Have you ever tried Cassette Beasts? It's a fantastic monster tamer/creature collector game that has a killer soundtrack. It might scratch that Pokemon itch without having to fork over a huge chunk of change for a Switch 2.

People felt like it was mid? I thought it was one of the better ones of late. We're getting the Hades 2 full release, a new Fire Emblem, a Metroid Prime release date...it was full of good stuff.

Right now there is data showing that across the board there is a massive falling off of Twitch viewership for the season. On top of that recent changes to the viewbotting algorithm has made tons of lurkers not show up as a viewer so it isn't just you, there's a systemic ebb across the platform atm.