>mfw Pokemon's popularity, despite sub-par mainline releases on GF's behalf, has ensured the IP will receive some of the highest priority in everything else there is to come in media spin-offs, supplementary media, films/tv, apps, etc. and future technological simulation prowess in virtual reality, holograms, recreational robotic engineering, and so forth

Imagine how many other franchises fans would absolutely KILL to have in this scenario. Sometimes you have to learn to be at least somewhat grateful that your favorite franchise is, for all intents and purposes, the most popular media franchise in the world today.