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  The demographic is who the game ends up entertaining despite there being a target audience. It comprises of what the customers have chosen, not the devs. 
  So while the devs strive to win more and more generations of loyal Pokémon fans, their main demographic has mostly been adults hooked on the nostalgia of their childhood. This is because while the game boasts of new gimmicks and Pokémon, a lot of the old stylings have stayed true to the overall experience.
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  I'd bet there would be a huge market for a more adult/darker version of a Pokémon movie, series or games. If done right ofcourse. >
  
  Even just Pokémon Legends: Arceus did incredibly well. It had a protagonist who was ambiguously a late teen/young adult, with minor survival elements.
  They barely dipped their toe into "adult" and it's one of if not the best product they've made. >
  
  The new one, scarlet/violet, is a bit darker with the plot toward the end. It's really cool too >
  
  Isn't the main character being a teenager with seemingly 20+ years of experience a defining characteristic of these kind of Japanese games? >
  
  So is the unexpected kick ass granny, we can't play her? >
  
  Yeah but to be fair the granny is also usually a little girl as well. >
  
  Touché lol >
  
  i wanna play as a 72-year old trainer whose older than oak
  just waltzing up to claim a squirtle and he's like "for your grandson?" "no, for me. i'm gonna be the very best like no one ever was" >
  
  It’s always awkward being treated as a 10yo in the more recent games. I’ve been playing for 20+ years, there should be a “leave me alone I know what to do” option at the start. >
  
  Right?
  Explain the new pseudo-evolution gimmick, but otherwise I’ll lay down series pokedollars that I know more than you, Professor. >
  
  Bro I still remember blowing professor elm’s mind with an egg. >
  
  Lol. True. They still literally say they have no idea where the eggs come from.
  And I’m like, I left a male and female Charizard in your daycare… and came back to an egg… which hatched into a Charmander… >
  
  I want a game where you turn 25, graduate college, and now have to work tirelessly to pay back your Pokéstudent loans. You have to battle Team Nelnet or Team MOHELA throughout the game based on which game you chose. 
  The kicker is you can't afford Pokeballs or medicines until after you become the league champion and defend your title for 36 years and finally pay off your loans. If you black out after a loss and don't have enough money, you start going into the negatives. >
  
  Found Larry. >
  
  As a 40 yo player, I never thought of that but would definitely be down for some more versatile avatars. 
  Good shower thought! >
  
  I just found it odd that in the latest game, there are other "students" out in school uniform, some looking like they're in their midlife, some even looking like they're ready to retire.. but you're stuck as a teenager. It's odd seeing NPCs closer to your age than the PC. >
  
  
  you're stuck as a teenager
  
  ho-oh's curse. >
  
  Ho-oh oh no >
  
  While I would have no problem with them changing the character, do you have any source that 20-30 year olds are the main demographic? >
  
  Interesting read. Though the article links to an Nintendo document and it says "According to our latest data, we have seen that the ratio of players in their 20s and 30s has risen for Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon compared to past Pokémon titles for Nintendo 3DS." Then the article doesn't link to the polls. And that makes me think they are random online polls which are notoriously unreliable. So I guess only Nintendo knows the demographics.
  Though the fact that the ratio is growing gives hope to breaking the mold in the future. BC a darker and/or more difficult pokemon would be cool. >
  
  Yeah, I thought about that often. Would be nice to choose different ages for your character. But also weird to play as 50 and still living with your mom who heals your pokemon when you come back home. 🤔 >
  
  As you beat up on kid trainers on a daily basis... That would be a muchhh worse look for the game. >
  
  Haha, fair enough 🤣 >
  
  Pokemon colosseum and XD were probably as grown up of a Pokemon game as it got. You still played as a kid but man did those games feel dark and less childish. I remember one character getting punched to the ground n shit. >
  
  Black and White 2 where the main vilain try to freeze you to death: ello >
  
  The games are also all for kids. Imagine an R-rated Pokémon game! That would be awesome… >
  
  "Middle-aged man chose 'grunt while rising from barcalounger', it was not effective" >
  
  I thinks it's because Nintendo knows what the fans would want from an adult anime girl and Nintendo is not that type of company. 
  She's 13, no you cannot have her wear lingerie. >
  
  Rule34 - wanna run that by me again? >
  
  There's a reason it's Porkyman and not Pokémon >
  
  The story would have been much more realistic if your character was a near 30 year old finally leaving their moms house. >
  
  I thought the main demographic were kids that just got a new handheld console and want to play the game with the funny animals. It’s not like you need to play the previous entries to understand the new ones. >
  
  The main demographic isn't 20-30yo people. Pokemon is created for and marketed for kids. We just happen to enjoy the game >
  
  Ive always imagined that the main reason for that is to avoid having the MCs sexualized in a way that could affect the games (and the brand as a whole) negatively. Yeah, many other characters, and even some mons, can be sexualized, but they are not the face of the game so they get a pass >
  
  Yeah, about that. It doesn't work, at all. >
  
  Of course it doesnt. Im just saying that might be the reasoning behind it >
  
  Yeah but since it doesn't work they might as well scrap the idea. >
  
  Because most of that playerbase are weebs. What do weebs like? You fill in the blanks. >
  
  Weebs like rule34. >
  
  At least they had a "darker" storyline in Scarlet/Violet (dark in comparison to most other Pokemon games where they literally >!explicitly mention that Arven's dad/mom left him and his other parent was killed!< >
  
  Until you watch the Simpsons and realize that Bart has been 10 years old for 33 years >
  
  I stopped watching them ages ago, Homer hasn't matured past 10 years old. Too painful to watch. >
  
  Pokémon is still designed for kids… not adults. They’re aren’t trying to hit the demographics of 20-30. We just like childish thing s >
  
  Gimme a rugged dark battle tower rogue lite built by the hades team. I need more good spinoffs after tencent fumbled unite so bad. >
  
  Hold up isn’t the demographic almost exclusively 10 year olds?