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A thread on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board claimed that “Pokémon has lost its popularity to Chiikawa and become a has-been.” But early replies quickly posted data showing that “net profit is up 114x over 9 years, making it the world’s strongest IP, surpassing Mickey Mouse,” sparking a wave of pushback against the original poster’s claim. Some pointed out that the exact same taunt was thrown around back when Yo-kai Watch was popular, while others pushed back on the logic that “not being scalped means not being popular.” The discussion also veered off into whether Chiikawa creator Nagano really collaborated with Palworld, and into trends in Pokémon card scalping.
What people said
[Huge news] Pokémon at 30: now the world's strongest IP, surpassing Mickey Mouse — net profit up 114x in 9 years
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1788355388/
They say this every time some flash-in-the-pan trend shows up. Because they're idiots.
Sounds like that old "Touhou is dead" copypasta.
Are we talking about the trash console nobody bothers scalping, versus the Switch 2 that scalpers love so much?
Palworld isn't fighting this battle with scalper-driven shortage marketing.
No need to worry though — 'Fūha's' (unclear reference, possibly garbled text) quality will end up being compared to Palworld's anyway lol
And it hasn't just been once or twice either…
Wait, do you seriously believe Nagano actually drew this?
Nagano didn't draw that.
It's just a Chiikawa knockoff lol
Nagano hates rip-offs, so a real collab is basically hopeless now.
That just means there isn't enough demand for it to be worth scalping — nobody's even talking about Palworld cards either.
So you're admitting you can't win on the game itself, huh. I'm not interested in scalped cards, so go ahead and keep grinding away on that front.
You can trash-talk the game all you want, but its popularity as a piece of content is on a completely different level. Try getting Palworld onto the IP rankings someday too.
Funny — they used to slam Spider-Man as "just a garbage movie franchise" and insist a game's quality has nothing to do with an IP's worth, but ever since Palworld came out, the Nintendo fanboys ('Nishi-kun') only want to fight IP-ranking battles.
Maybe check your typos before you go trolling with your face all red.
If you're going to correct someone else, you should probably fix your own typos first — kind of embarrassing otherwise.
Rabbits can't talk that fluently, you know.
Chiikawa being on Nintendo's side? Since when?
More like Nagano, the creator of Chiikawa, is on Nintendo's side. He's done Pokémon card illustrations, and there are even Nagano-made Pokémon stickers on LINE — that's the kind of relationship they have.
"Relationship"? That's just called a job…
Are your eyes broken or something? That Palworld manga wasn't drawn by Nagano — one look and it's obvious.
Though I guess if 0 FPS fried your eyesight, that'd explain it lol
Background and Key Points
The thread kicked off with the taunt that “Pokémon has lost its popularity to Chiikawa,” but a linked thread posted almost immediately afterward introduced figures showing that “net profit is up 114x over 9 years, making it the world’s strongest IP, surpassing Mickey Mouse” — so at least by the numbers, it’s hard to argue Pokémon’s momentum has actually faded. As one reply pointed out, this kind of “the IP is dying” argument was made in exactly the same way back when Yo-kai Watch was popular, making it something of a recurring template that gets trotted out whenever a new trend shows up. The thread leaned heavily on the logic that “if it’s not being scalped, it’s not popular,” but it’s worth noting that how overheated a resale market gets doesn’t necessarily track with how popular the work itself actually is. There was also back-and-forth over an image supposedly showing Chiikawa creator Nagano collaborating with Palworld, with some in the thread countering that “it’s questionable whether he actually drew that himself” — the truth remains unconfirmed. Overall, the discussion doesn’t go much beyond the familiar tit-for-tat comparisons between Nintendo-related IPs and other content that are a staple of the Hardware/Industry board.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry) thread “[Sad news] Pokémon loses its throne entirely to Chiikawa, becomes a has-been.”
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