""It's a series geared towards kids""

So there's a sentiment that's been bugging me for quite a while now regarding this series and it's the whole "the games are mostly aimed at kids" argument. What annoys me about this line is that it's usually used to justify certain directions the core series is taking (as opposed to the side games which can have their own tones and be more softer/harder if they so choose). I see this a lot in response to people complaining about the changes made in Gen VII and especially in regards to Let's Go and what people are calling the "dumbing down" of the series and that the games are being made significantly easier in order to bring in a new audience or the casual crowd. The series has always been geared towards children and I played Pokemon Red when I was 9 so I have to ask what makes the more recent games so special? Why are people talking about the series being aimed at kids /now/ when they were always aimed at kids and were much less hand-hold-y in the past. When you try to justify the changes made in more recent games as "Well, they're for kids", I feel it's a massive disservice towards both the series and kids in general. Kids aren't idiots, if I (and all the people who played Red/Blue back in the late 90s) was able to complete the game with little to no help from either the game or the internet (since I had no real access to it then) then how come we act as if all the choices made in Gen VII and Let's Go are for the benefit of kids who might not know how to play the games. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2ott6dM