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Pokémon is the world’s most profitable entertainment franchise, with more than two decades of trading cards, manga, TV shows and movies stoking the flames of fandom. At its core is a series of games so iconic that when its latest installment, Pokémon Sword and Shield, broke slightly from the mold, it generated fire and fury online. We give our two cents on the newest game, the series as a whole, and the backlash in today’s episode.
By Cody Brantley & Ben PalmerPokémon is the world’s most profitable entertainment franchise, with more than two decades of trading cards, manga, TV shows and movies stoking the flames of fandom. At its core is a series of games so iconic that when its latest installment, Pokémon Sword and Shield, broke slightly from the mold, it generated fire and fury online. We give our two cents on the newest game, the series as a whole, and the backlash in today’s episode.