>>46668408Bullshit, they'd started already, making Unova a circle kids couldn't get lost in, after the sinnohbabbies got cold-cocked by Mt. Coronet.
That just further cemented their ideals, but again, you're still ignoring the three Gens of releases, all keyed to children the franchise had already spat out by then.
I get that you were a kid back then, thus obviously the whole gamut was relevant to you. Wasn't to the adults back then though, because they never gave a shit for adults, as long as they had the kids. Fuck, they had to create a master's division 2nd year of VGC, because first year final was contested by two 20-something manchildren, who beat out all the 10-16 year olds that had applied, as thy didn't consider the fact manchildren would want to be pokémon masters.