VGCulture - Pokémon Black and White New Starters

Source: http://kotaku.com/5696937/smugleaf-is-a-better-name-than-snivy

My goodness, what has our childhood memories evolved into...I read an article from Kotaku on the new starter Pokémon the player gets to choose from in Pokémon Black & White (They are running out of colors).  The Pokémon are getting weirder and uglier with each new generation (except for the one on the left, what's his name...Smugface?).  Hmm, apparently they were going to name one of them "Smugleaf" but decided on Snivy instead.  It's so strange to talk about Pokémon now since it still continues, but not much has changed.  When I think of Pokémon, I think of the ones we grew up with and all the memories we had and shared with others who were into it too.  All the old jokes and references to things like naming your rival with some stupid name or spending hours walking back and forth in the Viridian forest just to catch a Pikachu.

Source: http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=1

It's also reasonable to say that most Pokémon fans from the original grew out of it.

Source: http://nerfnow.com/comic/302

And some of you got back into it (admittedly, I bought the remake SoulSilver just so I can get the Poké walker.  I haven't touched it since I beat the first gym leader, I need to finish it...).

Source: http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=032910

Here's the pattern that I (and plenty of other people) see:
-They'll continue to make Pokémon games
-The Pokémon will change, but not the game
-Pokémon will continue to get stranger as ideas will dry out (how many legendaries do we have now?)

How long will this cycle last?

And as a ending note, I really encourage everyone to take a look at the comics I used references:
-VGCats/Super Effective by Scott Ramsoomair
-Nerf NOW! by Josué Pereira
-Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich