>an entire fucking city controlled by basically the mafia
>cloning experiments gone wrong
>a gym leader who fought in some fucking war
>a silent hill tier ghost town
remember when pokemon used to be dark?

Was Pokemon astroturfed into popularity? I remember in early September 1998, before the games had even come out in America and the anime had just started airing for the first time that week, everyone at school was already obsessed with it. How did they manage to create so much fake mass hype for something barely anyone even knew about?

>>723270554
They did, though.

One of my favorite games. I do not care for the others or the anime.

>still the best in the series
How did they do it?

One of the greatest and most soulful old school JRPGs of all time

I replayed all the old games and these are still the best

>/vp/ discussing these games
>its impossible to know where to go without a walkthrough
>Seafoam Islands needed more forced storyshit
This is why Pokemon has gone to shit

>>127719131
Learned from the best.