Its going to be funny to see how many people immediately see pokemona nd go off to defend the game while this thread is about the show.
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anyway, OT (well, more so): I havent watched pokemon since... well, iw atched some diamond and pearl epsidoes, but the last one I watched with any commitment was the the ruby/sapphire/battle frontier, mostly cause it was (I think) the best one. That and I had love for may.
still most any cartoon show follows that same formula as pokemon does. Family Guy and the Cleveland Show two of the most obvious offenders (oh, emeraldrafael made a crack at FG and TCS that everynes been making sicne the South Park epsidoe, isnt he witty, to which I say like a wizard *****). Flapjack, adventure time, Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Power rangers, Digimon (though they shook up the cast a bit), Yugioh, etc etc etc. Its simple because in the end its designed for a young core audience and Pokemon (though Nintendo likes to deny it [yes Ive ready the fucking news article from this site, its complete and total bullshit that Nintendo is just saying to keep the original fans sated while they continue marketing at kids]) knows it and builds its business model on it. I cant blame them for it, cause they found a model that works and they're going with it, and being a capitalist minded person I can only clap and say well done, just like every other kids show before and after it.