Pokemon: A war simulator in disguise!? / ポケモン：本当は戦争シミュレーター？！

English video well today I'm going to be reading an essay that I wrote for an English class during college professor basically told us to write about something objectively to explain a single subject in a thorough way because it was an older man I figured he didn't know too many Pocket Monsters is the name of a war simulator as well as its various components and related consumer products first published by Nintendo Heavy Industries in 1995 instead simulator the user takes the role of the trainer antihero an adolescent male played with delusions of grandeur the primary goal is to conquer numerous political regions to the cultivation and forceful manipulation of 150 biological unique creatures creator cynically Ishihara explains the importance in finding an appropriate name for the franchise we originally called it my animals but quickly decided the title failed to appropriately convey the serious most important element violence thus after much internal debate the committee decided on Pocket Monsters you see Hara elaborates by having users force their creatures into impossibly tight prisons and moreover intentionally and repeatedly refer to said creatures as monsters we felt they would be able to abandon their morals and if only temporarily experienced a mindset normally deemed impermissible by modern society thus Pocket Monsters Pokemon for short a pawn is - ekans as the queen is - Mewtwo much like chess the Pokemon universe is dictated by the complex interaction of its eclectic pieces some creatures listed in the pokédex are small enough to fit into a human palm while others most links of more than 10 meters the habitats foresight creatures are equally diverse forest grasslands River soils lightless caves collapse castles your mothers and a certain species can even inhabit the extreme conditions of molten lava or the deep ocean each species exhibits its own strengths and weakness as well as mode of communication the flagship creature Pikachu for example takes the form of an electrically charged cat raccoon hybrid which can produce no more than permutations of its own name pika-pika is the most common of all uh pterence 'as the rock serpent onyx on the other hand can create only an assortment of grunts and bellows all of which are indiscernible to even the most highly trained pokey linguists while there are some evidence which indicates interspecies communication there are no clear signs of a mutually intelligible universal language despite this the creatures are peaceful by Nature can often be seen living together in harmony it is not these organisms themselves but the trainers who ultimately upset the peace trainer has turned peaceful creatures into Pocket Monsters trainers are human war generals who use their superior intelligence to enslave and manipulate the creatures of the Pokemon universe using their pokemon trainers battle with one another in a never-ending pursuit of experience wealth and fame this relentless lifestyle creates a vicious cycle often resulting in the I want to be the very best complex a power-hungry form of psychosis particularly powerful trainers are akin to history's most infamous military tyrants misty the cunning leader of cerulean city shows striking similarities to Isoroku Yamamoto with her hot head and water based attacks likewise the brute force wielded by earth-based Brock can easily be compared with Stalin's iron fist final boss and perfectionist Gary is clearly modeled after Hitler each and every trainer aspires to become a Pokemon master the most powerful trainer of his or her time Pokemon masters are unparalleled in their knowledge of the poky universe possessed vast riches and most importantly command a team of up to six powerful Pocket Monsters acquisition of Pocket Monsters is an arduous task creatures will never willingly leave tranquility for fascist military service trainers then must force their creatures into service using a series of brutal physical elemental and sometimes mental attacks trainers will crush the will of their desired creature until it briefly enters a coma-like State during this window Pokemon are extra susceptible to capture this is the ideal time for trainers to apply physical restraints usually in the form of metallic spheres encoded with red shock technology if captured creatures become pocket monsters bound to a double hell of both solitary confinement and perpetual war Ash Ketchum an especially sadistic trainer teases his Pokemon letting only his beloved Pikachu run free while the rest are forced to the cold confines of the pokeball prisons the typical pokey battle shares many characteristics with colonial warfare each monster takes turns attacking in an honourable face-to-face match while trainers bark out commands foreign safe from the action trainers also serve as medics at this time continually pumping their retired pokemon floor performance-enhancing steroids euphemistically referred to as items when morale and energy have been depleted reinforcements are then switched in to relieve the exhausted battles can last anywhere from a matter of minutes to several hours and and when either side has run out a functional Pokemon it should be noted that there have been instances of guerilla warfare tactics utilized by a particularly ruthless pair known only as team rocket rocket seeks elusive pokemon in the hopes of later exchanging them for liquid assets fortunately the duo often creates almost silly strategies which one way or another end up catapulting them from the battlefield making them little to no threat for the average trainer deep and relatable characters a complex battle system themes of war betrayal and mental sickness by boldly throwing out the happy-go-lucky world of the Super Mario Brothers Pokemon immediately captured the interest of millions it's been more than a decade since its released every year there are new Pokemon sequels movies and even children's toys fans eagerly await what the future has in store for this brilliant yet violent franchise professor Lim Berg's comments how does elemental differ from either physical or mental as a third category you knew

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Length: 5min 33sec (333 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 21 2016

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