>>50826725>the designs are still overall good.No, they aren't. Mimikyu in particular is a terrible example, it only works with prior context that a lot of these startups don't have. Designs for this franchise have been largely awful since Gen 2, and even Gen 1's worked primarily off trends like Dragon Ball more than anything else.
Pokemon is just too dominant, has far more resources, better advertising by light years compared to any of these projects, and profit comes largely from very sellable merchandise, not the games.
TemTem, Coromon, whatever they just don't have that goal, they focus on the wrong things in a market that barely gives a shit about them, that these guys inject cringe and stupid shit and bad designs into their work is irrelevant
