>>58030727
Her fame is very closely tied to the anime which she stopped being part of the main cast after gen 2. So the only people that like her are the people that grew up during the OS period of the anime which by this point are outnumbered in the fanbase by younger fans who have no reason to care about her because she's barely in the games and her cameos are too small post Johto to be noteworthy to newer fans. In a world where Team Rocket were written out of Advanced instead of Misty she might've at least retained some popularity with the GBA kids