>>50015042Because a portion of the kids that played pokemon gem 1/2 moved onto smoking pot and insulting anyone who played pokemon and then they became gas station workers with useless degrees.
I can't tell you how often I was insulted in 9th grade for playing pokemon. One time I straight up sperged out in school and jammed a pencil into the guy's thigh. Its amazing my life turned out as well as it did.
But it became popular again when I was in college though (hgss and platinum).
