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fridgevespidae · 12 days ago

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me n my sister spent some time messing around in pokemon channel for the first time in like over probably 10 years and its making me realize a small handful of things. for one, i am a massive fan of virtual pet games and sites and this is probably why. two is that that none of them ever did what pokemon channel did might be why i can never seem to find anything quite similar enough that it fulfills the imagined concept for a virtual pet that im constantly seeking

#i get periodically obsessive over virtual pets as a concept and it usually coincides w stress #something abt my imagined virtual pet game soothes me and if not pokemon channel it simply doesnt exist yet #finding it.... my white whale #nintendogs likely also influenced this. and the ubisoft petz games. and paws and claws pets resort #the last of which being an awful game ive never seen anyone know abt that i was OBSESSED with for a while as a kid #anyway wobbledogs gets close but its still not the imagined game #its good for other reasons #a lot of virtual pet sites are also too collection based. neopets gets it right by being not abt collecting neopets #but also. you still cant interact w your pets the degree i want to....#(i need to get back into neopets i was nonstop abt it last yr but im nervous to return #bc i was in a guild and i def wasnt kicked so ill just have to be. uhmmm hiii haha sorry its been 7 months #not that it was a job but im just not ready...)#anyway theres def a nostalgia factor to why i like pokemon channel so much but i do think its set up #is smth i hardly ever see... not having to care for the needs of ur pet but still #having a well rounded way of interacting w them... its good #i like feeding virtual pets like its cute but i get stressed when i have to keep with it consistently #cus then ill inevitably miss a day and feel awful or ill wait too long #and it makes me dread playing again and put it off cus i know ive got too much to catch up on #that said i dont believe theyll ever remake pokemon channel. it could only exist in the time it did #if they tried to make it again theyd try to modernize it bc that was a huge factor in the original #that it wasnt supposed to be old concepts. sticking to that look wouldnt make sense for the pkmn company #also considering i never see anyone mention it i get the feeling it wouldnt be profitable enough #at least pokemon snap had some dedicated fans #i mean my sister and i's enjoyment is also likely largely nostalgia... but i think ot has a lovely charm #that pikachus always up to things and interacting w tables and tossing himself at the player and hitting the tv #its great. it has a lot of charm. i hope of not the pkmn company that someone does smth similar in the future #not necessarily w the older media look but just this sorta pet game #i also think ppl underestimate the importance of minigames in these things hehe...

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