Had an anime series that ran for 1 or 2 seasons, maybe a handful of merch, and then was just quietly forgotten by the general public.
Considered cult classics by hardcore gamers, that decades later make hours-long video essays with titles like “Pokémon: A Forgotten Classic” and “Why Didn’t Pokémon Take Off?”.
A small but dedicated fanbase that regularly discuss what a “Pokémon 2” could’ve looked like had there been a sequel.
world in which Dragon Quest actually took off in the west, Pokemon became a niche japanese untranslated cult classic and Final Fantasy actually did die after one game
also Digimon is the superior Anime
I’m under the impression it did? I played the first 3 and the next 10 seem pretty popular