“We try to focus on making the core accessible to everyone”.
Recent releases, and the reactions to those releases, point to The Pokémon Company facing an interesting challenge at it celebrates its 25th Anniversary. On the one hand the franchise is continually trying to grow and attract new fans of various ages; on the other there are Pokémon players that are long-term fans and have expectations around the evolution and progression of the IP.
Some of the criticisms in recent years have been fair, we’d suggest, especially with accusations that the games haven’t shown enough improvement in terms of presentation and mechanics – especially considering the size of the IP and resources at the company’s disposal. Yet arguably some areas of criticism are tough to resolve, as the franchise tries to balance its approach to old and new fans.
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