you know, re-watching this trailer...there's some things that've caught my attention.
firstly, it's the lack of children. seems odd for a Pokemon game. the 'trainers' are almost exclusively young adults, young adults trying to portray older teens...etc.
secondly, the catchphrase is back to good ol "Gotta catch em' all!!" not to say it ever wasn't, hah. but i certainly heven't seen it said so prominently in YEARS. as an example, see the gen 6 box-thingies. I can't really find the phrase "gotta catch em' all" anywhere, X and Y is just "the next evolution in Pokemon!" and ORAS is "Ancient powers reawaken!"
and lastly, DESPITE telling you to catch em all, not a single Pokemon in that trailer was newer than gen 1! Of course, everyone expects the Pikachus and the Charizards and the Mewtwos to appear, but they even dipped into the more...ignored Pokemon like Geodude and Nidoran♀.
you see, Nintendo is not targeting kids with this trailer. This might be the most deliberate marketing I’ve ever seen from Nintendo geared towards the 20+ audience. They’re finally cashing in on the life-long trainers that started their journeys with GameBoys and GameBoy Colors in their hands.
That’s not to say that Pokemon Go wasn’t made for kids… c’mon, it’s a Pokemon game! But, with this, it’s apparent that it is definitely also made for us. And it’s gonna be interesting to see where Nintendo goes with that.
this has been a PSA