>>36140476Seems I have to explain my life story for you to understand.
I love the games. I love the pokemon themselves and the lore behind them. I love the characters in the games, I love the stories in the games, I love the regions and the music in the games, and I love the concept of having humans and creatures other than humans getting along and working together so harmoniously.
I don't dislike any of the other aspects at all, I just prefer the main stuff a lot more. I like the anime, but I wouldn't usually voluntarily watch it if it was available to me. I don't buy merch because I don't need it to be content. I only go to the spinoffs when I'm insanely fucking bored and have nothing else to do.
Does any of that actually sound like a simple game tie-in to you?