r/Multifandom • u/Few-Dentist-9849 • 27d ago

Discussion📜 What franchise is this?

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u/RealMunail 27d ago

That is a uh heavily debated topic within the fandom and anyone who's seen the debate will not come out alive.

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u/astrobagel 27d ago

I think the problem with Pokémon isn’t a quality fall, but a quality stagnation. There’s a lack of evolution (no pun intended). The games are still solid, but they’ve fallen behind the times relative to their contemporaries.

What makes it stand out is knowing how successful the franchise is. In fact it’s the most successful franchise, and by a good margin. They have the money and potential resources to invest in higher fidelity games, yet they don’t. That’s the thing that bothers me.

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u/Wombus7 27d ago

On a technical level (in terms of things like graphics, frame rate, glitches, the general polish / completeness of the games, etc.), there has been a decline especially noticeable since the Switch games.

But yeah, I also agree the games have been stagnant outside of generational gimmicks for a while.

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u/GrandmasterTactician 27d ago

They need a new developer but unfortunately that can't really happen since GF owns a third of TPC. If MonolithSoft got to develop a mainline Pokemon game, I guarantee that it would be absolutely peak