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How would you explain Pokemon to someone?

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My parents said they were going to take me to the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia for the Black and White tour. Problem is, they don't know a thing about Pokemon. They told me to make a report to them, explaining everything they need to know about Pokemon. Dad told me to treat it like school work. It sounds so fun, but, I don't know where to start, how to explain it to them. Please, give me some ideas how to present this on Microsoft or Powerpoint. Please, give some ideas how to explain Pokemon to them. Thank you :ksmile:.
 
Ill help but whats a pokemon black and white tour?
anyway ill give you some things for your peprot since i have made a wjole book filled with pokemon info.
Pokemon are creatures with magic powers that people called pokemon trainer capture and use them to compete against another trainer in a pokemon battle and to win the other pokemon needs to faint.And you can vs strong traines called gym leaders who you battle and you get a badge if you win. theres 8 to collect.If you are wondering why you need these badges it is because once you have collect the 8 you can compete against the strongest trainers of them all at the pokemon league.There 4 trainers and 1 champion if defaet them all your a pokemon master.

Hope this is good
 
Say:

Pokemon are creature representations that replace people (ala Final Fantasy) in a role playing game. The main character is a young boy (or girl, your choice) who, upon reaching age, is given a miniature encyclopaedia of all the creatures in the world, is given one as a gift and is told to go out and fulfill three main objectives:

Train your original.
Capture Pokemon to add to your collection; those kept in your party are trained with you and can be replaced through computer transfer at your discretion.

And finally:

Along the way, meet stronger trainers to build up your stats (most importantly, Gym Leaders; the token they give you - eight to collect - allows you interest into the Pokemon League, where beating the Elite Four (the top four trainers in the land, in addition to the Champion; current Master) earns you the title of Pokemon master.

How's that?
 
Above all, emphasize that the entire concept is escapism and is meant to be taken lightly. That way, any horrific unintended implications they might pick up on ("hey, that sounds a lot like dogfighting!") won't taint their entire view of the games.
 
Above all, emphasize that the entire concept is escapism and is meant to be taken lightly. That way, any horrific unintended implications they might pick up on ("hey, that sounds a lot like dogfighting!") won't taint their entire view of the games.

Well, seeing as the OP's already going to a tour, I don't think the parents would look for negative aspects fo the franchise.
 
Pokemon is a fictionalized version of our world. It encourages both competitiveness and cooperation, both with other humans and different species. Pokemon are pet-like sentient creatures with abilities that range from simply naming some normal, like flying or digging, to special powers that have both natural and supernatural roots in living beings today, such as electricity discharge and telepathy.

While some would criticize "battling" non-human species for fun and profit, not only are pokemon never killed but also outright abuse is a characteristic of the villains, never the heroes. Also, in newer generations, there are beauty-like contests for those who like that sort of thing better, though you're still forced to battle in gyms if you want to win the game. You encouraged, especially with newer generations where you can use lots of different types of items on your pokemon, to care for them, from taking them to daycare, to spiffing them up in salons, to giving them treats, etc. Bonding with your pokemon can even lead to powerful transformations as a reward.

The villains of the franchise are motivated by greed and delusions of grandeur. They usually want to take over the world, with successively destructive consequences. Yes, surely the cops could work on taking them down, but as it's a kid's game, in the grand tradition of fantasy literature, it's a kid's job, with his or her pure heart and compassion, to defeat evil and save the world.
 
I started making one of these before, but it took up about five pages. I'll cut it down a bit. XD

Pokemon is, at the core, a simulation of bug catching with the bugs replaced with monsters. These monsters are creatures with strange powers, sort of like mythical creatures like dragons or unicorns. These creatures live in a world with people, but there are no animals in this world. You capture them in Poke Balls, which are a capsule system that sucks the Pokemon into it. They're balls about the size of a baseball, and one hemisphere is red and the other white. Where the two halves meet is a button that you press to send the Pokemon out again.

The point of the game is to have your Pokemon fight with other Pokemon using their powers. They don't really hurt each other - it's like boxing, a sport. They never fight to the death - they faint because they run out of energy instead.

In the game, you play as a kid starting out from a little town and getting your first Pokemon. You have to go around catching more Pokemon and making all of the Pokemon you have stronger. There's a catch, though - you can only carry six Pokemon with you, and they can only know four different attacks. You have to make a balanced team out of the enormous amounts of Pokemon to be found. This is done by making sure that you have the ability to counter most of the other Pokemon thaty can be found using one of your own.

Pokemon each have a "type" - an element that represents their powers. They can have one type or two types, and their attacks have types as well. If the attack and the Pokemon using it have the same type, then the attack is more powerful. There are seventeen types available in the game, and they all have their strengths and weaknesses against other types. Think of it as a giant game of Rock-Paper-Scissors - a type is weak against some types, but strong against others. For example, Fire-types are weak against Water-types, but strong against Grass-types. Most of the matchups make some sort of logical sense, so they aren't too hard for a beginner to figure out.

Then, some of the more complex stuff that you could add in if you wanted to:

- There's a ton of different things based around Pokemon, but the games are the first and the most important. There's an anime aimed at the younger fans, but a lot of the older fans don't like it because it doesn't do the games justice and makes a lot of people see Pokemon as something that it's not.

- The creator's intentions were that the monsters would be a way for children to sort out their own emotions and thoughts. The monsters were supposed to represent a certain part of you, like anger or joy, and you were able to control them by keeping them in their Poke Balls. The ones on your team were the ones that you had control over, while the ones that they fought against were the ones that were causing you trouble. It may seem like yours are "good" and the others are "evil," but that's not really true. Think about it this way - if you were in a fight against something huge - like, for example, a huge monster that was terrorizing a city - you would be at a disadvantage because you were smaller. However, if you used your size to your advantage, then you could still win. That philosophy is in Pokemon too. At first, the opposing Pokemon look like they're bad - say, "The small size Pokemon." You think that they are bad. However, you are able to capture them in the game and put them on your team, making them good. Pokemon is, in a large way, about overcoming your weaknesses and using them as strengths.

- Also Pokemon comes from Japan.
 
I started making one of these before, but it took up about five pages. I'll cut it down a bit. XD

Pokemon is, at the core, a simulation of bug catching with the bugs replaced with monsters. These monsters are creatures with strange powers, sort of like mythical creatures like dragons or unicorns. These creatures live in a world with people, but there are no animals in this world. You capture them in Poke Balls, which are a capsule system that sucks the Pokemon into it. They're balls about the size of a baseball, and one hemisphere is red and the other white. Where the two halves meet is a button that you press to send the Pokemon out again.

The point of the game is to have your Pokemon fight with other Pokemon using their powers. They don't really hurt each other - it's like boxing, a sport. They never fight to the death - they faint because they run out of energy instead.

In the game, you play as a kid starting out from a little town and getting your first Pokemon. You have to go around catching more Pokemon and making all of the Pokemon you have stronger. There's a catch, though - you can only carry six Pokemon with you, and they can only know four different attacks. You have to make a balanced team out of the enormous amounts of Pokemon to be found. This is done by making sure that you have the ability to counter most of the other Pokemon thaty can be found using one of your own.

Pokemon each have a "type" - an element that represents their powers. They can have one type or two types, and their attacks have types as well. If the attack and the Pokemon using it have the same type, then the attack is more powerful. There are seventeen types available in the game, and they all have their strengths and weaknesses against other types. Think of it as a giant game of Rock-Paper-Scissors - a type is weak against some types, but strong against others. For example, Fire-types are weak against Water-types, but strong against Grass-types. Most of the matchups make some sort of logical sense, so they aren't too hard for a beginner to figure out.

Then, some of the more complex stuff that you could add in if you wanted to:

- There's a ton of different things based around Pokemon, but the games are the first and the most important. There's an anime aimed at the younger fans, but a lot of the older fans don't like it because it doesn't do the games justice and makes a lot of people see Pokemon as something that it's not.

- The creator's intentions were that the monsters would be a way for children to sort out their own emotions and thoughts. The monsters were supposed to represent a certain part of you, like anger or joy, and you were able to control them by keeping them in their Poke Balls. The ones on your team were the ones that you had control over, while the ones that they fought against were the ones that were causing you trouble. It may seem like yours are "good" and the others are "evil," but that's not really true. Think about it this way - if you were in a fight against something huge - like, for example, a huge monster that was terrorizing a city - you would be at a disadvantage because you were smaller. However, if you used your size to your advantage, then you could still win. That philosophy is in Pokemon too. At first, the opposing Pokemon look like they're bad - say, "The small size Pokemon." You think that they are bad. However, you are able to capture them in the game and put them on your team, making them good. Pokemon is, in a large way, about overcoming your weaknesses and using them as strengths.

- Also Pokemon comes from Japan.

This is very good. Thank you everyone. Oh, and Pokemonfreakforever, the Pokemon Black and White tour is a promotional tour for Black and White. It'll go to 14 different malls. There, you can play demos of the game, go on a scavenger hunt, and see the new movie. It's gonna be so much fun!
 
This is very good. Thank you everyone. Oh, and Pokemonfreakforever, the Pokemon Black and White tour is a promotional tour for Black and White. It'll go to 14 different malls. There, you can play demos of the game, go on a scavenger hunt, and see the new movie. It's gonna be so much fun!

Tell them about this site. I want to say Hi to Mr. and Mrs. Floracat
 
A shorter version:

Pokémon is a series of games about creating bonds with animals known as Pokémon (short for Pocket Monsters). About beginning a journey with a Pokémon partner, travelling across a new land making friends with other Pokémon either by capturing them or being given them by other characters.

You have three main goals - firstly, to collect all 8 Gym Badges from "Pokémon Gyms", where you have to prove your skills by battling against a professional and challenge the "Pokémon League" - the five strongest trainers around.
The second is to record information on all the Pokémon in the "PokéDex" encyclopedia.
The third, is to defeat teams of people who want to use Pokémon to help them fulfill their evil desires.

If they try and compare battling to cockfighting or dogfighting, you can say it isn't because in a Pokémon battle, the key is the strategy, as each Pokémon has different advantages and disadvantages, and that it is a way of showing the deep understanding that develops between a trainer and their Pokémon.

As for how to show it; well, on Powerpoint I'd say have a slide (or two) for each of these points:
1) What Pokémon are.
2) What a "Pokémon Trainer" is.
4) The three goals (one slide for each goal, probably).
5) Pokémon Battles.
 
You go around in a world were all the animals have super powers and capture them in tiny spheres so that you can have battles with other people.
 
Pokemon is all about this:

-You are a little kid travelling around a world filled with bad-ass creatures called "Pokemon."

-Because you want to be THE VERY BEST, LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS, you have to catch these creatures and make them fight to become SUPER BADASSES.

-Once they have become that, you get to take them to the league to become champion.

-There are a lot of these guys you can choose from, too. At least 600 of those little fuckers.

-You gotta catch 'em all... POKEMON!
 
Its a game where monsters beat the crap outta each other for peoples enjoy mement and also uses a shit load of math and most of all IT FUCKING OWNS!
 
Also don't forget to mention the fact that by beating evil teams like team Rocket, Aqua, Galactic, Magma Ect. You are learning about preventing evil and doing the right thing by helping people. Parents like things like that :)
 
Okay, so your a ten-year-old boy/girl who is given a monster-animal called a pokemon from a professor who lives in or near your town. You can use that pokemon to beat up other kids' pokemon and take money from them if you win. You then must travel the world to fill out your pokedex, defeat an evil organization of thugs who misuse pokemon for their own gain, and ultimately, become the best pokemon trainer their is... Yes it's played mostly by 8-year-olds... No it isn't lame!!!
 
I'd say it's one of the simplest but also one of the most complex RPG's out there.
 
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