>>36200252>It's because it doesn't appeal to people anymore.The fact that the games are selling 5+ million copies on handhelds in an age where mobile phones are dominating proves you wrong.
>it also had more animal-like creatures and has kaiju-like, dinosaur-based, draconic, and giant birds as monsters.>while recent games have all furries, waifumons, humanoid pokemon in large samples, etc.. >not all people are into animal porn.This is the most retarded misconception you faggots spread around. Gen 1 had several humanoid Pokemon. The Machop line, the Abra line, Mr. Mime, and Jynx. And while Jynx makes for a terrible waifumon, Machoke and Machamp are popular among barafags. Mewtwo was also infamous furbait back in the day.
You make these asinine comparisons to Digimon, ignoring the fact that Digimon's human problems come from the stronger monsters. If we start getting extremely human-like box legendaries, maybe you'll have a point. Maybe.
One or two waifumon every gen is nothing. It's harmless. There's still lots of shit to love about the rest of them. Pic related was one of my favorites from gen VI.
Inb4 you make Cherrymon comparisons, Digimon doesn't have a copyright on a living tree and they don't look anything alike aside from being trees.>Becausu it's a big brand, like iPhone.>iPhone has good marketing, but it's actually a trash, always behind-the-times product. Just like Pokemon.Pokemon doesn't have the same every day ubiquity as smartphones. A brand like iPhone can remain popular despite a drastic drop in quality because people fucking NEED cellphones to function in modern society, and if you have the money and inclination, you'll replace your old busted iPhone with a new one. Phones in general have a much wider market than any purely entertainment property.
Pokemon lives and dies by its entertainment value.
I'm sorry you can't understand it, but lots of people still love Pokemon. I still love Pokemon.
