We all understand that the Ashime doesn't need to do anything new because its demographic is literal 8 year-olds, and that bracket refreshes every few years hence the anime becoming predictable, formulaic, bland television.
However, if the anime already borrows whatever the game's create and repurposes it, then why not just do a straightforward retelling or reimagining of the game's stories?
Doing this could open up the audience demographic and not specifically cater ONLY to literal 8 year-old children. They could hook fans of the games both new and old, or even those who don't play at all but possibly captivate them into playing.
So why would they squander the opportunity to have the entire fanbase watch a show? Ash is easy to market sure, but the show isn't nearly as big as it used to be so I don't quite understand why they've been strictly sticking to a separate off-shoot canon for such a long time.
>Why doesn't the Anime just retell the games? Because the games are not canon, next question
Kevin Robinson
How? The games always come first.
Easton Walker
user, do you really think there is 50 youngsters looking exactly the same running around and that a real Pokemon battle would be turn based,? Use logic user.
Gabriel Flores
Marketing, OLM, reducd cost etc..
Ayden Ortiz
I like poketoon
Nolan Cox
First, the games are too barebones and plot oriented to adapt in an anime that should run for at least three years.
Second, why retell the story of the games if it's better to people buy it and play for themselves? It NEEDS to be something different.
Cooper Butler
How is purposing tunnel visioning yourself to force a point a use of logic? They've already did a short anime retelling of the first game with Pokemon Origins. They referenced game mechanics throughout and it worked out fine.
Dylan Hill
They don't give a shit about any other demographics than the 8 year olds they can sell the endless amount of tat they produce, you weeb incel fucker.
Xavier Howard
>It NEEDS to be something different. Then there you go. Retell what the games story in a different way. The game's plot should be a roadmap, not a exact blueprint. Expand upon what the games told, shed new light on certain things the games didn't, tie up loose ends, more side adventures with fan favorites, etc. It's genuinely not that hard of a concept.
Logan Green
>Retell what the games story in a different way. That's what the anime used to do before Gen 7 and 8. And Generations.
Hudson Kelly
because that'd require them to tell a cohesive story in the games.
Ryder Gomez
they want people to consoom everything pokemon, games, anime, merchandise. if the anime was the same exact thing as the game, fewer people would watch it because it'd be the same exact thing as the game they played, or vice versa, they wouldn't play the game and just watch the anime. by keeping these two things different, they get more people to spend money on both
Cameron Williams
No, the anime has always told its own story since day 1. For fucks sake the dude's starter pokemon was Pikachu.
Thomas Ramirez
Lol. Lmao.
Dominic Hernandez
It does sometimes
John Sullivan
>do you really think there is 50 youngsters looking exactly the same running around and that a real Pokemon battle would be turn based,? I just had an aneurysm trying to process what kind logic could have possibly led to this post.
Jose Fisher
No. It's exactly what a retelling of the game structure is, since Ash still needed to go from gym to gym and earn badges while he learn about Kanto. From Gen III onwards, it became even more closer to the games, since they started to put the villain team plot there.
It would be its own story if they tried something like Detective Pikachu (before Detective Pikachu were really a thing) or any plot related to pokémon, but not envolving collecting badges and discovering the region, like what Poketoon did.
Nathan Adams
It used to do between Gen III and VI. It wasn't all the time because there was no plot from the games that would endure more than three or four years which is the span of entire generation,
Noah Roberts
And then one of the few times they actually try to do plot, EARTHQUAKES
Lucas Carter
Creating a entirely different story from the games was actually a good idea. It was just the writing direction that took a hit. Also, every attempt at retelling the games have ended up lackluster. A couple minutes of animated trailer doesn't show otherwise, and yes, Pokemon Origins was a bad anime. Closest enough competition is Specials Adventure, but you don't see the manga giving the anime a run for its money in terms of marketability, do you?
Blake Brown
obviously the mechanical limitations of the games don't translate to what a more realistic pokemon world would really be like, but that doesn't have anything to do with whether they're canon or not. That's like stating that old black and white mickey mouse episodes aren't canon because it makes no sense for the world to have no other colours
