>>58761310Pokemon has been complete dogshit for so long that the only people who buy/play it are too young for 4chan. You can't have a series that peaked 13 years ago retain popularity.
What's even worse is that the series has been shit for so long that you have people who grew up and only ever experienced the flavor of shit and balk at anything better. You've got anons (used loosely, fuck Yawnfag and Verlisify) unironically defending the absolute horseshit that has been Gen 6+ Pokemon.
Of course the board is going to die when you have people defending MEGA EVOLUTION designs of all things completely unironically.