>>28101348The year 2002. That is when Generation Z children hit 7-8 years old, the main age demographic for Pokemon, and GF started appealing to what they typically like.
There will likely be another drastic shift in Pokemon style once the next generation hits that age range, around 2022-2024. In other words, once Gen IX comes out, you will suddenly see a surge of hoenbabies being just as insufferable as genwunners are today, complaining about how the newer Pokemon "just don't feel like Pokemon" anymore, without being able to give a specific explanation for why.
By Gen XI and Gen XII, the children who grew up with Gen IX will be teens/young adults, and start overrunning 4chan with memes about how Pokemon Milk & Cereal are so much better than the garbage Pokemon games of old. Anyone who professes to like any of the games before Gen VIII will be branded as a die hard nostalgiafag.
