10 Reasons Pokemon Is The Greatest Franchise In Video Game History
Gotta rationally argue 'em all.
What's the greatest gaming franchise of all time? It's Pokemon, obviously. Thanks for reading.
Oh, I suppose you want more than that do you? Fine.
Possibly even more so than in cinema, gaming franchises are the supporting skeletal structure that the fleshy meat of the medium drapes itself over. Every year the clamour for new games is only fractionally focused on fresh titles, with the bulk of all feverish excitement instead directed at the latest instalment of an old favourite.
From the ever-present icons of our youth like Sonic and Mario, to the titles that fought through a crowded marketplace to become by-words for their whole genre like FIFA and Call of Duty, franchises are as much a part of gaming as cheat codes and square eyes. With such a broad range of industry mainstays, you'd think it would be redundant to try and pick out one that trumps the rest, but you'd be wrong.
Pokemon, that worldwide phenomenon from the turn of the millennium, is still the greatest of all time. Whatever criteria you wish to grade a franchise on - be it staying power, commercial success, technical mastery or just downright enjoyment - Pokemon comes out on top.
None of its individual outings might qualify as the greatest game of all time (although HeartGold/SoulSilver sneak into lists of that nature), but as a collection of titles to be lined up against every other collection of titles, it's peerless.
Allow me to explain...