>>50967330>What would happen if Pokemon ever made a genuinely bad game?>I mean an actual broken undefendable mess of a game akin to something like Sonic 06 or Cyberpunk.it's called gen 1. it launched the most profitable multimedia franchise in history. pokemon isn't and never has been popular because of the strength of the game design. it survives on the strength of its concept, world, and characters, each of which are strained ever harder the longer they try to stretch it out and the more crap they have to fit in to justify new titles.
that's also why LA (as
>>50967356 points out) went over so well despite being a complete mess. the only place it succeeded was in the feeling of running around and catching pokemon. it doesn't matter that it's ugly and bugged, it's the concept itself that draws people in and keeps them coming back. that's why we will likely never see a genuinely good pokemon game again.
