>>32466877>anime is meant to sell the games>hardly has anything to do with the gamesnah, it's meant to sell this yellow motherfucker. Why else would they never replace Ash with another protagonist despite it making perfect sense if Ash is meant to be relatable for newcomers? No Ash = No Pikachu. They'd need to shoehorn Pikachu in each series if they got rid of him because TPCi refuses to support an anime without their series mascot.
