Harry Potter beacause...
Imagine...the dicks in real life. Terrorist, the dicks in high school, criminals, using all-powerful creatures to wreak ha-....you know what? Just play SMT: Devil Survivor. That basically would sum up how the world would look like in a Pokemon world
Plus, I like the idea of blowing shit up with my fingertips, rather than throwing some ball. Pokemon are still kewl though.