Pokemon

Everyone heard about Pokemon some way or the other.

Maybe you collected the cards as a kid? Or maybe you played the old gameboy game?

Or maybe your a bit older and sat with your kids as they watched their morning cartoons eating breakfeast?

In short, everyone knows about this franchise.

But what not everyone knows is the depth of the games.

While most people most likely think of Pokemon as "that easy kids game", they could'nt be more wrong.

Sure I'll admit that the single player mode is kinda easy, but thats not the games strenght.
While playing it against human opponents, it more resembles chess than a childrens game.

Trying to remember speed tiers, what moves the opponent used, elemental weaknesses, trying to stop stat ups, trying to stop entry hazards, status problems, and generally try to outpredict the opponent is a really challenging thing.

I wont go into much detail in this post, as there is a write up that sums it up much better than I ever could:

Introduction To Comptetive Pokemon

There you can also learn of the basic strategies needed for competive battling, along with guidelines for each pokemon.

Do yourself a favor and at least check this out, you might like it.