Ladyhyde... I meant here, in the US... The litle kids would rather see their Yu-Gi-Oh than Pokemon.. dispite it's fairly similar...
But I digress. Japan has a different value system when it comes to things like that. Though it may still be the hottest thing in Japan, it's seen as a "fad" over here, and it quickly fades to something JUSTlike it, and it evolves into something slightly different, but still similar. I mean, I only saw like 2 commercials about Pokemon 4, then the next day, I grabbed the paper, and it was in the second run theaters (actually it was 2 weeks..)
Personally, I kinda liked it when it first hit the US, but after a while I sympatized with the villain, and I couldn't see it anymore (that, and the fact they squished Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain into that little 30 minute cube, and showed 2 actually funny episodes, and like 5 more over and over)
At any rate, the fact is people over here want the "hot new thing" so bad, whatever used to be the hot new thing gathers dust in peoples memories... sorry if I offended you. One of my friends is a Pokefan, but cannopt stand the cartoon show.