Their fundamental motto is "Don't make the mother an enemy". They are unlikely to pursue a play to win model even today.

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20121009/244635/...

That is such a smart long-term strategy given their target audience that I'm amazed I haven't heard it before.

"Don't make the mother an enemy"

What does that even mean?

I suppose it could be referencing the fact that the mother buys the games and allows her kids to play them. Making an enemy of her means no game time?

Yup that's what it means.

That's pretty clever.

My brother and I talked about this when Go was first announced. If we were kids and this stuff was released, we'd be playing it non-stop probably. It brings the imaginative stuff even more to life than before.

I feel not as many people would of played still. Sure they would of made a ton of money, but I don't see it being as big. Many games that follow today's tactics may make millions but Pokemon is a legacy all of it's own that other games could only dream of matching. Everything from movies, a tv show, toys, tournaments, etc I would argue Pokemon may of not have made half as much as it has the way it was made... I could be wrong though, but it's easier to get hooked on a game you can buy for cheap and play however many times you want...

Say these out loud to understand where "would of" comes from:

Would have

Would've

Would of

Thank you for pointing out that people who speak English as a foreign language are sometimes tripped up by things like this.

I'm not sure what to respond to a response about my post not being non-native English speaker friendly... When I'm a non-native English speaker myself...

This is scary, but probably accurate. And EA would have ended up owning it and ruining it.

I wonder if the franchise would still be that popular if they were sold under that model