>>47643550>>47643569>>47643577>>47643585Pokemania was already burning out by the time GS released.
Too much Pokemon in too little time killed Pokemania, kids were already getting overwhelmed by the sheer amount of merch, the annual movies and only the ones who actually played the games cared about GS, the rest were already getting ready to move to more "mature" alternatives like Yu-Gi-Oh or simply grew out of youthful media entirely, especially videogames, because until the PS2 hit the scene, do remember that videogames were still widely seen and accepted as "children's toys" or niche basement-dwelling nerd media.