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Japan Don't Care: New Pokemon Film Debuts to Franchise Low
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PeakPointMatrix
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Dat passive aggressive response to being ignored on the Go launch.
They have like 20+ movies dude. If you're even midly popular, annual features are a given.
shadow2810
Member
Maybe it's time to change the MC.
chrisPjelly
Member
Should've used lure modules in those theaters
MarcoZombieCannon
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It's not a ton lower than the last movie, and the movies have been pretty garbage for quite a while so I can't say I blame 'em.
Hikami
Member
Way overdue
ZeroGravity
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Pretty sure the movies at the end of a generation do worse, then they rebound at the start of the next one when interest is renewed.
entremet
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Lol
FataIChoice
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"Hoopa and the Clash of Ages" sounds like it could be the title of another mobile game.
KeyBladerXIII
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Who the hell are Volcanion and Magearna?
I like Pokemon, but I just play the games. Did they add them later? They aren't on the Pokedex.
EDIT: Volcanion is Fire/Water, now that's a typing I've been wishing for.
I like Pokemon, but I just play the games. Did they add them later? They aren't on the Pokedex.
EDIT: Volcanion is Fire/Water, now that's a typing I've been wishing for.
Do people really think that folks would be content to catch the same 151 Pokemon forever?
Sylverstone14
Member
Made sense that the movies came straight-to-video in the US after Pokemon Heroes.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Haven't all the recent movies been ass?
I don't recall Pokemon 4Ever or Heroes getting a theatrical release here.
Theanine3D
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Other franchises would have had much bigger drops, much sooner in their life. It's a miracle it's lasted this long really.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Pokemon Go isn't out here.
The last YW movie declined as well IIRC.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Nah, Ash got the most development and maturation of any point in the series with XY and Japan's response has been negative to that. Replacing him would probably only exacerbate the problem. They're probably just gonna revert him to his original hot-headed idiot persona like they did in BW, which was much more warmly received over there.
Seductivpancakes
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Now all we need is a live action movie done by Hollywood.
XY are pretty good from what I hear.
Isn't it going to be launched on the 20th of July?
ZeroGravity
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They were very limited releases.
[Agent]ZeroNine
Member
Wait, those movie sub-titles are real?
these movies amd the anime have been in a declining spiral since the start of the BW gen.
the anime overall is tanking and nothing has reversed the trend. maybe it's time to reboot the whole thing and have the game's protags have the spotlight instead of the tired old Ash/Satoshi?
they could do the Jojo approach and have each generation star new protagonists and have old faces as returning characters in support roles to keep fans from the previous gen hooked up but provide fresh characters for new people.
seriously, it's no surprise people are sick of seeing Ash/satoshi do the same crap for 20 years and fail at it always.
that used to be true for some past gens but it's been a continuous drop since the BW days.
inb4 they bomb harder.
the anime overall is tanking and nothing has reversed the trend. maybe it's time to reboot the whole thing and have the game's protags have the spotlight instead of the tired old Ash/Satoshi?
they could do the Jojo approach and have each generation star new protagonists and have old faces as returning characters in support roles to keep fans from the previous gen hooked up but provide fresh characters for new people.
seriously, it's no surprise people are sick of seeing Ash/satoshi do the same crap for 20 years and fail at it always.
that used to be true for some past gens but it's been a continuous drop since the BW days.
inb4 they bomb harder.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Ash actually had character development? And they didn't like it? Do they just want part-1-Naruto forever?
Masked Man
I said wow
I hate the designs for both Volcanion and Magearna, so I kind of understand the lukewarm reception.
ZeroGravity
Member
He already had a ton in Diamond and Pearl. It was reset in Black and White, unfortunately. XY has gone back to doing that sort of thing though.
BluePikmin11
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To be fair, that was at a time where YW was declining slightly and had reached its peak.
And the second YW movie still sold way better than this Pokemon film.
I don't see your point other than trying to needlessly argue.
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