A World Without Pokemon

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What would you be doing right now if Pokemon never existed?
I would be extremely bored, possibly to death. In reality, I would probably be into Mario a lot more, or I would be playing a series similar to Pokemon, such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, to fill in the gap.
 
I'd be abusing the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise even worse than I already am. My obsession would be so bad I would probably be institutionalized.
 
If Pokemon didnt exist, I honestly don't know. I wouldnt be here and might not even play video games at all or even go on the internet. I would probably read a lot of books and watch way more TV, but mostly I'd be really bored pretty much all the time. I might be into something else, maybe other anime or more things like that.
 
If Pokemon didn't exist, there'd have probably been considerably less anime in the west than there is now. I probably wouldn't have even looked twice at it if it weren't for the gateway drug.
 
I would probably be a bigger Yu-Gi-Oh! fan than I already am and focused primarily on that franchise. I would also most likely be more into Mario video games, especially when Yu-Gi-Oh! isn't pulling out as many video games as they used to nowadays, to fill in the gap. I might have gotten into reading manga a bit sooner if I was much more into Yu-Gi-Oh! when it first came out like I was when I first got into Pokemon. I probably would have gotten more of the original manga series much sooner as a result. I might spent less time online without some of the Pokemon focused sites I visit and maybe a bit more time reading than I currently do. A world without Pokemon does sound rather sad since it gave me, along with many other people, a lot of happiness and led them to watch other shows as well.

I definitely don't think that I would be the exact same person. While I would have found something else to be really interested in, not having something like Pokemon in my life at the time when I first did get into the franchise might have made me a different person. Maybe not drastically, but not having some of the events during those years when I first started to get into Pokemon might have made me into a different person than I am now.
 
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I guess I'd be very depress and lonely, hiding in my room. It was Pokemon that took lots of my dark past and filled it with happiness and laughter - both anime and the games.
 
I would go down as an underground Hashiriya in expressways. Pokémon gave us many excitement for many years. A world without Pokémon would let me bored and got involved in illicit activities such as gangfights.
 
I don't know! I've been playing the games ever since I was a young child! I remember recieving the original Red and Blue version for Christmas one year, along with my very first game boy!
 
I probably would have decided on animals instead of art, and probably would've done better in school, and would've gone through college instead of dropping out... just being honest, here.
 
i reeeeally can't say for sure, but my life certainly wouldn't be at all like it is now. for starters, i probably wouldn't have kept drawing and decided to make a living out of that like now. also i would've had to use all the money i used on pokémon stuff on something else, maybe comics and games, if those would still be what i enjoy the most. i wouldn't have all the precious friends i made irl and url through mutual interests (=pokémon, of course).
i can honestly say that i would be a totally different person if pokémon never existed. pretty scary, actually...
 
If Pokemon never existed, I would not be interested in gaming, which is a shame because that is one of the things that drove me towards media and I am at the moment, hoping and heading towards a career in media.

My life would be totally different to what it is now and I know that it is the same for thousands of other people. While others may have just moved in to another big franchise like Yu-Gi-Oh and others may have just gone on to do more worthwhile things, some lives may have been affected in ways we would have never imagined. For all we know, and there is a strong possibility of it, lives could have been lost and gained if it weren't for pokemon.
 
i would of jumped on the bandwaggon of some other popular show.. this other show wont be as good as pokemon so my childhood would of been more boring.
 
I don;t know... I've been playing Pokemon ever since Yellow showed up... so I don't know what would happen.. Digimon would probably be more popular lol
 
I think I would just stick to other games, I'm a fan of Driving games and there are many out there that keep me entertained.
It would be harder if it had been introduced up until the point of say Generation IV and then stopped. I dread the day Pokemon ceases to exist but until then, I'll keep on playing!
 
I would probably just be a bit more obsessed with animals than I already am. Same goes for all my fandoms that aren't Pokemon.
 
I have to wonder where Nintendo would be without Pokemon. I mean, Pokemon's been the killer app for Nintendo handhelds (I have friends who are on record that they won't get a 3DS until a new main-series Pokemon is on it), and has helped the company stay in good financial shape even during the lean-years that came during the last days of the N64 and during the Gamecube years. I wouldn't be shocked if in some alternate universe where Pokemon never existed, Nintendo either had to go third-party or had to rely even more on the Mario money-machine than they do in the real world...

Not to mention that I doubt there would be as much anime and manga in the west. At least, there'd be far fewer on television. And with that, there would have been less Japanese influence in animation styles and design.

Of course, there are also some weird ripple effects that would have happened. I remember reading somewhere that there was an Olympic Judo competitor who had taken up Judo because he was angry about the fact a bully had stolen his Charizard card. Who knows if he would have taken up Judo if not for Pokemon?
 
To be honest I don't even want to imagine a world without Pokemon. But if I have to I would imagine living a life with this empty void, which I'm unable to fill, and have this itching feeling there are other worldly creatures trying to scratch their way through into my head. o_o...
 
I really can't imagine that. Pokemon's a world-wide sensation, the second best-selling game ever (only losing to Super Mario), and if a game like Pokemon didn't existed, then I... I don't really know

Ah...most important thing!! If Pokemon hadn't existed, I would've never been able to meet my crush XDD!! It was all thanks to pokemon that we started getting friendly... and such memories that revolve around Pokemon... It's too painful to imagine if Pokemon hadn't existed.
 
I don't even wan't to think about it.
I don't know what franchise I would be into. I did go on Club Penguin a lot(I still would if it wasn't for Dial-up lol), and I eventually got into MLP:FiM, but I don't know if I could've gotten into MLp:FiM if it wasn't for Pokemon.
I have no idea what my interests would be from August 2009-now. F*ck.

Cons:
-I can think of 5 friends at the top of my head that I wouldn't have met if it wasn't for Pokemon(adding 2 more with MLP:FiM, which I got into from a friend who liked Pokemon)
-I would probably be incredibly bored for most of my life
-I might also be kinda depressed, Pokemon has helped me get through the bad parts of my life
-I probably wouldn't be very good at drawing, drawing Pokemon helped me get better at drawing everything else.
-I probably wouldn't have any desire to go to Japan or learn Japanese
-I would have NO friends at my new school(maybe)
-I wouldn't be so competitive, but I'm not sure if that's a bad thing...
-I wouldn't be into video games as much maybe. But I doubt this one would be true.
-There is a possibility that my personally would be VERY different. I would be much less nerdy and weird (possibly).

Pros:
-I would read more
-I would have more money saved
-I wouldn't get so distracted and want to play video games when I'm supposed to be doing homework(I used to have this problem occasionally, now, not really as much),but I find this one pretty unlikely.


Cons definitely outweigh the pros.
It's official: My like would SUCK without Pokemon.
 
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