Pokemon Sword and Shield coming late 2019 worldwide

[zorg1000]

Nautilus said:

zorg1000 said:

Not as well as Mario Kart but as well as many other Mario spinoffs. This site has a game database, check it out.

I have no problem with people not being satisfied by Sword/Shield, I have a problem with making up nonsense arguments to support your stance like "Pokemon isnt beloved outside of Gen 1/2 & Pokemon spinoffs dont sell well."

Here is a database for you to take a look at:

https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon

If you look closely, almost all recent spin off games have been selling worse than their older counterpart.Im not making this stuff up.They still sell well, mind you, but lets not lie to ourselfs that Pokemon is as healthy as it was 15 years agp, even if it still sells stupidly well.

And again, its not me , but the Pokemon Company that always chooses to use Pikachu, Mewtwo, Charizard, Squirtle and so on when marketing their big projects.Pokemon GO?Mostly gen 1.Detective pikachu?Mostly gen 1.Even Sword and Shield had to have the obligatory Pikachu in it.

Again, its not like the other gens are not liked.They are.They just dont stand up to gen 1 and 2.

That is true for Mario spinoffs as well up until the resurgence of Switch which only has 1 Pokemon spinoff at the moment so not enough to make a comparison yet.

How about compare Mario spinoffs to Pokemon spinoffs on 3DS or Wii U? Mario is higher but it's not by some massive amount like you are trying to portray (with the exception of Mario Kart which is bigger than mainline Mario).

Yes, Gen 1/2 are more beloved that Gen 3 onward but that's not what you said. Take a look at the Gen 3 remake sales to see how popular it still is and with kids who grew up on DS becoming adults we will likely see a ton of nostalgia for gen 4 remakes in a couple years.