I haven’t been playing a lot of games this week. All I have been doing is waiting for the new 2D Super Mario Bros. game to come out. Maybe because of the wait, I have just been killing time and not playing a lot of any game in particular. To be honest, what I have played the most these past couple of weeks are games that I don’t even consider to be games. But seeing as how this is just to kill time until the release of the big games next week (acknowledging the Spider-Man 2 fans), I figured let’s talk about this. So the main games are Pokémon GO and Pokémon Sleep. They are decent time killers on the way to work and easy enough to check in on once in a while. If I’m being honest, the only reason I am playing these games is because they have Pokémon included. The games themselves are fairly simplistic. To be honest, the Sudoku puzzles offered in the game are more challenging than what these games have to offer. Actually, first I should actually talk about what they are for those who are unaware.
Pokémon GO, as the name may suggest is an app where you can find and catch Pokémon as you walk around different areas and go to Pokéstops to gather items. Catching Pokémon is a lot simpler than in normal Pokémon games because you are basically just throwing Poké Balls in the hopes of catching them. It is kind of like the Safari Zone in some of the older games where you would encounter Pokémon and use items to try and catch Pokémon in a designated area with the fear they may run from you. The main difference is that once you run out of items, you can always find more. The best way to get items is to go to Pokéstops for more items. Personally, battling is very boring since all you do is tap your screen until there is only one left standing. Also, Pokémon have very limited movesets are require tons of candy to even be viable. The grind is real sometimes. At least I got some shinies though.
Pokémon Sleep is something I hesitate to really call a game since the main way to play it is not to play it. It’s all about having a good sleep schedule. That is not something that I have been great with as a long-time gamer, but I’m trying to make it work. Although the app seems to be a bit unforgiving sometimes with how it measures sleep. During the day, you just feed Snorlax so you can encounter more Pokémon while you sleep. Then you reset all your progress after each week except for your Pokémon’s levels and the food bonuses. It isn’t very riveting, but at least it actually has experience and leveling. even if leveling does take forever. Although pretty much every game takes a bit of a grind. At least I have some shinies.
You know, one thing I have noticed is that even though it isn’t super hard to find shiny Pokémon, it kind of feels more rewarding to find them in these games. Maybe it’s because they feel like how we used to hunt back in the day with random encounters. I guess maybe I just miss some of the old games you know. Even though these phone games have some flaws, I find them kind of addicting. So imagine how crazy it would be if we got some older games rereleased. Seriously Nintendo, just add the GBA Pokémon games on the Virtual Console already. I’m begging you. Or at least give us Mario Party 3. PLEASE. Have a good night y’all.
That Casual Gamer Guy 