>>54939958And yet it's literally TPC's fault that GameFreak is like this because they've made it so the Pokemon franchise hinges on GameFreak churning out a new generation every three years, to a point where as soon as one gen is ready to go gold, sometimes even a little before, GameFreak is already preparing to develop the next generation.
No constant new Pokemon means no new characters to market which means less merch sales which means Pokemon's decline which means Japan could experience another Yo-Kai Watch Takeover-type scenario where another franchise manages to seize opportunity when kids get bored of Pokemon due to a lack of constant presence.
