User blog comment:MikeyDoesPasta/Bring back pokemon pastas!/@comment-5239282-20140415162253/@comment-5239282-20140415182106

Ooh, stinging.

Nah, I was referring to something more the likes of Shin Megami Tensei, The World Ends with You, Mother, Fire Emblem, or (dare I say it) Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy. Notice how each series I've referred to outdates X/Y, but still manages a fanbase. Despite having a much smaller fanbase or series, whatever they deliver, it satisfies.

With each new installment, Pokemon becomes less and less genuine of an experience. It's RPGs like TWEWY that surprises me with both a unique and fun battle system and a riveting plot. Pokemon delivers with its same old turn-based battle and "be a Pokemon master/catch 'em all/save the world" plot.

I wouldn't say that "true" RPG-players pick otherwise, but other games tend to hold much more enjoyment for me. I still play Pokemon, though.

I also wouldn't consider WoW or LoL RPGs. Aren't they more, like, online multi-player with action-RPG elements, or whatever? Haven't touched 'em, never will.

Either way, though, 'twas a joke. The "October 2013" should've been a dead give-away.