>>43944356Pokemon reviews have no solid basis, people do not know the franchise in depth.
Pokemon from the beginning is based on collecting and competing with friends.
And you could say that they pioneered portable console dlcs with the Mew event in the 90's, for the red and blue pokemon
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_European_language_event_Pokémon_distributions_in_Generation_IMiyamoto-san was the one who said the games should be in mirror editions. Come on, Red vs. Blue, Gold vs. Silver, etc.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shigeru_MiyamotoPokemon is a JRPG out of the norm, it's not focused on the story, but on its playability, more in the style of a turn-based strategy game. With ambitions more than a MMORPG game to something else
And as with MMORPGs, people play for many hours because it's FUN, which is the only thing that interests the player as a consumer.
If you want deep stories, you have other media formats like literature or movies.
