idea very interesting, because of course when species live in different areas they mutate to look a bit different. Some Pokémon are executed very well, like Exeggutor and Vulpix, but some of them (at least for me) were a huge letdown.

Alolan Exeggutor. So bad it's good.

The reason why I'm writing this thing (alongside being a huge Pokémon fan for most of my life) is because I stumbled upon this article. Pokémon Sun and Moon are already breaking records even before their release! They're the most pre-sold games in Nintendo history and their special demo has been downloaded more than any other Nintendo 3DS demo. Way to go Pokémon! I'm excited to see if the games will break any sales records when they're officially released in November.

I'm of course getting myself a copy of Pokémon Moon. I'm actually not too excited about the new games, I mean I love Pokémon and I want to celebrate it's 20th anniversary but Nintendo has made some changes I'm unsure about so I'll see if the games are actually worth the wait and money when I get myself a copy. The predecessor games Pokémon X and Y were SO good it'll be hard to top them. But I'll try to stay positive. At least there's this new little friend, Mimikyu! It even has it's own official song... ;__; #TeamMimikyu #MimikyuSavesEverything

Gotta catch 'em all!
Happy thoughts,
Oona