>>30440578There are MUCH less children in Pokémon's target demographic of Japanese kids ages 5-10 than there were in 2006, let alone 1996 you retard. If anything SM's performance is even more incredible for that reason.
I wouldn't be surprised if that demographic has shrunk in the developed world as a whole. Immigrants to the West are younger but still tend to be adults, and birthrates are basically below replacement everywhere outside Africa and a few MENA nations.
