>>58014655Pokemon never really thought to get with the times. Gamefreak is under the impression you market games to millenials the exact same way you would to gen alpha
Nowadays kids demand action-packed gameplay and dramatic stories. Repackaging the same old "you're a kid who had a minor run in with one-note criminals and ended up saving the day with the power of friendship" while expecting kids not to grab their phone while they wait for Klawf's anger shell to finish proccing just plain won't work anymore.
Then Masuda will act like "Oh we can't include the battle frontier kids have no attention span it can't be helped [laughs]". They either need to adapt, or just keep selling kanto nostalgia bait to an aging populace which unfortunately has been working for them, so far.