>>55058818> Pocket Monster (1996)Basically fanfic made to tell the story of the game protagonist filling the gaps on the very scarce background other than you live in Pallet Town, your rival is the Professor's grandson and there's a Pokémon League with qualification trials called Gyms that work somehow.
>Series from Advanced Generation to XYThe universe keeps getting more and more like the games to the point the protagonists can't affect the status quo of the world and it starts to feel like souless commercial.
> Sun and Moon Suddenly struck the perfect balance between established characters and storytelling even though some characters are not the competetent battlers they're in the games.
> Pocket Monsters (2019)Forget that, double down on the anime original content and keep the established characters as cameos.
> Pocket Monsters (2023)Just make an original story that has nothing to do with the games whatsoever.
It's not that I don't like it but I do not understand their reasoning.
