Do we have a trope to describe things, like amiibos, action figures with bar codes/QR codes, and Pokemon Go Pluses, were they offer extra stuff for video games, also is the trope needed?
Kinda unrelated, what about games, like Pokemon Let's Go:Eevee/Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu? One can dump their pokemon from PoGo into LGE/PLGP, does this count as a crossover.
Sounds like it might be Merchandise-Driven.
It sounds like something GF would do: Make one or two games, release an altered version that has more content in it. And it almost sounds like a crossover, but you could to the same by importing stuff from certain GBA games to the Gen 4 games.
Reason why I ask it's because these things offers DLC, cosmetics, and provides some sort of advance features/QOL/perks, like some skins or even levels, they go beyond Merchandise Driven a bit.
What do you know, we have Downloadable Content...and Bribing Your Way to Victory
Also, some games, like Skylanders and the former Disney Infinity, in order to add more characters to a game, ya need to buy the figures. Well, the Skylanders and the Disney Infinity are extreme versions of what I'm describing, since the others that I mention are optional and one won't miss anything.
Well, Skylanders is merch driven on account that you need to buy several toys in order to 100% the game. The amiibos usually gives out free in-game stuff...or unlocks an exclusive character.
Makes me wonder if Beanie Babies counts? Since one can scan a barcode into the computer to go to this fun website.
I'm trying to come up with a Useful Note about "In-game currency", so that way, we don't have to use the "Fictional Currency" all the time (Because sometimes, it won't be the right type of trope to use).
How does it look: https://allthetropes.org/wiki/User:Jade_Shauni/sandbox#In-Game_Currency
I was trying to beef it up.
Needs an example or three for when the devs hand out some premium money for free. Plus, it could use an explanation as to what a money sink is and how people farm money in these games.
I figure it needs more examples, since I only have that RPG example. Okay, I didn't think of using "money sink" and "farming", thanks.
(Note: I found the "gold sink" article on Wikipedia, never heard of that but I got a basic idea. Guess I don't have much exposure with those types of rpgs or mmogs.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_sink and this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_farming
I have quite a few examples, since everyone running around with the ability to buy anything isn't as fun as it sounds.
Yeah, judging from my tiny outline, I only play "simple" stuff, like Pokemon, Assassin's Creed series, and Final Fantasy.
Eh, mainstream Pokemon barely scratches the surface of economics; even though the better stuff is more expensive, it's kind of affordable if you know what to sell.
That sounds a bit boring. Though I was thinking about simple games, not whatever MMORPGs that some countries uses to exchange virtual money with real money.
As for the offline RPGs, it generally works by your team barely having what they need to survive. You get to a point where you need better equipment to move on without level grinding. Said equipment is expensive enough so you'll have to grind some money, or it's tiered in a way that the next upgrade will be obsolete by the next town you reached and you've wasted a lot of money (Dragon Quest 4, in Chapter 5).
The older SimCity games are kind of different from the 2013 edition, but you're usually getting what you pay for when it comes to power plants and water. But then again, you should also have a constant stream of money from your taxes.
EVE Online is a dumpster fire, but that's the main selling point of the game.
Depending on the game, money in Fire Emblem ranges from being a constant concern (because your weapons will need to be replaced) to being just a footnote in Fates, where it's used to buy specialty weapons.
And the Zelda games are mainly focused around by ammunition and certain pieces of equipment, but the price tag normally isn't as bad as Dragon Quest.
So overall, you basically wind up with a metric ton of gold from just playing a game if you don't have a reason to buy anything new.
Do I add stuff concerning "Pokemon Sleep" with PoGo or make a new page for this new Pokemon app? The only reason for me to add Poke Sleep to PoGo was because of the PoGo Plus Plus, it was describe as a PoGo Plus by day/sleep tracker by night. Also I see Pokemon Sleep as a companion app of sorts??? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz-nuaLnWIM
Reveal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs5ucxx6OKE
Sorry for being a slowbro.
If there's enough tropes you can find for it, then you can create a page for Pokémon Sleep, but as it is not out yet, I suggest you wait until the app's release and add tropes related to it on the Pokémon Go page in the mean time.