Does anyone else think that pokemon should have been dethroned or that kids shouldn't have been such brainwashed little shits?

>Same game released 4 times in japan
>un interesting story
yellow is basically a fucking rom hack
>static sprites up until 2010
>iinvisable stats
>shitty music on the GBA

If it wasn't pokemon, any reviewer would have torn r/s/e a new asshole.
>make a kinda shitty game
>release a director's cut rom hack a year later

WTF is that shit


There were honestly better monster games
>Arc the lad
it's monster battling section was a side game too , but it was way better than pokemon and made the same year
I can only find footage of this with a really annoying let's player
https://youtu.be/jVKBi-tMBaw?t=381

It was really popular in japan but didn't get to the US till 02'


>Jade coocoon
great game and good story and interesting selection of monsters


>Dragon warrior monsters
Basically dragon quest's monsters, still being made,


Honestly I don't get why pokemon hasn't been torn to shreads, r/s/e killed pokemania, and with it the series should have collapsed.