I'm just stating facts. The top two games that aren't remakes for next gen consoles are both Wii U games.

It's meta is 3 points higher as of now.

Oh, come on. That's expecting a little too much!

We are going to disagree on that subject than, because i don't see how individual sales would reflect the popularity of the whole IP. Both games are subjected to different business model/cycles.

GTA sells a lot more when it does releases exactly because of its bigger cycle, that creates a lot of hype and . Selling over 10M every year is also a lot and it does shows the strength of the Pokemon IP. And no, it is not "any series" that can do that.

Likewise, i would say that COD is more popular than both, even if it also loses to GTA in the years they release together. Selling 20M+ every year compensates for that.

Yeah, but Pokemon is a game that should have a metascore in the 40s.  Its popularity is the reason why it's in the high 80s.

True, but that doesn't stop this beng one of its key points of appeal to 10-19 year olds, one of its primary target demographics.

Overall sales do not reflect overall popularity. If you don't see how individual sales reflect popularity then that's your problem, but I will try to help you on the subject. When a new Pokemon game releases (or any franchised title for that matter) and it sells 15 million units we can safely assume 15 million people are playing it. When another Pokemon game releases and it sells another 15 million units most of those people who bought the last one are buying the new one. Total sales of the two games = 30 million but just because two pokemon games sold 30 million combined does not mean that 30 million different people bought it. This is the point of franchising so you get repeat buyers.

GTA 5 sold 34 million units, if the last pokemon game couldn't even manage half that (with both X AND Y, two titles) then how is Pokemon as popular as GTA? Oh because it has more sales overall? According to your logic, if a single game were to sell 229 million units it would not be as popular as Pokemon because the whole Pokemon franchise has sold over 230 million. If I'm missing something please let me know.

And just so we're clear, I'm only pointing out the flaw in your logic, not which franchise is more popular as a whole. In the videogame realm GTA is one of the most popular titles but there is no denying how huge Pokemon is in and outside of the videogame market. Toy industry is huge, anime show was huge, trading card game was huge. I mean as far as recognition, Pokemon takes the cake quite easily imo.

I think we shouldnt compare metastatic scores, especially when they game are completely different to eachother

Well, I don't have nor do I care to get the remakes, so I guess we're even. Also, it's easier to believe you don't care if you don't get all defensive. 

All games have target demographics, and the way I see it, the average SSB player is a lot younger than the average GTA player.

And your original comment has no relevance as to why GTA V scored higher on metacritic.