Imagine an app on your phone. You tap it, it loads, and on your screen is whatever pokemon you transfered in from Home. The camera follows them as they frolick in whatever environment suits them. You tap again, and the Pokemon notices you, and happily runs towards you the camera zooming in or out depending on the size of the pokemon as it stops right before you. You can pet it, feed it, play with it, and it can even dance to music. Using the smartphones built in pedometer, special treats or toys can be used locked upon achieving certain step goals. Reaching milestones unlock ribbons and titles that can be used in Champions and future titles. Future updates can include mini games or mini battles, rewarding in game currency for accessories for your pokemon, allowing your pokemon and friends pokemon to interact and play. It will probably have a battle pass, so expect there to be anime and game tie-in items and accessories.

Hey everyone,
I’ve had a Reddit account for four years and never posted anything, but I finally wanted to share a story that’s been on my mind for a while to see if anyone here relates.

My journey with Pokémon started over two decades ago. I was about 8 years old when I saw someone sitting on the curb with a Game Boy Color. I sat next to them, was handed the Game Boy, and pushed a few buttons. I saw sprites moving, animations playing, and I was instantly hooked. Shortly after, I saw the anime on TV—specifically the episode where Ash protects Charmander in the rain.

Charmander became my first real favorite. In 2000, my mom took me to see Mewtwo Strikes Back in the cinema. Getting that promo Pikachu card in its plastic wrapper and watching Mew vs. Mewtwo on the big screen was pure magic. It felt like my childhood brain fully turned on that day.
From there, I went through all the eras. Buying FireRed on release day in 2004 as a 12-year-old with my alarm set for the store opening. I didn't know anything about EVs, IVs, or Shinies back then. I just knew I traded a Scyther with a friend to get a Scizor holding a Metal Coat, smashed the Elite Four with Sword Dance, and felt like a king.

Over the years, I bought almost every Nintendo console just for Pokémon: Emerald, Diamond, Platinum, HeartGold, Black/White, X, Omega Ruby, Sun/Moon, Sword/Shield, and beyond. But somewhere along the line—around Diamond and the rise of online battles—something shifted.

I stopped seeing Pokémon as an adventure and started seeing it as a system to be optimized.
Instead of walking into a cave and feeling excited about finding a Zubat, I was instantly checking its Nature, its IVs, its Ability, and whether it was worth breeding. By the time I reached Sword & Shield, I had boxes full of level 100, fully EV-trained, battle-ready competitive Pokémon... that I almost never actually used in competitive battles. I was just constantly prepping, grinding, min-maxing, and checking boxes. It turned a peaceful, relaxing comfort space into a chore.

At one point, I thought: "I'm 34 now, I should grow up and play 'serious' games." I bought a PS5, played heavy/intense shooters and competitive games like Call of Duty and ARC Raiders, thinking that was what adults were supposed to play. But those games didn't give me what Nintendo always gave me: a safe, cozy bubble to unplug and relax in. I realized I was just running away from something I genuinely love.

Now, I'm at a crossroads. I don't miss the grueling 5-hour grind of the originals, but I also feel overwhelmed by 1,000+ Pokémon, Ultra Beasts, and endless gimmicks. I love the universe, the nostalgia, and the comfort, but I’ve lost my identity as a casual trainer because my brain instantly defaults to "efficiency mode."

With new games and hardware on the horizon, I want to step back into the Pokémon world without treating it like a job.
My question to you all is:
For those who ruined Pokémon for themselves by getting too caught up in competitive mechanics, EV/IV breeding, or checklist-gaming—how did you find your way back to just enjoying the journey? How do you quiet the "optimization brain" and re-discover the magic as an adult?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

(I maybe want to get a switch 2 for Pokopia, to relax the brain )

Hi guys I hope you're all doing well,

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Apologies if this is old news for most of you but I had no idea about this until recently

It's really exciting to see all of the progress and the development of emulators and recompilation projects for Android.

But for many years I've always been wanting to play pokemon fan games on the go.

I know joy play has been around for a while because I was actually very quick to follow all of the guides to install joy play when it came out a few years ago on Android.

However I was never able to fully beat any of the fan games because I had several issues with joy play and several glitches as well

With the release of emulators like game native, winlator and the Game hub I was really excited and tried to play pokemon fan games through them but I would always struggle particularly with container settings and controls and unfortunately never managed to make much progress

I have just found out about the Kirin app and I have been able to open every single fan game which I've downloaded ( this is a complete surprise because several fan games would not even open on joy play or could not run easily through any of the emulated containers) and I am now a couple of hours into my run of pokemon rejuvenation.

I was really happy to be able to finally do this, and just in case there were any other pokemon fans that want to play these games on Android but have never been able to , I wanted to share this with you

P.s I have been working heavily on my videos and my thumbnails after extensive feedback from my previous videos and I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts now

Here's a link to my video if you're interested:

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TLDR: If you want to play Pokémon Fan games on android and are struggling with Joiplay please try Kirin, it's so much easier to use.

18+ Pokemon that Need A Third Type

There are defo some reasons why this wouldn't work but for the most part, triple typing would make so much sense! Flygon can finally have a good ability, Charizard can finally be a dragon and Masquerain doesn't have to lose water typing!