So I guess I should say that you should watch this video before I continue the rant. Why is it that I always find something to rant about in huge clumps. Anyway, I am sure that you have watched the video. That was Nintendo trying to celebrate 20 years of Pokemon. Yes a great title indeed, but really they can up with something that lame to celebrate? I know this must have been produced by Americans because there is no way that a Japanese person would write that off as good enough for the Super Bowel.

I mean first off it is not even 100% clear what they are talking about in the beginning. They have some kid who see some kind of... I guess it was fight, but it was all covered in dust and stuff so there was no way of telling for sure. Then somehow the kid gets news coverage about how he is training for greatness and a girl sees it then some high school football star sees it and then we get to pokemon. Then the commercial ends on a lame note.

When I came into this commercial I expected to see something like a time lapse of a kids life as he/she becomes the next major pokemon champion. You know they go catch their first pokemon and then they get a gym badge, then they stop team rocket, then elite 4 with finally the championship battle between the two of them. Something epic like that, not some lame like the turd that nintendo has laid for us on this day. At least nintendo knows it is a turd because they put it up a week early.

I am sure some executive was like "What were we thinking? Pokémon players do not play football." Then there is the fact that I would not say a person who plays Pokémon has the same mental skill set as let's say that girl who was playing speed chess against 5... was it 5?? Yeah 5 people. Pokémon takes a little less effort than just that. Just as I would not compare the difficulty in succeeding in Pokémon to be comparable to playing high school football. True football is more physically challenging, but you know it is just not the same. After all, high school football requires spare parts. A high school football team will have as many strings as they need until they run out of equipment.

Ah Nintendo you know you just cannot drop the ball like that. You have to stand up and keep playing correctly. I mean really it is getting annoying having to watch this stuff everytime it happens. I see something exciting and then I get shot down. Aw crap it is only a matter of time before an anime company tries something like this.

I mean when you think about it anime is getting more and more mainstream. Slowly it has seeped out of the sewer to where normal people can see it. I mean... who knows what kind of new turd might be laid by an anime company. I really hope that never happens... but I think that most people would say that landing a superbowl commercial shows you have at least succeeded on some ground. Granted it would be fun to just put some of the really dark violent parts of Attack on Titan up for everyone to see.

Anyway, enough bitching from me. Yeah it sucked but he at least it is getting into the real world. If anything I hope it ruins the game for a few of those people who actually like football because Pokémon is for losers in their mind. Sadly Nintendo had to misrepresent its fanbase, but I guess that is a good thing.. maybe.. you know it might encourage the fanbase to actually be a bit more than a bunch of insane shut-ins who do this because it is their only marketable skill. Oh well, at least it was disappointing to watch and we know that not even Nintendo will celebrate the 30 year anniversary this way ever again. At least I hope that Nintendo has learned its lesson. Okay then back to trying to figure out what anime is actually worth watching and what is not worth watching and stuff like that. Ah the joys of running this site. You get bursts of activity followed by bursts of silence where you wonder if I am even doing this anymore.