>>54805964what merch did they develop with games like hgss, lgpe and bdsp that released 0 (zero) new pokemon or elements?
And lgpe and bdsp are the epitome of videogame capitalism. Your analysis is bullshit and youre wrong, gen 2 was canonically created to even produce easy toys with plain designs, philosophy which they promptly dropped with gen 3
The triple/quadruple game versions + remakes + resellings arent made for the merchandise, yet theyve always been there since the start with the courtesy of shigeru miyamoto and are there to earn more. merchandise only sells more because it costs less and even the average nothing grandma buys plushies, this is something even shudo mentioned.
Nothing to do with them being actually more relevant than the games