>>57364220Realistically, Pokémon being the only mainstream monster-collecting franchise left is the thing "ruining" the game. No one wants to explore new horizons anymore, mainly because most of the monster-collecting games people make nowadays are either complete shit, gachaslop that doesn't need a card game to make money, or such an obvious copy of Pokémon that the only reason you'd consider buying any merch related to the game is if your hatred for Game Freak/TPC/Nintendo/etc. runs way deeper than anything else in your life. No one wants to get attached to anything else, and even with the people making the games constantly making mistake after mistake, it's clearly not enough to cause them to actually lose money, just merely not make as much.
