Gotta Catch Them All

This post is dedicated to my friend, Jeff, who is a Pokémon master.

I remember in like 1998, when Pokémon was the cool thing to play, collect, and talk about on the playground. I recall when kids during recess would battle hardcore with their cards and trade them with other students. These were the great times as a child.

But what if Pokémon was a realistic universe somewhere else, in which when you were born you were given the task of becoming a Pokémon master in traveling the world and collecting every kind of Pokémon. How cool would that be in which we could battle one another with the Pokémon we collect. Although this may seem like animal cruelty, what if it was like Yu-gi-oh and the animals were graphics or cards. This idea yet very unrealistic, could be a possibility in the future. I mean in which we can collect cards and through the cards battle with the monsters we collect, through a virtual reality.

Pokémon although not as common now a days compared to other games, is still an expanding phenomenon. Last year in spring 2009 the makers of Pokémon released the new Platinum version in which there was an upgrade in graphics, and sold nearly a million copies in two days! Therefore it is still a popular idea and game that expands a players ability in puzzle solving and reasoning.

So my question I leave you is, could you be a Pokémon master and spend your whole life traveling around the world, catching them all?