>>33421826It meant something because you were a child and you were bought the shit with your parents money. All those circumstances surrounding your childhood had either dulled out or died off and now Pokemon is to blame because you can't feel the same way anymore from playing or watching it.
I'm not saying it never changed, but whatever did change in the series matters very little to the fact that you were completely unaware that it was a brand. A commercial brand meant to sell toys and make money. If anything, the fact they're throwing a bone to the fans that never stopped buying sort of proves they're trying to give it a soul rather than the opposite. 