>>44078809It's very much true, plenty of great media properties are at their core designed to market a product. Are you going to say TMNT or Care Bears are bad? Before you hastily dismiss my comment telling me they are shit you can plug in any toy-based cartoon to suit your preference and this statement still. The fact that they are trying to sell you a product doesn't mean that the people involved can't turn out a good show, or in Pokemon's case a game. The advertising only is really detrimental if the people involved don't actually give a shit or aren't invested. That is the crux of what is wrong with most modern Pokemon games a lack of care in the actual product leading to a sloppy mess that no one is invested in or wants to spend money on.
>>44078808>>44078934Pokemon purposely has gone out of it's way to target every single demographic with it's varied monster design and it is part of what has made this franchise so successful.
"You like girly stuff? Here have a Clefairy. You into gross-out stuff? Have a Muk. Cool Monsters? Charizard. Wanna fuck em'? Lopunny."
It is a fantastic strategy that has paid off big time. This element combined with the "gotcha catch em' all" was a big part of it's marketability over seas. There was bound to be one you liked and children were actively encouraged to spend large amounts of time exploring and finding them. Of course when Suzy sees a plush of the Vulpix at the local toy store, a cute Pokemon she just saw for the first time last week, she is going to be excited about recognizing it and ask her mother to buy it for her.
While I think some of the initial excitement and the thrill of seeing new Pokemon has lost it's sheen thanks to the internet, you can't deny that it was a major part of what made children so excited about Pokemon back in the day. When someone knew about a Pokemon that others didn't it was cool.
