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I dont follow the series too consistently and havent even played all the mainline games, but I get back into it once every few years for a bit. It’s a fun series to revisit when it comes to games, lore, music, fanworks, etc. and I generally get into all those when I dive back in.
Also random battles on smogon occasionally, which is the one part of pokemon I never totally drop.
Nostalgia is an obvious part of it. But the world of this series honestly is fucking phenomenal even if there is a lot of shit that doesnt make sense. Anything else would feel like a copy of it, and besides yokai watch which always seemed sort of lame there isnt actually much that’s like it. SMT is really cool but secret demon clubs arent the same as living side by side with magic animals in a scifi world that’s intune with nature, where people do battles just for friendly sport. Pokemon world has this absolutely perfect balance of exciting high-concept fantasy adventure and down to earth slice of life appeal.
