Thread:ClarentBloodArthur/@comment-5688420-20200824090719/@comment-5688420-20200826130702

I mean, just look at Pokemon's contemporaries and how they evolved through the years:


 * Digimon had a direct sequel (02), an Eva-atyle decon (Tamers), a toku pastiche (Frontier), two series that appeal to the older fans who grew up (Savers, tri), and several other distinct series.


 * Yu-Gi-Oh had tried out various different gimmicks. It tried a duel school gimmick (GX), then went cyberpunk (5Ds), then to AR vision dueling and astral themes (Zexal), then to entertainment dueling and dimension wars (Arc-V), and finally to online VR dueling a la SAO (Vrains), all while introducing new mechanics to the card game (and in the case of Sevens, a completely new format).

And these are just two examples. Other long-running series have also tried out rotating series with new casts and gimmicks to varying degrees.