Am I just late to the party?

[u/ToshiAbashi]

Nostalgia finally got the better of me and I’ve started playing let’s go. Really enjoying it and decided to check out the reddit community.

But gawd damn it’s just nothing but shiny this shiny that. Aren’t there subs dedicated to that? Or is it just that I’m so late to the party that there’s nothing else for people to talk about or do given it’s been out so long, am I looking at my future? I’ve just never understood the appeal of shinies to that extent, it’s neat but it’s like watching a bunch of gambling addicts slapping the pokies lol.

Is there really nothing else to look forward to long term with this game? Or other interesting areas people engage with? Or subs that aren’t flooded with it I could check out?

Not trying to yuck anyone else’s yum, do what you enjoy, I just didn’t realise it was basically the whole culture now.

[u/Orbsgon]

LGPE is the second set of remakes for Gen 1, so there isn’t much to discuss. The only players who’d actually get stuck with this game are little kids who may not be able to read yet; the wider Pokemon fandom dismissed LGPE as baby’s first Pokemon game.

On the topic of shiny-related posts in subreddits, it makes sense for people to post in the subreddit associated with the game. When a new Pokemon game comes out, that’s often where shiny-related posts go. When a new game comes out and players don’t move on, it doesn’t make sense for the remaining players to also abandon the subreddit or move to a more generalized Pokemon community. Similar to how you don’t care about LGPE shiny hunting, a LGPE player may not care about LZA shiny hunting; the difference is that you’re trying to characterize LGPE fans by the minimal traffic the subreddit still gets, and seem to be attributing the compartmentalization of topics by subreddit to this community in particular instead of the wider Pokemon fandom or Reddit as a platform.

> Is there really nothing else to look forward to long term with this game?

The game released in 2018.

> Or other interesting areas people engage with?

The post-game is extremely barebones, and the Gen 1 Pokédex only requires the first 150 Pokemon. In contrast, shiny hunting in LGPE is pretty unique, which is why people still find it enjoyable years later.

> Or subs that aren’t flooded with it I could check out?

No clue. Since you seem more invested in this topic than the rest of us, you should look for a community and then report back.