Why don’t the makers of large strategy games all simply understand by now that modding is the key to infinite replayability, and thus infinite purchases?

In the manga, the majority of the Gym Leaders are members of Team Rocket, which lead me to believe that Team Rocket is essentially the governing force of Jhoto and Kanto. When you tell the Team Rocket Member in the first game that you’re not going to join Team Rocket, your choice ultimately doesn’t matter.

By falling…

Saying "this game doesn't count" doesn't make sense to most gamers when Conquest is still part of the franchise. There is no technicality about it, it focuses on Poke'mon as a major plot and gameplay element, that is using them to wage war (which we know is a part of the official history of the main titles). It…

PEOPLE!! Pokémon are made of people!!

Playing Pokemon white right now and just check out this to see how dark it really is:

The whole "champion as government" thing has bugged me for a while. The following is adapted from a rant I went on elsewhere:

BUT WHO'S CONTROLLING THESE CLONED JOYS!? WHO!?!?

Considering there's no real government on the show, and considering how every town is set up to cater to Pokémon battles, the most obvious choice is that each Region's Elite Four and Gym Leaders are some sort of regional government

The answer is simple. The world of pokemon is an advanced real-world testing environment for highly advanced genetically engineered weapons of war. Non-lethal battles reveal the most powerful and useful weapons for use in galactic conflict, and prove pokemon loyalty to humanity. The people of the pokemon world are not…