| xMetroid said: Im sure pokemon will sell just fine. But im glad the game will not be that popular so they realise core audience is really important to the franchise. |
I think Game Freak already knows the core audience is important. Why do you think Pokemon is still Pokemon and selling 15+ million each new main line game (not counting third games and remakes) after 20+ years? They even announced the next game in 2019 will maintain the core elements of previous games in the mainline series, including battling and catching wild Pokemon.
Pokemon Let's Go is an opportunity to add in more fans into the main series, especially those who have not played Pokemon since Gen I or maybe Gen II. Apparently, a some people of this particular group are playing Pokemon Go, which has actually shown an increase in active users compared to last year.
Whether it works or not will depend on a variety of factors, but it doesn't seem to hurt to try to convert some of them, at least a few million of the Pokemon Go active users, to the main line games.
