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[–] DeusModus 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Pretty much anything Pokémon. I truly don't understand its appeal. Or maybe I was simply too old to "get it" when it first came out.

I think I was sixteen when Pokémon hit the States, and it was pretty openly marketed as something for kids. Atop of the cartoon (and my dislike for anime in general), I think my interest was doomed from the start.

Add that to being a teenager in the late nineties: I had Grand Theft Auto, Diablo, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and the PSX rolling out its heavy hitters at the time; comparing Pokémon to those things, it couldn't be any lower on my list of gaming interests. I largely dismissed it as being another kid-fad anyway, like how pogs were a few years prior.

It still weirds me out to this day, honestly. I see the target audience/age demographic for the time, and they're all college kids now - going to University with their Pokémon things in tow. It immediately elicits some weird 4chan/b/v/ neckbearded-manchild association to me, which makes it even less appealing in my eyes. I'm not even sure if that's a fair assessment to hold for the series and its fans, but the outspoken fans I have met, didn't really make any strides to break that stereotype.

I did end up finally pick up Pokémon X last year out of curiosity and see what the hell the series actually is. I found it okay, but I ultimately put it down after about 8 hours. It's not a bad series by any means, but I've come to terms with the fact that the series just isn't really for me.