>>58391458>has no appeal to modern pokemon fans outside of retrospectives and famous streamers saying "guys, this was my favorite thing growing up. I loved it so much".There's still a bit of an indie-sized appeal Japan-side, at least, thanks to the Mystery Dungeon genre niche having a following over there. Just two hours ago someone uploaded a video about Female Feraligatr having a stupidly low recruit rate if you answered No to the "Have you played TD?" quiz question due to an oversight so new things keep getting discovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__FP8tGcCHsBut yeah, I usually don't see much discussion about the franchise in English besides story retrospectives and nostalgia, that is true.