>>56348945It has nothing to do with growing up, nigger, these are objectively measurable facts. Pokemon was never a part of my childhood happiness at all, I'm as objective as a third party as you can get.
'98-2000 Pokemania was a phenomenon that will never EVER be replicated.
Internet / forum culture as pokemon on the internet grew rapidly in the gen 4-5 era is another phenomenon that will never EVER be replicated.
Google trends and twitch stream viewership shows the data that interest in pokemon is dying, even as the target audience has expanded. Even if more consumer drones are actually buying it, less and less people actually care about it.
The most popular pokemon game of all time by a very very very long shot is GO but GO still wasn't enough.
Also I never even watched the anime back in the day but if I watch the episodes from the early seasons I can clearly see a soul there that isn't present in this franchise anymore.
Something can only be new, special, unique, fresh, ONCE.
Pokemon happened once, it can't happen again.
Sure they're still shitting out new pokeslop, just as they're still shitting out new spongebob episodes, but guess what only the first season ever contributed to any sort of cultural significance. Nu-pokemon has zero cultural significance.
