[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Iron]

Creshire definitely has a problem that the trading cards are a boutique hobby. Ventus, as a hardened adventurer, is willing to take the risks required to have real Pokemon. Those who aren't willing to travel or risk violence go for the TCG instead - lots of wealthy young children. And the average Nathanesque trainer is never going to have a Moltres or even a Charizard.

It's not so much that the cards are overpriced but that real Pokemon stuff is insanely cheap. You can buy a device that can capture a living being for pocket change.

A bicycle at an American Walmart is $90. That's probably about what a 16 17 year old like Nathan, a typical new Pokemon trainer, would have. The Pokerole Bike is $1500.
The starter set is $750. This awesome thing I had when I was 12 is $70.

If Ventus wanted to buy a nice house in Creshire, it would cost about 300,000 Pokedollars, I am thinking. In Creshire that's working 5 days a week for 5 years (a lot better than the situation in America). Creshire has no income taxes because Pokemon, Meteor, and Healing Machine technology provide a very comfortable living for everyone.
By the way, $300,000 is a number you will see by the end of the campaign.

Ventus definitely has an adult mindset in regards to the TCG, though. He is not alone in his attitude. Pokemon Cards to these people are more akin to baseball cards IRL, because Pokemon are taken for granted.

In short, Pokemon economy = ??????