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>I've been a Pokemon fan since the first generation
>I kept enjoying Pokemon franchise till Sun/Moon generation
>While I liked Sword/Shield games a lot, there were some elements I disliked a lot at these games (paid DLCs, shitty Legendary Pokemon besides the main ones, boring after story)
>Pokemon Journey anime while enjoyable it's a downgrade comparing to previous Pokemon anime since it barely focus at Sword/Shield games and Goh is a shitty co-protagonist with the worst fanbase at Pokemon community
>Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, Diamond/Pearl remake and Legends: Arceus are garbage and never bothered buying them (I don't even want to waste time playing them pirated)
>We haven't seen a new Pokemon anime movie since 2020 (new Pokemon anime movies were released once per year since the first movie)
>Junichi Masuda, a long-time Pokemon games director/producer has left GameFreak and become part of The Pokémon Company as Chief Creative Fellow
>Ken Sugimori's last job as a Pokemon character designer was at Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon and as a supervisor at Legends: Arceus
>James Turner left GameFreak and made his own company (which was a wise choice with GameFreak/Pokemon Company's current position)
>Pokemon Company focuses more at merchandise and advertisement and less at the main games themselves
>Pokemon Scarlet and Violet looks like a bad joke in all aspects and the first Pokemon main games I'll skip

Seems like it's the end for Pokemon franchise for me. It's been good while it lasted. From now I'll only focus at older Pokemon games and media.