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Age Range for Target Audience

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partyprash:
btw, this game, what kind of age is the target audience..

I would assume that this game would be appealing to the slightly older audience than most other online f2p MMORPG's.

so.. does the game take that into consideration? regarding difficulty of quests, types or quests, themes etc...

LeoReborn:
Id say 12 - 20+

Look at some of the people on here, mostly in their teens.

Jerry:
I agree with Kai. The range seems reasonable.

Yes I think that all those have been taken into consideration too :)

There will be quests of different levels and some might even be challenging for the most experienced.

ninja neb:
I would of thought that the age range would not matter, as alot of people 16+ consider pokemon to be something from thier past, and would rather leave it there. But if you are asking for ages, 12+ sounds very reasonable to me.

spirit:
Since none of you actually know anything about the quests, let me enlighten you.

The story is being made with veteran players in mind, so people like myself, say ages 18 - 23ish, however, we are also trying to keep it as much like a classic pokemon game as possible, and with that in mind, the target age needs to be several years younger.

So there in lies a problem, We are making the game for probably ages 10 - 16 approximately,  but also trying to appease the people who grew up on the first games. This means, that some of the quests may have a little more mature themes, but we will refrain from portraying them in a mature way, as much as possible; this is no easy task.

Think of it like this, many anime that come out of Japan, are for an older youth audience in their original forms, but when they come to North America, and are dubbed into English, often lose much of what made them so mature; they are still the same show, but made for kids (which is a mistake in my opinion).

To summarize, Declan and I are doing everything we can to make this game for new pokemon fans, while reminding the veterans why they loved the originals, and bringing a slightly older age mind set into the game sometimes. As it is right now, I think we are doing a good job of making it fun for both, without crossing any borders.

I hope that all made sense.

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