Whether or not you guys know it personally has nothing to do withi t. Pokemon was and is a cultural phenomenon that has sold more games per entrant in the series than anybody has a right to. I think pretty much only the Wii and GTA series are beating it out in terms of sales-per-game, and maybe not GTA.
The question posed by the OP is whether or not another JRPG will ever be as well-known as FFVII. Pokemon already stomped FFVII to death years ago.







