>>24587806The average gamer is a guy in his thirties. Kids are a shrinking slice of the demographic pie in aging developed societies (read: places where people can afford to buy games), and the few kids there are prefer iOS games and casualshit anyway. So no, it isn't "b8". They can either make these games appeal to a broader demographic, or they can be content to watch sales decline with each new Pokemon game.
That isn't to say they need to kill off characters, put blood in trainer battles, use hyper-realistic graphics, etc. They can do what they did in gen BW by giving veteran players a novel experience beyond what is expected from a pokemon games, or giving the protagonists and villains realistic or relatable motivations. Also, NOT getting rid of cool features veteran players remember and like from older games would go a long way (eg. pokemon that follow you, the game corner, the battle frontier, etc.).
My point is that whether they like it or not, people who have been with the series since RBY are a sizable portion of the playerbase, and they would be releasing a third remake at their own peril.
