>>25078673They actually are. Once they create an "iconic" character they are terrified of changing it and then nips say "wtf what happened to _____ DROPPED" which actually happens quite a lot.
This is the reason Gohan is a loser in DBZ while Goku is still the main character and he's voiced by the same woman who voiced him since he was 10.
Now I don't know if people actually fucking like Ash but look at how people even on this board talk about whether or not his redesign is better and bitch about Serena's haircut and imagine it with 10x the autism, and that's what Nintendo is scared of provoking.
>>25078470It would mean some shit changed in his life, which means the plot would actually move, meaning there's pressure to have it go somewhere, and maybe it could actually end.
