{"id":22132,"date":"2022-12-21T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/in-2022-the-pokemon-franchise-finally-began-to-evolve-beyond-nostalgia\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:35:00","slug":"in-2022-the-pokemon-franchise-finally-began-to-evolve-beyond-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/in-2022-the-pokemon-franchise-finally-began-to-evolve-beyond-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2022 The Pok\u00e9mon Franchise Finally Began To Evolve Beyond Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>is in the midst of a generational shift, and no, I don\u2019t mean how <em>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet <\/em>and <em>Violet<\/em> just<em> <\/em>kickstarted the franchise\u2019s ninth generation. Looking back on the monster capturing series\u2019 last 12 months, it\u2019s impossible to overlook the shift in how <em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>is presenting its world, characters, and future.\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-scarlet-violet-ash-pikachu-anime-1849920098\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon is in the midst of a generational shift, and no, I don\u2019t mean how Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet just kickstarted the franchise\u2019s ninth generation. Looking back on the monster capturing series\u2019 last 12 months, it\u2019s impossible to overlook the shift in how Pok\u00e9mon is presenting its world, characters, and future.\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22133,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6604,5776,725],"class_list":["post-22132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pc","tag-generational","tag-midst","tag-pokemon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In 2022 The Pok\u00e9mon Franchise Finally Began To Evolve Beyond Nostalgia | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View In 2022 The Pok\u00e9mon Franchise Finally Began To Evolve Beyond Nostalgia for free, here on XtremeServers. 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