>>39729280>>gen 3 argued to have killed pokemaniaWhich is bullshit, because Pokemania ended around Crystal for a ton of reasons ranging from "Crystal is literally the same game with minimal differences and unlike Yellow didn't even let you get all three starters", the anime being garbage thanks to scrapping the Celebi Arc and having to shit out a bunch of lazy, uninspired, rushed filler, kids growing out of video games (which were still being marketed as "children's toys" at the time), and natural fad fatigue.
