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Is Pokemon one of the most mismanaged media franchises in history (ignoring star wars)? Gen 1 sold like 50 million, literally an entire generation of Americans and Japanese grew up eating and breathing Pokemon. But all they've done is push out shitty games that never grow in sales and a dying anime that has never once tried to innovate, entirely relying on name brand to stay alive. All that Pokemon really has going for it is that once in a while they can get some big burst in excitement for a month by calling back nostalgia for kanto (Pokemon go, Detective pikachu). Meanwhile you look at Mario. Mario now has the most consistently successful franchise of games ever in Mario Kart, a spin off that has nothing to do with the original. That IP has like 7 different genres of games that it can sell over 10 million in consistently. Mario merchandise is absolutely everywhere, way more common place than Pokemon nowadays. And the original Mario didn't have nearly as much success as the original Pokemon.
Why is the Pokemon company so incompetent?
