>>47303008Nope, Pokemon still won because it outlived YW and used their anime's Comedy SoL tone to revamp and make Alola one of the most successful iterations of the Pokemon anime yet, simply by noticing trends that children were following and emulating them.
Rotomdex wouldn't exist without Whisper either, and look at how that's worked out for making Rotom a marketable Pokemon. Everyone loves the fucker and now it's everywhere.
