Do You Think You Could Ever Be Too Old for a Video Game?

[maybeNathan]

For games like Zelda, Pokemon, etc. Do you think you could ever be too old to play them?

 

[Ventus]

I'm definitely too old to be playing Pokèmon. I think the cutoff age for that series is 15 years, unless you're playing for a nostalgia purpose. But that's just me - the series has simply gone into a ridiculous position since Gen III. Collecting a bunch of monsters was a cool concept, but like Call of Duty and Zelda, it just doesn't hold up all to well since it sticks to series conventions.

 

[Mudora]

For me personally, no. I realize that once you get older you have more responsibilities and less time to do things that you love, but I don't think I will ever completely outgrow playing video games, especially when it comes to Zelda. Franchises like Pokemon, I can see maybe, just because I'm not a huge fan of the current games, but considering that even my parents still enjoy playing Mario and Zelda games to this day, I think I'll never be too old to play them either.

 

[Linknerd09]

For me, no. I could care less if people tell me I'm too old to play video games. I enjoy playing them, re-experiencing everything, how awesome this game is still the best to you, etc. I do enjoy playing the current Mario and Zelda games. Pokémon...I think I'll stop after finishing Pearl. All depends about future Pokemon games..

 

[CynicalSquid]

I think it really depends on the game.

For me though, I honestly don't care. If I'm interested in a game, I'm interested in the game. I'm not going to be like "Pfft, I'm too old for that."

 

[octorok74]

Nah. Video games are a great escape. You can do and be what you want to do and be. As long as it doesn't interfere too much, I don't think I'll ever get too old for them. Though my parents think I am too old for them.

 

[angelkid]

I reached a point with Pokemon Black and White where I just became sick of the same formula with a different look in each game. Three starter pokemon, get a rival, 8 gym leaders, Team _____ is up to some evil doings! You must stop them, Elite Four and then a pokedex that you can't complete without going to some Nintendo event in the middle of nowhere.

I just wish they would release a game that had a slightly different main storyline. I'm sick of doing the same thing over and over just with a different map and different pokemon.

Okay fair enough the games are quirky enough and long enough that I may at some point decide to play pokemon again, I just wish they wouldn't insult my intelligence with every new game that comes out by expecting me to be surprised that my rival beat the elite four before I did.

I fear that yes, this is me getting too old for pokemon. Haven't played a pokemon game in about 2 years and I can't see a time in the near future I will again.




I have to say though, I loved being able to climb the mountain and fight Ash at the end of Heart Gold/ Soul Silver, but I feel like THIS should have been completing the game, not the elite four as I hated never being able to fight him again.

 

[videogamenerd10]

Never, I'll always love my video games :nerd:

 

[Mercedes]

Nope, never!

Games are all about having fun. I can never be too old to have fun. Probably the most engaging activity you can really do, too. I barely watch any movies now. Only the biggies like Hobbit. Otherwise, it's games all the time.

 

[Castle]

That's like saying you're too old for ice cream D:

 

[LittleGumball]

Probably not, though there are games made for children.

Such as Super Paper Mario. That one for the Wii? Yeah, definitely directed at children. It was still alright though.

 

[Hylian_Monolith]

Well, I'm not a huge Pokemon fan to begin with. But seeing as I play video games for the immersible story, putting you in the protagonist's shoes, as well as the puzzle-solving aspect that my favorite gaming genre features, i don't think i could ever be too old for Zelda.

Given my current maturity, I doubt that I could be much more humiliated by games geared towards younger audiences than I. For now, while technically I am the target audience for said games, I consider myself older than that. If anything, I'll grow dorkier with age, something I really won't mind. It's not easy being the straight man in a group of dedicated dorks.

 

[Johnny Sooshi]

Hell no! I'm fine with playing video games, no matter what age! The only difference between me now and me when I was 10 is that now I can appreciate pokemon for what it was worth then and now. I can play a new game and enjoy the new concepts and themes built in. Then I can play the old one while reminicing about how fun it was the first time I played and how fun it is now.

Also, since I'm older I don't need a parent to go to the store with me to get an M rated game. My parents regulated that well, and I'm glad they did because it's their job to do that.

Overall, I think that you're never too old for a game cause when you have kids of your own, you're going to want to show them what you grew up playing. I remember when I was 4 years old and my dad showed me the NES he had from his college days. He put the controller in my hands, popped in Super Mario Bros. and gave me a brief explanation of the game before letting me try it out. I'll admit I was horrible. It was new and challenging. But it's one of my favorite memories with him as a kid and it's something that I can't wait to do when I have kids, cause I'll show them that, and then Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Legend of Zelda, and Metroid, and I'll start them down their own road of video games.

 

[Imprisoned]

NEVAH!! How could I outgrow my childhood? I foud a bunch of old games I had, and I am currently trying to beat my(very)old highscore of 134,455,010 onthe Sapphire level in Pokemon Pinball. ^^ I was a little nerd when I was, like, eight. CAN ANYONE BEAT MY RECORD? PROVE IT. I spent about twenty minutes (Gosh, how do I make this not sound wrong?) on one ball.

 

[Clank]

Well, I may need a gameshark in my eighties, but otherwise probably not...