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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
On July 12 2016 08:48 TheYango wrote: I guess I just underestimated how much of a draw the Pokemon brand would be even for people not otherwise engaged with the series. As with all social stuff there's mimetism and the draw of the group (or peer pressure if you want to go that way), and since Pokemon has both a user base and a super recognisable name/universe (also accessible, it's basically cute critters so people going after Eevee or the fox baby doesn't look as nerdy as something like Ingress or conspiration theories or fantasy), it's very easy to draft more people into it. It's easy to install and play, it's "mechanically" easy to discuss about it with people, and also socially easy since Pokemon's known everywhere... Plus Pokemon ties itself very well into it. Sure Baseball has fans and stuff but it's a lot harder to make people relate to it with this kind of game I guess.  | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
I think it's the social media pull, and part of that seems to have been a happy accident for Nintendo, a little bit of luck that their innovation(credit to them) filled a space that was apparently in demand. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On July 12 2016 10:29 red_ wrote: I really don't think the Pokemon name is what is carrying this. I know a bunch of people that don't know ANYTHING about Pokemon, not even like 'I played it when I was young' nostalgia. In fact, like the guys I mentioned earlier, they were probably even the people that made fun of everyone who did play Pokemon. I think it's the social media pull, and part of that seems to have been a happy accident for Nintendo, a little bit of luck that their innovation(credit to them) filled a space that was apparently in demand. That's because for the large part, Pokemon follows this: ![[image loading]](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/katietiedrich/comic146.png) | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
On July 12 2016 10:29 red_ wrote: I really don't think the Pokemon name is what is carrying this. I know a bunch of people that don't know ANYTHING about Pokemon, not even like 'I played it when I was young' nostalgia. In fact, like the guys I mentioned earlier, they were probably even the people that made fun of everyone who did play Pokemon. I think it's the social media pull, and part of that seems to have been a happy accident for Nintendo, a little bit of luck that their innovation(credit to them) filled a space that was apparently in demand. Also the relatively "niche" demand of the pokemon fan 15-30 year olds shoved it instantly to the top of the free apps list on play and app stores. That alone gives you access to an absolutely huge audience of potential players who might dl it to just try for a bit. All it takes then is facebook going viral, breakfast/radio shows picking it up for their "goofy feel good segment" for a day or two, and then news stories start going about how absolutely huge it's getting, and you have snowball. I'm gonna have to dl the apk tonight. The euro release seems fucked. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On July 12 2016 08:51 TheYango wrote: Oh I know that, its just interesting to me that "played/enjoyed this series at some point" was enough of a hook for people who've never played an ARG to try one. I'm not in a position to say whether the game itself is interesting since ARGs aren't really interesting to me--so I can buy into the idea that addictive gameplay and the social aspect are good for player retention. But those aren't also things that actually hook someone into playing the first time because they have to play the game at least once for those things to matter. It's mostly how many people bothered to play the game the first time that surprised me. It is a perfect storm. As a free smart device game it is basically nothing for people to go download it. It takes 2 minutes to try it. AND everyone has heard of or enjoyed pokemon in some respect at some point. A game like ingress would never get the innate brand draw just having the pokemon name gives Go even if they spent billions marketing it. | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
It's like the D3 launch, only I didn't have to pay for it. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 12 2016 14:36 killerdog wrote: Also the relatively "niche" demand of the pokemon fan 15-30 year olds shoved it instantly to the top of the free apps list on play and app stores. That alone gives you access to an absolutely huge audience of potential players who might dl it to just try for a bit. All it takes then is facebook going viral, breakfast/radio shows picking it up for their "goofy feel good segment" for a day or two, and then news stories start going about how absolutely huge it's getting, and you have snowball. I'm gonna have to dl the apk tonight. The euro release seems fucked. I imagine Europe is going to be a lot cooler because you can actually take day trips to other places. unlike the US. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On July 12 2016 14:36 killerdog wrote: Also the relatively "niche" demand of the pokemon fan 15-30 year olds shoved it instantly to the top of the free apps list on play and app stores. That alone gives you access to an absolutely huge audience of potential players who might dl it to just try for a bit. All it takes then is facebook going viral, breakfast/radio shows picking it up for their "goofy feel good segment" for a day or two, and then news stories start going about how absolutely huge it's getting, and you have snowball. I'm gonna have to dl the apk tonight. The euro release seems fucked. Be careful with the apk, I know there's at least one version out there that is loaded with malware. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
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Crusnik
United States5378 Posts
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Nos-
Canada12016 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On July 13 2016 02:16 Eppa! wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbzRwssqMtU Hyyyyyyyype! Though I really hope there's some sort of aimbot when shooting your allies to heal them, because that could get really annoying. But her support abilities look amazing. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 13 2016 02:22 Nos- wrote: Did that rein just one shot a Zarya with the boost on him? It's blizzard. Their previews are all staged. Only the widowmaker one was legit. They CONSTANTLY have characters one shotting with abilities in previews. for HotS and for OW. another sniper that doesn't feel shitty to play might save OW for me. | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
Her being on the perch on anubis might signal wall climbing. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/ana/ Interesting kit. Rifle damage seems solid and single shot CC will be nice for combos. Biotic Grenade is a cool idea, obviously the healing/damage is the main use, but the healing boost will also make it really solid for double-healer teams (which are just all the rage). The heal block on the opponent seems really useful, but an edge case at most. Never worth saving for that in particular unless there's like a Roadhog/Mercy combo rolling you. Edit: no mention of wall climbing but who knows. I doubt it, though, they would have showed it off more imo. | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On July 13 2016 02:33 Requizen wrote: Here's more info: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/ana/ Interesting kit. Rifle damage seems solid and single shot CC will be nice for combos. Biotic Grenade is a cool idea, obviously the healing/damage is the main use, but the healing boost will also make it really solid for double-healer teams (which are just all the rage). The heal block on the opponent seems really useful, but an edge case at most. Never worth saving for that in particular unless there's like a Roadhog/Mercy combo rolling you. Edit: no mention of wall climbing but who knows. I doubt it, though, they would have showed it off more imo. Based on that it looks like 75 damage With slow RoF. no idea about crit multiplier on the heal or the damage. but if it's normal it's just 150 damage on hits, but it LOOKED like it 1 shot widow, so maybe it's 2.33 so it does 200 damage on headshot. though the widow kill could have been her DoT-Nade and a headshot. which would be lame. because getting outsniped by everyone on a not even remotely even level feels real bad. though if she can quick scope then i guess it's forgiven. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On July 13 2016 02:20 Crusnik wrote: Is that a Shoomish wearing a decapitated pikachu head...? It's a ghost pokemon that wears a sheet on it's head, apparently. It wants to be popular like pikachu. | ||
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