This is the problem with Pokémon Go - it isn’t even a Nintendo-developed game. In many ways, Nintendo is the last of the old guard of gaming and they no longer hold the sway with people like they used to. Their fans are starved for something new, and yet Nintendo prefers to give them the silent treatment. This goes back to the root of Nintendo’s ills: they aren’t a nimble gaming company. However, in the long run, Nintendo will fight for relevancy. Plus, Pokémon Sun and Moon are on the way, which are going to help keep Nintendo afloat until the Switch launches. Next up for Nintendo is Super Mario Run a side scrolling game that will probably help their bottom line. Mitomo was a failed social experiment and Pokémon GO a huge success. When Nintendo finally admitted that they needed to make mobile games and accordingly designed their first two offerings, it was both disappointing and great. One is left to question the rest of Nintendo’s mobile game strategy from here on out. Instead what is left are the loyalists, a much smaller crowd. The developer Niantic says that the game has legs and wants to continue to add new features, but the audience present at the launch is no longer there. If you have the means to travel around a city to catch a rarer Pokémon across town, you might “catch ‘em all.” However, this game that caught the country by storm has seemingly tapered off into the gimmick phase of its lifespan. It favors the player who spends money on resources to catch Pokémon.Īnother problem the game faces is the limited amount of Pokémon in each area. It lacks all the features of a regular Pokémon game. The problem was that Pokémon Go isn’t a fully featured Pokémon game. It happened both overnight and gradually, but people began drifting away from it. I remember walking my dog in my old neighborhood and seeing random people attempting to catch Pokémon. Pokémon Go suddenly took on a feeling of being dangerous, but still the hype didn’t subside. Then there were the media coverage and YouTube videos of waves of people trying to catch a Vapereon in Central Park and stories of people getting hit by or crashing cars while playing. Google developer Niantic made the game, which originally started as an April Fool’s joke. The surge of hype shot up Nintendo’s stock price, which promptly came crashing down when it was discovered Nintendo hadn’t developed it. In fact, it succeeded better than anything Nintendo has recently done. Add to that Nintendo’s frustrating profile creation system, and the game seemed doomed. When the game first arrived, it was beset with bugs and crashes. By: Jason Smith ~ Staff Writer~ Photo courtesy of Lydia Reagan | Pokemon Go was released Jto widespread popularity is survived by Nintendo’s Pokemon Sun and Moon.Īt one point in every Pokémon Go player’s life, the question gets asked, “Why am I playing this?” After an initial wave of hype and media saturation, America’s love affair with virtual, mobile Pokémon has ended.
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