Ash Ketchum and Pikachu are finally being retired as Pokemon's main characters after 25 years

[Kingshango]

Retire it altogether

Pokémon make more money than Star Wars.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

I liked Totodile.

Chikorita and Bayleefs crush on Ash

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

I thought this ended a long time ago.

Ash literally became world champion a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Reptile]

That’s like getting rid of Mario at this point.

Pokemon can do without Ash. Pikachu, not so much..

 

[Tha Gawd Amen]

Ash high key a trash trainer anyways

 

[StackBundles]

There’s a poster here who is a digglet trainer only. Guy loves him some digglet

 

[GoAggieGo.]

diglett dig diglett dig

trio trio trio

 

[WMG the 2nd]

I stopped watching when they changed his voice

Bro u 42

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Bro u 42

And I just bought the game so what

 

[Elim Garak]

Seems like a mistake unless they've become less popular?

 

[Zime]

I stopped watching around 2007/8

 

[Uchiha God]

Ash was a trash pokemon trainer but he’s a mascot. Getting rid of him seems like an unnecessary move

I guess they want to give something new to the kids, but Ash and Pikachu are staples of the franchise. Weird

 

[levitate]

The goddess culture in final gear.

But some of you don't know what is going on

Imagine being dikk-hurt about a fukking cartoon getting a female main character.

Dawg, boost your self-esteem!!!

 

[Ziggiy]

I will travel across the land, searching far and wide
Each Pokemon, to understand
THE POWER THAT’S INSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDEEEEEE

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Ash literally became world champion a couple of weeks ago.

A lot of people (that don't keep up with the franchise) would have told you that he already was one as it's the only character from the franchise that they know.