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"Is Pokemon really dead?"

I used to really like pokemon but know it seems to of died out and no one wants to hear about.Even though the producers are still making games and there could even be a gamecube version of a game called Meowth's party.But it seems that Pokemaniacs are dying out and the word pokemon just dosen't have the same buzz that it used to.Even poke'mon cards have stopped being sold which is a shame because it was a mazzive hit.The cartoon episode's are still being made though which is pretty unfare on the producers and cartoonist's because no one watches them any more.Oh well it seems the the year of the pokemon is gone.

Pokemon was a craze and a gr8 craze at that in fact it was the reason i got my photo in Nintendo Official magazine but that's another story. Anyway Pokemon was deffinetly just a faze that people went through because it was like all the other fads a fresh and new idea. I still have a lot of promotional Pokemon cards and two of the gameboy games but it got old really quick and as for new merchandise if it doesn't flop i'll jump of the roof of pickachu's mansion in Japan.

Rofl, Orc Wrestling. ;)

Merchandising, you gotta love it :)

You saw it here first...

The next big thing is Orc wrestling, Elf trading cards and Goblin shoot 'em ups, courtesy of Tolkien, Goatboy's favourite author of all time I think.

Around Christmas there'll be Cave Troll crackers and Hobbit placemats, along with Ringwraith mini-games on Tamagotchi keyrings.

The reason that Pokemon seems to have died down is that it was a craze.
Before it we had Teletubbies, Tamagotchi's, Rubik's Cube, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Teenage Mutant Hero/Ninja Turtles etc, and now we've got things like Harry Potter.
These things get very popular very quickly and then after a few months or years, people's interest wanes and the product slowly goes away.

Pokemon, like all crazes, has a limited lifespan in terms of merchandising etc as there's only a certain amount of junk you can produce and sell, and a certain amount of games you can make until people get board with it.
Though i'm sure it will be popular, I doubt we'll see the same kind of mass attention and craze like phenomenon when the new GBA version comes out.

It's true. Ever since Pikachu was gunned down in a drive by shooting last year, the craze died out. Many questions are still unanswered, like who did it? Why didn't they do it sooner? What was Pikachu doing stepping out from the foyer of a lap dancing club in New Mexico in the first place?

He's not the only one, Crash Bandicoot was found to be insane by the European Court of Justice in 2001 and is currently serving time at Her Majesty's pleasure in Dartmoor Prison. Was he framed? Is he really out of control?

Then there's the mystery of Sonic the Hedgehog, why his yacht exploded like that when berthed in Cannes 3 months ago is still unexplained. Both he and his guest, Conker, were buried at sea.

Is it a coincidence that Bill Gates' whereabouts are unknown during all 3 of these events?

I used to really like pokemon but know it seems to of died out and no one wants to hear about.Even though the producers are still making games and there could even be a gamecube version of a game called Meowth's party.But it seems that Pokemaniacs are dying out and the word pokemon just dosen't have the same buzz that it used to.Even poke'mon cards have stopped being sold which is a shame because it was a mazzive hit.The cartoon episode's are still being made though which is pretty unfare on the producers and cartoonist's because no one watches them any more.Oh well it seems the the year of the pokemon is gone.