>>38347464Are you retarded? I'm just talking about the anime, not the games, not the merchandise, not the movies, the anime.
The anime is just kept a thing because it's cheap advertisement to show the games are a thing and a way to entertain children and keep them attached to the franchise between games.
And if the current format is more popular among the target audience, they will stick to it.
Yes, XY was popular in the west and among shounenfags, but we are not the target audience.
Yes, romance was a good addition in the eyes of some people, but kids just saw annoying drama that didn't interest them and took time away from Pokemon battles.
I personally couldn't care less about Serena's journey to become a YouTuber
