Pokemon As An Annual Franchise?

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So Pokemon is 18 years old now, and it has for the most part been an annual franchise.  Some years have been skipped, and it also depends on what region you look at, but releases have now been lined up.  Annual franchises tend to be criticized just for being annual, as the yearly pattern sometimes causes games to lose their quality.  So do you mind Pokemon being an annual franchise?

 

Now we could have this same discussion about any series, but with Pokemon, we must keep these facts in mind:

-Pokemon works in generations

-Pokemon will always be exclusive to Nintendo handhelds, and a Pokemon generation will never cross multiple console generations

-Every region needs a third version