Where does Pokemon succeed where other monster catchers fail?

it got women to play it too

>>715848790 (OP)
They've all achieved levels of success

>>715848880
This is true. But I'm genuinely curious why Pokemon is so farther ahead than the others. Do you think it was because the games were simply superior or do you think that it's because Pokemon got the Nintendo backing, and happened to release at the right place and time?

>>715848790 (OP)
Its blander which makes it more agreeable to a wider group of people.

The original games were programming marvels, and the company took all the right steps when riding the wave of Poke-Mania through the anime and such. At this point, the franchise is just too big to fail, and any else in the genre is looked upon as a rip-off, despite it probably being a better game.

I'd say their character/monster design is generally better too but everything after gen 7 is shit.

>>715848790 (OP)
Aggressive ass marketing campaign and came first to west.

Also games are decent and stay consistent, if you played RGB back them then modern shouldn't be an issue, compare to Digimon where shit is all over the place.

>>715848790 (OP)
It's because Pokemon are infinitely better character designs

>>715849027
right place, right time but also cornering the markets of multi-media

>>715848790 (OP)
Which Pokemon game is better than Palworld?

>>715849027
Pokemon was revolutionary at the time of release thanks to the multiplayer capabilities, connecting two games to do trading and battles. That's what made it successful. The two game gimmick not only reinforced that, but was essentially two games on the market making them easy profits for minimal work, which still continues to this day. To say nothing about the absurdly massive marketing campaign.
Most of that is irrelevant now, and the franchise is currently carried by stupid children, tendies, and furries, almost all of which dump their life savings into the merchandise.

>>715848790 (OP)
Sex appeal. They also had a hell of a head start

>>715849903
All of them since they aren't survival craft slop

>>715848790 (OP)
It's insanely casualcore. Braindead combat so even a kid who can't even read can play it and the designs exceedingly simple in both concept and execution. It also has a fanbase that's on the offensive when it comes to similar games. There ais lso a paradoxical standard when it comes to other games with monster mechanics, where everything that makes it different than Pokémon is bad, but if it's too similar, it's not worth playing because Pokémon exists.

>>715850296
>Pokeslop better than anything
Roflmaooo

>>715848790 (OP)
It's just marketing.

>>715850370
>Pokeslop better than survival craft slop
yes

>>715849243
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>>715848790 (OP)
Brand name and the genre is too autistic for people to want anything else.

>>715848790 (OP)
The battle and catch mechanics are good compared to others

>>715848790 (OP)
Pokemon games and Pokemon anime are both function as ads for Pokemon merch. The merch funds more Pokemon games.

>>715848790 (OP)

better marketing pushes. simpler games.

>>715848790 (OP)

The Pokemon games are less grindy compared.to its competitors.