With how many different avenues there is for kids to consume media these days, do you think any media property will ever brainwash as many kids as Pokemon did? I'll be 30 next year and can still name the original 251 in order and my heart races when I hear the first few notes of the first anime theme. I haven't touched series since Heart Gold and Soul Silver and it's still burned into my brain while I forget phone numbers, passwords, and generally more important shit. I bought a Switch yesterday and it dawned on me that Nintendo can activate my sleeper agent status with Kanto or Johto anytime they want for the rest of my life.