{"id":978823,"date":"2023-08-28T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinfinite.net\/?p=978823"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:00:13","slug":"pokemaniac-monday-has-pokemon-go-robbed-legendaries-of-their-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinfinite.net\/pokemon\/pokemaniac-monday-has-pokemon-go-robbed-legendaries-of-their-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"PokeManiac Monday: Has Pokemon GO Robbed Legendaries of Their Legend?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As long as there have been Pokemon, there has been a meticulous grind attached to their mastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gaining access to the very best battlers required thorough tinkering from the moment they are first acquired; breeding for top IVs, a suitable nature, the correct ability, any relevant Egg moves, subsequent EV training, and an infinitesimally small chance that they will be a shiny…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a lot, and countless in-game bicycle trips were spent menacingly circling the immediate area in front of the day care center, collecting and hatching eggs en masse before releasing the failed experiments as if they were inbred Chocobos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that was just if you wanted to fully dedicate yourself to the competitive scene. Should you instead desire something as seemingly innocuous as completing the PokeDex, there were events to attend. Promotional codes to obtain. Distributions that offered only a finite number of monsters for you to collect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nearly ten years ago, I spent several days frantically calling local retailers to see if they had any Diancie codes left. Three years ago, I missed the distribution period for Zarude and ended up buying one from a scalper online<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nowadays, I can just shrug my shoulders, bide my time, and wait for their eventual arrival in Pokemon GO. Since its inception in 2016, the augmented reality app has reinvigorated the world’s passion for those kooky little pocket monsters, to the tune of more than $4 billion USD<\/a> in lifetime revenue. That’s almost enough to build three NFL stadiums (or more likely, relocate your team to Los Angeles and let the taxpayers fund it instead).<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a nice sidebar for the franchise, but little more than that. You can catch a Bulbasaur wearing a party hat, and name him Gideon. Nobody’s stopping you, you’re not harming anyone. I hope Gideon has a lovely birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n