>>28608886>>28608924The problem with that theory is that Pokemon GO did bring in a lot of fans, but the majority of players didn't play GO because they are Pokemon fans, but because it was an entertaining, free ap. Likewise, the popularity has greatly declined since it's peak, if they wanted to really grab up the GO playerbase, they would have jumped on it when EVERYONE in the world was playing it.
As another note, the idea that a reboot would bring in a whole slough of new players because "muh gen one" is wrong, because if no one cares about Pokemon as it is, no ones going to come running back if Nintendo says "HEY GUYS, REMEMBER ALL THESE YEARS OF GAMES? WERE MAKING THEM IRRELEVANT AND STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN, COME ON BACK!" Reboots are everywhere these days, and people are getting sick and tired of them, and rebooting Pokemon would not bring any massive sales as the theory goes, because for one, people who are solely about Gen One are a small part of the fanbase, and having 600 or so Pokemon suddenly wiped away to reboot the games would piss off a LOT of the playerbase, who will just stick to their old games rather than feed into this 'reboot' It's basic logic. Not to mention, his mentality that "the majority of Pokemon fans are teens or young adults" is also not a fact, since the majority of Pokemon fans are, most likely, Japanese children, which the game is aimed at. The desperate idea of "Reboot Pokemon! Make it mature for me! Go back to it's roots of no side quests, no post game, just a gym roulette and then the league! Get rid of all those extra Pokemon while you're at it!" is a really silly one, it's like wanting them to reboot Blues Clues as a gritty murder mystery solving dog.
