Friendship Ended with Zelda

[rynling]

I’ve spent the past two months replaying Pokémon games. What I enjoy about these games is that:

(a) They are very stupid,
(b) they are very cute, and
(c) they are absurdly fun to play.

I’m currently playing Pokémon Moon, which is about teenage lesbians in Hawai’i, and Pokémon Shield, which is about British football hooligans.

The metastories of these games are actually quite interesting. Pokémon Sun and Moon is about how the activities of scientists intent on “preserving natural heritage” without consulting native Hawai’ians are fucking up the environment, while Pokémon Sword and Shield offers a critical commentary on the extreme corporatization of sport. Sword and Shield also tackles issues of race and class from a British perspective and takes a nuanced approach that doesn’t designate heroes and villains or offer clear solutions.

I sort of want to write about this, but I know the response is going to be “why are you overanalyzing these cute and stupid games.” Which is fair.

Comments

[duckeee]

I would read that if you ever do write about it. :D

[rynling]

Thank you! It's actually really good to know that people might be interested in something like this.