Yes it is.
My nikka, what are we really talking about? A video game based on monsters who battle. You act like there is some history or base material that this series is supposed to draw from. How are they fukking up exactly, cause they aren't all animal-based? People getting aggy over gears like Magnemite never existed. Porygon, Koffing, even y'all precious Char's, all based on shyt that's inanimate, based in fantasy or concepts that flat out made up.
But it was cool then, lol.
Nobody's mad at y'all for being nostagic. Just don't act like that's not where all the hate for anything past the 2nd generation comes from.